Would it be harder to rate the instructor’s performance or to rank their performance?
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I won't write all of it, but I say it would be harder to rank the instructor's performance.
493083
To be honest no,maybe i used to when i was a kid,but then i learned when i see someone performing better than me in a field that i want to perform better,i don't waste time hating etc. i try to see what he/she doing different than me and learn from him, and as a result get better myself,according to me when you're in that kind of a situation you have 2 choices either you can try to bring down others to be equal with them,or try to get yourself up to be equal and even surpass them,i always choose the latter.
787953
I have taken an online course.  Although I received an A, I found that I missed the live interaction of a classroom setting.  So I went back to traditional classes.
97668
That would be a GREAT idea... for someone to create forum/blog independently hosted with anonymous user ratings, kind of like eBay feedback.  Golf instructors are typically under-qualified  in my opinion.  There are merely a handful that really worth their salt.  One acid test I use is whether the instructor has a grasp that golf cannot be explictly "taught"... the learning, for any player, comes thru self-discovery and experience.  The instructor's role is to convey WHAT needs to happen in a cause/effect fashion, but there are numerous ways to "implement" a given what. And more over, the verbage rarely translates into "feel".  You can't explain "feel"... but rather guide a student to constructively acquire feel thru guidance.  Finally, I feel instruction RARELY touches on the mental aspect of both playing and learning.  What constitutes good practice??  How to play under pressure...  My list of rants goes on and on... so YES, I think an objective reviewing source would be fantastic.  Other comments?
260611
in NY state there is a rating system that you can search online I think you may be able to do it for all schools. there is a website and if you search on yahoo or google you should get some information..check out the link below first.
782445
It depends how hard the questions are and how generous your teacher is at giving high grades.
1011404
There are a number of perspectives on this type of issue.  I'd like to address one of them.  \n\nHow about the individuals who were at the bottom of the class but who worked far harder than any of the top 10, but because they were't blessed with the same intellectual ability, even though they did the absolute best they could, stayed at the bottom of the class and received no recognition at all for their hard work?  From experience I know that many at the top of the class often do not have to work as hard as those at the bottom of the class.  I think far too much emphasis is placed on being in the top 10 or at the top of the class.   Is it really fair to be rewarded mostly for something we have no control over and did nothing to earn  - the ability we are born with?  There should at least be equal recognition and reward for hard work and effort.  \n\nI have seen the frustration of children who work very hard for no reward, and the ease with which some bright kids were rewarded for little work.   With my own daughters I have seen one who could be very successful with little effort get an A+ on an assignment she spent an hour doing the night befor it was due, with the teacher comment something like "Awesome work!  You must have put a lot of thought and effort into this paper."   Her sister worked for days on her paper, edited, reviewed,  revised, researched, and got a B.  Teacher comment was "You could have done better if you'd worked harder."\n\nNo system is perfect, and not all students in the top 10 get there without effort, but there are injustices that need to be addressed.
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i think u are over reacting i myself am a taekwondo player and a varsity, at times the instructor will not always get the same person to be his demo partner, maybe to give chance to others, or to demonstrate it to the appropriate person, martial arts must teach a person to be patient and humble at all times, and always trust your master.. martial arts brings out character, it will make you a better person
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Considering the teacher is the adult in the situation, he or she shouldn't worry if the students like them or not. If the student not speaking to them means that they also won't participate in class when required, then the teacher should adjust their grade accordingly. If the student does the required work, then I don't think it matters.
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I would have to say experience, because then you have better judgement in whatever feild you are in. It's better to have done something correctly than just to know how to do it.
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No!  Take my hubby for example...last semester, he had a teacher that he absolutely hated.  If given the right to he would've evaluated this teacher horribly.  Then, the teacher "retained him".  He couldn't go ahead with the program until he re-took this teachers class and passed it (he only missed passing by about 2 pts).  Hubby hated this teacher.\n\nNow, he's re-taking the class.  He's doing great and has come to realize that this is an awesome teacher that only wants his students to know and study the material.  This teacher has become a great mentor.\n\nAll I'm saying is that if you pay based on student evaluations, where's the checks & balances system in that?  Shouldn't it be based on our work and not potentially open to personal opinions?  It seems to me that something of the sort could happen.  There's plenty of awesome teachers that are just "hard" but sometimes the teachers some students can't get along with are the best.
844508
It's called tenure and teachers also have to go through a performance review by their supervisors, other teachers, and students.  It is still in effect to my knowledge, mostly at colleges and universities.
577514
That was unfair of your teacher but we are all human.  The problem may simply be that you are in a difficult grade right now.  Some grade levels tend to be more difficult than others, usually 5th and 7th for example.  Most teachers who play teacher's pet don't do that with grades, only privileges.  If you liked your previous teacher, maybe you tried harder. I'm sure if you do your best you will find that your grades will reflect that.
401000
It really does depend on your cooperating teacher for student teaching. If you have a good one, the experience is both much more difficult than classes, and highly rewarding. If you have a bad one, you either end up thinking things are much easier and end up in a total panic your first year with your own classroom; or, you are so overwhelmed it's nearly impossible.
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1.  It's quite common for professors not to return exams.  I've taken courses at 3 different schools, from community college to graduate school, and I've had professors do this at all 3 institutions.  It's also the policy for the courses I teach.  \n\n2.  As the other responses have mentioned, it's done largely because professors will either use the same exam, or similar exams, in different quarters.  Thus, if the exams are readily available, it inflates students' grades in subsequent semesters rather than giving an accurate measure of their progress in the course.  All the professors (and myself as a TA) who have done this do make the exams available for students who wish to see them by coming into their office and discussing the scores.\n\n3.  While storage space is nice, keeping the exams has the added benefit of protecting both the professor and the student.  If the student challenges their grade, the professor will have the exams handy to check for possible errors.  If the student has the test and loses it, then it simply becomes a matter of he-said, she-said thus creating much hassle for both.  As for boosting marks, that does nothing to increase the reputation of the university, and probably in fact would diminish that reputation.  Think about it:  if all the students get excellent grades because old exams are readily available for them to copy, that doesn't say much about the abilities of the students, except perhaps that they need to be spoon-fed in order to succeed.
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I am a teacher and I check my ratings from time to time. Fortunately my students have nice things to say. I must be doing something right!
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This is the quality which counts, not the quantity. So, rating depends on how accurately it is answered.