Open Access7: From SGID and GIFT to BBQ: Streamlining Midterm Student Evaluations to Improve Teaching and Learning
Author(s) -
Snooks Margaret K.,
Neeley Sue E.,
Williamson Kathleen M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2004.tb00405.x
Subject(s) - collegiality , medical education , process (computing) , diversity (politics) , faculty development , psychology , engineering ethics , pedagogy , medicine , engineering , professional development , computer science , sociology , operating system , anthropology
Faculty members want feedback about ways to improve learning. Midterm assessments are more useful than end‐of‐term student evaluations. Not all institutions provide faculty development consultants. This chapter presents an innovative process appropriate for institutions currently without teaching enhancement centers. The Bare Bones Questions (BBQ) process consists of empathic trained colleagues facilitating students' evaluative discussions. Students and faculty members are overwhelmingly positive about the process piloted for the past three years. Students' suggestions can include simple changes in classroom environment or enhanced sensitivity to cultural diversity. BBQ may build intra‐institutional collegiality by reducing the isolation of teaching.