'Tell it like it is' project
Student evaluations may improve classes here
By KEN PETERSON
Kansan Staff Writer
A new organization, Tell It Like It Is, Co., has started at KU with the goal of improving classes and teaching methods. Through the use of student evaluation sheets, faculty members can see what improvements to make in their classroom methods.
Chuck Salzberg, Brooklyn, president of the graduate students of Human Development and Family Life, said, "This project serves three purposes. First, it functions for the faculty, providing rewards and promotions for excellent instructors. Second, students learn exactly how much work a certain class involves. Third, this project will provide motivation to improve teaching methods."
The project began last semester under the guidance of Mrs. Frances Horowitz, associate professor and chairman of the faculty committee of Human Development and Family Life. Mrs. Horowitz asked graduate students within the department to develop an evaluation system for academic progress. The graduate students formed a committee with Charles Galloway, Kansas City, Mo., and Ron Mann, New York, as chairmen.
The committee devised a student questionnaire which asked students to evaluate the instructor, lectures, discussions,
readings, examinations, special projects, and organization within the class. A personal comment section was left at the bottom of the page.
During the last week of classes, the instructor handed out the questionnaires to the students in his class. Once the questionnaires were completed, they were sealed in envelopes and taken to a computer where the results were processed. A median for each section of the questionnaire was established. Evaluation was on an A, B, C, D, F basis.
The results were published in a booklet and sold to students and faculty members.
"There seems to be a constructive response," Ron Mann, co-chairman of the project, said. "The authority for such a project has to be in student hands, independent of the instructor. The results have to be made public to student and faculty to be effective."
Tell It Like It Is, Co., will
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Inquest upholds report on Bruce Mallin death
A coroner's jury, at an inquest Jan. 11, ruled that Bruce Mallin, 20-year-old Overland Park junior, died from a rupture of a congenital aneurism.
The jury's decision upheld a preliminary report from District Coroner James Reed.
Mallin died Nov. 11 after a fight in the parking lot of Naismith Hall. Nov. 7.
An aneurism is an abnormal dilation of a blood vessel filled with fluid or clotted blood. This diseased vessel wall forms a pulsating tumor.
Dr. L. W. Price, Jr., pathologist who performed the autopsy, testified that the aneurism was congenital, meaning it existed prior to the incident.
There was no evidence of head injuries which could have caused the aneurism to rupture.
The pathologist said the aneurism was located two inches
from the surface of the head and was protected by bone and tissue, adding that a blow could not have caused the rupture.
The findings of the jury cleared a 17-year-old KU student involved in the fight of any criminal responsibility for Mallin's death.
District Attorney Don Young speculated the jury felt the aneurism rupture was caused by the excitement of the situation.
According to Young, one witness testified that Mallin appeared to go into shock before the fight started.
Fourteen witnesses, including Mallin's roommate, the ambulance driver, and the city detective testified at the inquest.
All the witnesses agreed that Mallin did not strike back in any way. After the first blow, Mallin fell to his knees, where the only bruises on his body were found.
various departments voiced approval of the student evaluation program," Salzberg said. "Interest seems to be at all levels of the University. Almost all departments are doing some sort of evaluation, although I don't know if they are public. A public evaluation of the sort we are now using should help the University as a whole."
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continue their student evaluation project. "We have to keep it up to see if it is effective, and see if it brings any results," Salzberg said.
The project was financed by the All-Student Council (ASC) and all money received from the sale of the booklets will be placed back into the ASC fund. A l t h o u g h . H u m a n
Tell It Like It Is, Co., had a booth outside the registration table during enrollment. "Many faculty members from the
Although Human
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Development and Family Life and the Sociology departments are the only departments now using this student evaluation system, the project seems to be growing in popularity and interest.
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