Word: feedbacked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...settled back on the couch in front of the tube; on the screen Ronald Reagan was bashing various ethnic minorities into submission in the jungleland classic "Tropical Zone." The movie's soundtrack, probably a valuable primer to Reagan's foreign policy, was drowned out by the thrashing feedback screaming out of the Dinosaur's tapedeck. "Man, this band really sucks," he decided, replacing it with a virtually identical tonal mash...
...concern for all was evident as he threw himself into the role of master of the largest house on campus. He was never paternal or condescending in his interest in students. Instead he was a friend who treated students as individuals in this large Harvard community as he sought feedback about the house, the college or any other concern...
...Basically, this is Saunders' first year teaching a large course," said Lawrence Cave, head section leader of the course. "He has completely revamped Music I and wants student feedback about the new content, format, and style of the course...
...teaching style is rather funky--he's experimenting and wants positive feedback," said Amy K. Stillman, another section leader...
Because it takes time to evaluate peers and communicate the results to students, the problem of feedback poses special problems in the hectic environment of a research university. Yet ingenuity may produce ways of improving feedback without requiring unreasonable amounts of faculty time. Greater efforts can be made to train graduate students to give more helpful, detailed comments on papers and exams. Professors can supply model answers or analyses of exam questions to explain the elements of a competent answer. Computers open up impressive opportunities for allowing students to test their comprehension of new and difficult material. These possibilities only...