Goblin from Arthur Rackham illustrations for Rosetti's Goblin Market

Teaching Portfolio

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Spring 2001 :: ENC 1101, Section 1659:: All student comments

Questions

  1. What personal qualities or teaching skills of the instructor contributed to the success of the course?
  2. Did any qualities or teaching practices of the instructor hinder the success of the course?
  3. What is your opinion of the course, including printed materials?
  4. Add any other comments.

Student 1

  1. [No comments entered]

Student 2

  1. [No comments entered]

Student 3

  1. [No comments entered]

Student 4

  1. Class activities combined with out of class activities that were interesting. Web page is a great teaching tool.
  2. None
  3. Informative, internet related studies is great
  4. Positive and upbeat 24/7

Student 5

  1. Would work with you and help you out

Student 6

  1. The fact that we were allowed to redo the papers after she made comments really helped.

Student 7

  1. Laurie was really enthusiastic about this class and it helped increase the student-teacher communication.
  2. No
  3. I thought one of the books we used was somewhat irrelevant, but overall it was an enjoyable course.

Student 8

  1. Enthusiasm
  2. Sometimes I wasn't sure what we were supposed to do - assignments unclear.
  3. I learned more in senior highschool English but the papers did help me become a better writer.

Student 9

  1. [No comments entered]

Student 10

  1. Laurie is very happy and always trying her best to spark the classes interest!
  2. No
  3. I enjoyed the course! The printed materials, cyber reader, were a little wierd, however it opened me up to stuff I was unaware of - such as cyber punk, etc.

Student 11

  1. No
  2. I think the books we bought were useless.
  3. A great teacher.

Student 12

  1. very easy going, allowed the class to focus on topics we enjoyed
  2. Next semester try to be a little louder and people may contribute more
  3. Very well put together, very enjoyable for English, I like they way it was realted to technology.

Student 13

  1. Laurie had a great way of incorporating current events and other topics we were really interested in. She also used a wide range of mediums for communication to help get her point across and to help improve our writing.
  2. It was ger fist time teaching, so at first she seemed nervous, but that subsided as the semester went on.
  3. I enjoyed this course. At first I reallly wasn't into the selected print material but then that improved.
  4. Laurie is a good teacher who can get students to look at something in many different ways.

Student 14

  1. Really excited about everything - which makes me want to be forgiving, understanding, tries hard to find interest for entire class
  2. Soft voice and with poor architecture of room - it was hard to hear her at times.
  3. Very open. A good introductory class into college writing and comprehension.

Student 15

  1. She is a very calm teacher. She never gets out of hand. Probably why no one in the class does. She is also lots of fun and gets discussions fired up.
  2. No, not at all.
  3. This is my favorite course that I've taken this year.
  4. Laurie is a teacher that gets everything accomplished, but we still have fun.

Student 16

  1. Her friendliness and openness to new ideas and willingness to listen.
  2. No.
  3. Better than any other English course I've had.
  4. I think that I might have learned more in more of a lecture atmosphere, but I believe that I wull remember what I did learn longer this way.

Student 17

  1. Laurie is a great teacher. She is very understanding and helpful. Whenever I had a question regarding the class, I would e-mail her and get a response very quickly. That is one quality that most instructors don't have.
  2. No
  3. I am not really too interested in hypertext or our book "Cyberreader," so the readings weren't enjoyable and although I feel that my website won't be the best, the experience is what matters and I am happy to be learning a bit about them

Student 18

  1. Her laid-back approach to teaching
  2. No
  3. I think Laurie did a great job in reaching students by giving us a freedom in the classroom that you don't find many other places.

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