Astronomy Education Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1–4, July 2002
©2002 Tanis Lacey Casey. Copyright assigned to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.. All rights reserved.

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A Comparison of Group and Individually Completed Course Evaluations in Introductory Astronomy

Tanis Lacey Casey

Montana State University

Timothy F. Slater

University of Arizona

(Published online: 7 October 2002)

In an effort to streamline the collection of student feedback in a large enrollment introductory astronomy survey course, 283 individual students and 84 student working groups submitted mid-course evaluations. An inductive analysis of recurrent themes suggests that student course evaluations completed individually do not differ significantly from those completed by collaborative learning groups. These results suggest that faculty can obtain meaningful student feedback by analyzing a smaller number of surveys completed by groups of students, as opposed to analyzing a large number of surveys completed by individuals. ©2002 Tanis Lacey Casey. Copyright assigned to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.


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