Word: polling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sizable proportion of the freshman class disapproves of the teaching methods used in sections of General Education courses, although approving their general aims, according to a poll of 130 students taken by the Student Council...
...same poll, students found the lectures the most valuable parts of these courses...
...poll, second in a series of three Council investigations relating to problems of the freshman year, asked members of the Class of '58, selected at random, to list the teaching methods used in their sections, the teaching methods they considered most desirable, the amount of time spent in their work, and the comparative value of the different parts of their courses, such as lectures, reading, and papers...
There were also questions on the poll which concerned the caliber of the student who benefited most from the sections. In response to the inquiry, "Who gets the most out of your sections?" the majority felt that students in the upper quarter of the class received the most benefit. Virtually the same majority agreed that the section men tended to aim their teaching at students in the second rank quarter...
...poll also indicated that a majority--61 out of 130--of the freshmen spent "most of the time under pressure" from their studies. Thirty-three were "occasionally" harassed; and 31 felt that they were "constantly" bothered. Only three students replied that academic obligations pressed them "rarely...