Quotes from Anonymous Student Feedback
"The cover sheets help me express how much and what I learned through
the course of the week"
"I like the cover sheets, sometimes they are annoying but overall they
work pretty well"
"The cover sheets [help] because we actually have to explain how and
why we know the answer to the problem"
"I find most valuable when you check the cover sheet and actually
explain how it goes"
"The cover sheets give me a change to get help on certain problems
that I'm confused on. Also it helps conserve class time, instead of
asking and reviewing stuff in class"
Negative: "They only confuse me. I understand something, but then
when I try to write about it, I get confused.."
Cover sheets were most frequently cited (along with groupwork, real-world
examples, and instructor availability) in mid-semester course
evaluations, "what is going well in this class?"
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