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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 16:52:07 -0800
From: "Steve Woolpert" <woolpert@stmarys-ca.edu>
What I have found most useful is to ask students to write on the
following three items:
1) For me, the best classes are those in which...
2) For me, the worst classes are those in which...
3) My goals for this class are...
They do not put their names on their responses. I pass around some
masking tape so they can post their replies on the walls around the
room. We all then walk around and read the various statements.
Afterwards we discuss the areas of convergence and divergence.
Stephen Woolpert
Department of Politics
Saint Mary's College of California
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