Do you have some advice that you think will help me make the class better for my students in the fall?

1. Stick to the basics. You're ability to make the class fun is a plus but it feels like complete overuse of the items presented to the student and simply just bores the student. Also, please stop with the stuff that doesn't matter. Jokes, masks, stuff that actually inhibits other people's learning. For me, and for others, we stop listening when we see a mask because we can no longer take you seriously.

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3. More lightsaber action

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5. Tell them right off the bat that they do not HAVE to attend lecture if they don't need it to learn the material. Don't record your lectures. If someone wants to see the lecture, they should show up to class. Be confident in your knowledge and don't worry so much about what we think of you or if we understand. If someone doesn't understand a concept during lecture, they can raise their hand and ask a question or ask you after the lecture. People do not like being called out individually in class if their hand is not raised for ANY reason, and there is no need to ask every 5 minutes if we understand. Just pause every now and then and ask, "Questions?" Be your fun, goofy self but be confident about it. Use the physical board instead of working problems on the computer.

6. Give problems during class that will help us follow along

7. Be more aware of the jokes you make and your power to focus attention (positively or negatively) on one student; be cautious singling students out. Be courteous of your student's time. Learn to tell a student "Yes, you're right!" even though they may not have said the answer the exact way you would have. Technology has the power to aid in teaching and making course material easier to understand. However, in this course, technology does create a struggle to actively learn by taking attention away from the material and, instead, putting more emphasis on the actual technology being used to impart said material.

8. Just keep making yourself available..it really makes a difference.

9. Nope

10. More guest speakers and in class activities.

11. Go over more problems in class, but honestly the class was well done!

12. You do pretty well overall. Give them study guides. Be a little more specific about what is going to be on the exams every week. Also, I do not like the weekly exams. Prefer only three or four.

13. I would say that having a week every single week puts a lot of stress on students and the stress will be much worse during the actual school year.

14. For the fall, make the exams on Monday

15. I have no advice

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18. Keep allowing the students to learn efficiently with use of the blog and help sessions.

19. Please work out examples in the class. This will greatly help them. They need to see examples. that will be somewhat similar to the ones on the exams. Continue to post the PowerPoints notes, but I do I do not think that it is necessary for you to record the lectures or have the Ning network. The old exams are good and the class blog was extremely helpful in knowing what to study. The answers provided for the examples on the blog were very helpful too.

20. I have a hard time understanding you...perhaps practice speaking clearly and don't talk about the surveys for an hour cause NOBODY CARES!

21. I think that you should allow the students to drop one of the exams. It can really hurt you're grade if you're having a bad day and do badly on one of them.

22. Do not wear masks

23. I enjoyed the class thoroughly. Keep up the good work.

24. Keep the lectures concise and straightforward. Sometimes I get a little confused from the lecture and I suggest working more examples such as problems that I might see in the homework

25. I think you need to keep taking weekly exams. It is both challenging and rewarding!

26. You could make it an online class since ya'll are so technologically savvy. That would eliminate the lack of lecture attendance too.

27. I think you should use the idea you had for the MWF class, exams on Monday, New material on Wednesday, and help sessions on Friday.

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29. Give more examples and more explaining

30. You do not want to take stats, but your major requires it. Lucky for you, Dr. Leon is the teacher and you might actually pass.

31. Allow more time for question and answer sessions for clarification.

32. I just think you need to work more problems and do more examples instead of just verbally explaining the material. Many people are like me and need to actually see a problem worked before it makes sense to them.

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34. I just suggest slowing down your teaching and making sure the class understands each step of a problem and where the numbers are coming from. Make it more visual by working out problems in front of the class on a more regular basis.

35. No, I think you did a really good job teaching the course and I think everyone appreciated your compassion for helping us anytime we needed it and getting the material across.

36. Pick one network to use (Google, Ning, Blackboard) students don’t like having to keep up with multiple sources

37. Everything went well

38. I thought the class was very well set up and very easy to learn.

39. Provide main objectives for lecture and use fewer abstract examples to help solidify and accentuate your points.

40. Keep up humor. Be available for them.

41. I say, go with your gut feeling! You're a good professor, you know the material and you make it fun. You also care about your students, personally; so whatever you choose to do, it will be the right thing-I'm confident of that! :)

42. Just keep giving students all the opportunities to learn the material.

43. Be more clear in your explanations, you go on to many tangents

44. Cut back on types of internet communities, technology, etc. Be straighter to the point when lecturing.

45. I really like this class and the format for tests. This class is fairly easy to follow and to catch up.

46. Maybe if you short pop quizzes every once in a while it will give students more of an incentive to make it to class each time.

47. Work more examples in class and give students a chance to interact with you and each other. Class participation definitely needs to be a part of your class in the future to increase attendance and keep students involved.

48. Keep the Star Wars and Star Trek to a minimal. It is fun, but we are here to learn.