The strengths of this course were:
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The weaknesses of this course were:
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Suggestions for improvement or
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| The web
site and work
examples were extremly helpful. But, what helped me learn the most was
Dr.
Whatley's philosophy of making the student learn for themselves. He
pushed me
really hard, scared me to death at times, and that is why I won't
forget
anything I learned
in this course.
He is the best preparation for Graduate School in
the psychology department and he
weeds out those who
shouldn't have a degree in psychology. Other students may not like his
teaching
style, but they just don't realize that he is making you think for
yourself!
Overall, I think he ROCKS and I wish I had ten more just like him... |
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Possibly
tutoring sessions
could be set up for those who have a hard time writing the paper, with
students
who have done well in the course. That might be helpful for those
students who
have difficultly going to Dr. Whatley with questions.
Good idea! Are you
volunteering to be the first tutor? If so, then get in touch with me.
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| The most
valuable aspects
of this course were the examples that Dr. Whatley provided on his
course
website. Without them, I would have been
COMPLETELY clueless about where to even begin on the paper. |
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| Learning
how to conduct and
write a research paper. |
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Having
students take the
same instructor for 3500 & 3600 would be helpful because the
instructor would be aware of exactly what the student has been taught
and how. |
| Learning
how to write,
learning how to interpret data. |
I guess all
of the material
that we covered will be discussed further in upper divison classes, so
I
wouldn't consider one aspect less valuable than another.
Good question. |
The course
is what it is.
Sometimes you just have to take one for the team. |
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I feel that
this course was
an extremely valuable experience for me. This course effectively taught
the
methods of experimental research. While I feel this course was a
difficult one,
I feel that it callenged my abilities as a student, in addition to
helped to
assess the skills I need to improve on to further my future career in
psychology.
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All the
skill learned in
this class seemed to be advantageous. |
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| The website was the most
valuable aspect of this
course. It really helped me understand what I needed to do for the
paper and
provided us with good notes. Also Dr. Whatley's email account is very
valuable.
He is very good at emailing you back when you have questions.
Overall I
think Dr. Whatley is a valuable instructor with good ideas in order to
succeed
in this course. |
The only
problem I had is
that it was a little intemidating talking to Dr. Whatley and being
comfortable
to ask him questions in class. |
The course
is fine. |
| I learned
how to write a
research better and I feel more confident now when writing a paper. |
I wish I
would have taken
this class that offered more than one class a week. It was a little
much for a
one day a week class. Very true.
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| Aspects
that were most
valuable were learning how to write a research paper. |
None.
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| LEARNING
HOW TO WRITE THE
APA STYLE PAPAR ADN LERNING HOW TO GO ABOUT CONDICTING AN EXPERIMENT
WAS VERY
USEFUL. |
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| The
outlines of the
chapters online and the paper resources. |
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| The study
guides on the
website were very helpful in understanding the material in the book.
Overall,
the website was very helpful for the class. |
We did not
really go over
homework assignments that were graded. |
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Learning
how to write a
formal paper and reinforcing aspects from statistics in psychology.
Writing the formal paper helped to understand published articles
relating to
psychology and
former research. |
Everything
was valuable. |
No
suggestions. It's
valuable the way it is. |
| Conducting
research. |
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Have more
fun with it. When you are too serious, it
makes a tough
task even harder. |
The paper
was very helpful
in learning APA format. The text was
easy to understand with relevant information, examples, and an almost
conversational tone at points. The
website was a lifesaver for writing the paper and understanding
difficult
concepts from the class.
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Meeting
only one night a
week made keeping up very difficult, even with the website and the
professor's
willingness to help. |
There was
alot of important
but difficult material covered in this class and alot of it seemed
rather
rushed or crammed. Maybe the department
should not offer this class as a one night a week. |
| The online
practice quizzes
were very helpful in reviewing the materail before exams. Dr. Whatley's
website
also provided valuable links to reference material for the course. I
also
appreciated the lecture outlines given on Dr. Whatley's website as an
aid for taking
notes during
class. Dr. Whatley gave information and examples during lecture in
addtition to
the material contained in the text to further my knowledge of the
subject
matter. The writing days available during class were helpful in writing
the
paper. |
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More
instruction and
information could be given about the experiment conducted during the
course to
aid in writing the required paper. The answers to relevant questions
asked by a
particular student could be shared with the rest of the class. |
| learning to
write a
research paper using APA style |
some of
material in the
text |
focus one
part of the
course on writing the research paper and chapters in the text relative
to the
paper and the other part of the course focusing on the part of the text
more
relative to designing and conducting experiments. Also, work on each
section of
the paper as a class in baby steps to be sure students actually master
writing
the paper, especially considering that many students have never written
a
research paper and the paper is such a significant part of the class,
Students
may not know what questions to ask individually or outside of class. Maybe if the paper were completed using
groups or partners, the workload would be less and students would be
encouraged
to learn more and ask questions. |
| The use of
the computers
and the web site were extremely valuable. |
The book |
Help the
students that may
have had statistics many years before with understanding it a little
better. It
had been 7 yrs. since I took the stats class for this course and I felt
somewhat overwhelmed at first, but somewhat better by the end of the
course. |
| having
several things to
contribute to our grades, not just tests (ex. homework, papers, etc.),
powerpoints were also helpful. |
Tring to
figure out some
homework assignments when we hadn't done much like them in class. |
more
discussion from the
instructor on how to write the paper, not just figure it out for
yourself.
Sometimes, when you
try to figure things out for yourself, you realize what you do not know
and then you come to me for help; this is a learning tool.
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| learning to
write a APA
style research paper. |
repetitiveness
of issues
taught in statistics. |
cut out
some of the
repetitiveness and focus more on the paper since it was a huge part of
our
final grade...a lot of the course was self taught....to include writing
the
paper. |
Learning to
think
critically and analytically were emphasized and helped me in my
writing. Dr.
Whatley was always available to help you outside of class whenever you
needed
it. We were given large amounts of class time to work on the paper
which was
very helpful.
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Often there
was a
condescending attitude that was present from the professor during class
time
that was not present in his office. Found
this to be frustrating and discouraged me from
class
participation. |
Adding a
lab portion to
this course would allow more opportunity for students to focus more on
both the
academic portion of the course and the paper portion.
You are correct and
when the psych department has the resources to do so, you can bet I
will be pushing for just this solution.
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| The website
was very
useful. The paper was also a very good project, I felt it was very
difficult to
get a good grade on it though. He graded very tough, but I feel like I
learned
alot. |
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Maybe a
little more help
and feedback on the paper during class. |
| The website
was really
helpful. The instructor was very
knowledgeable. He is also a likable sort
of person and always held my attention during lectures.
I feel like I got my "money's
worth" as some other evaluation forms put it.
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The instructor graded
unneccessarily hard. Also, he was available for students to ask
questions, etc. but he seemed like he was hoping we would mess
up. If we
didn't think to ask then he didn't mention it even if he realized we
neeeded to
know something. He was one of those teachers who make you want to
change your
major. However, I am not trying to say he is a bad teacher,
because I
suppose that sort of thing can be helpful every now and then. I
tried
very hard, but expect to receive a grade much lower than grades in my
other
classes; that just tells me something may be wrong, although I cannot
articulate it.
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I do not believe I
grade unnecessarily hard. When students make an error, I find it and
correct it; how is that grading unnecessarily hard?
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| The
professor seems to have
a lot of knowledge and experience with experimental; however, he is
very much
reluctent to take time to answer students questions. |
The
professor seemed
constantly too busy for his students.
Not true. There were
many students who came to me for help during office hours and when I
did not have office hours scheduled.
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Radically
change your
teaching style, include more appropriate examples. Cover all material
that you
require us to know to complete homework, tests, projects. Tell us what
you
expect from us! Help students who ask for it, effectively.
I did convey what I
expected from you orally in class, in the syllabus, and via the
examples on the webpage.
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