The Student Academic Success Center is a learning-centered organization committed to continuously improving its instructional program. This happens through deepening our knowledge by collecting ...

Starting this fall, the campus has a new way to gather and use student feedback about courses and instructors. The old course evaluation system has been retired, and has been replaced with a new ...

Center staff can provide confidential feedback on teaching in several different ways, including: conducting classroom observations; obtaining feedback from students through mid-semester focus groups; ...

How we deliver feedback to students, and how we position them in the feedback process, is often taken for granted. Particularly when the format of student work isn’t straightforward, giving feedback ...

While the content and focus of feedback offered to students will depend on each individual course and assignment, several principles transcend disciplinary boundaries. When setting up feedback ...

What method would you prefer to use for gathering feedback, and what makes it the best choice for your needs? An online form (e.g., Google Forms or Canvas). A quick in-class poll (e.g., Poll ...

Asking a question in a college classroom can be intimidating. And a recent study suggests that how professors respond to students’ questions matters, both to how students think about themselves and ...

Studies and articles invariably state that frequent and intentional online instructor presence has a positive effect on student engagement and satisfaction. But what are students’ impressions of the ...

UB faculty member Lora Park has received a $501,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and implement strategies to improve success for college students in STEM gateway courses, such ...

About a month into each semester, Gayle Golden sets aside a little time to ask her students about their learning. The journalism instructor at the University of Minnesota keeps the process simple, ...