 Faculty
Working with GSIs
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Encourage Your GSIs to Get
Ongoing Feedback on Teaching and Learning from Their Students
While end-of-semester evaluations
can summarize the students' overall responses to the class, this input comes
too late to be of use to the GSI during the current semester. About 3 or
4 weeks into the semester, have GSIs ask students to write down three things
in the section that are helping their learning and three things they would
like to change about the class in order to increase their learning. GSIs
sometimes distribute the input they receive to the class to show them how
many differences exist in the group in terms of learning styles. GSIs can
also let the students know what they will be changing based on their suggestions.
This can be done at various points in the semester.Classroom assessment
techniques (CATs) enable GSIs to get feedback about the learning that has
transpired in a particular class period or as a result of a specific activity.
The most commonly used CAT is the "one minute paper," in which
students might be asked to address the following questions:
- What was the most important
thing you learned during the class?
- What question do you still
have about the topic?
GSIs can then review the student
responses to understand what needs to be elaborated or clarified in the
next class session or online between sessions.
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