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Another important part of a course is midterm course evaluations, when the students evaluate the class overall, said James Wilkinson, director of the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning...
...Wilkinson suggested that teaching fellows and course heads work with somebody outside the course to interpret the feedback...
...boys continue to need money: Terry tends to lose more than he wins gambling, and Ian needs serious financing for his slightly dubious ventures. That's where Uncle Howard (the wonderful Tom Wilkinson) comes in. He's a stock figure in middle class dramas - see Death of a Salesman -] the mysteriously successful, almost mythically potent, figure who haunts the dreamy longings of his stuck-in-grade relatives. A source of whimsical largesse and equally whimsical needs, he has always required a bit of placating. Right now, he needs a bit more than that, specifically the death of a business associate...
...discuss ways of improving student participation, some faculty members have turned to their own means of getting feedback and have created incentives to encourage students to weigh in. ‘PATHETIC’ PARTICIPATIONStudent participation has been “pathetic,” according to James D. Wilkinson ’65, the director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.Pilbeam pointed to Yale, where undergraduates are not allowed to view grades online until they fill out an evaluation, as a model of generating high participation. Response rates at the school top 80 percent, according...
...intimidating only because of the things you do to yourself. You go on the set, there's Tom Wilkinson about to knock a scene out of the park, you know it's coming, you get intimidated by it, but certainly not by his personality. He's the warmest, kindest, gentlest man I know. Tilda, Tom, Sidney are actors who know exactly what they're going to do. Tony doesn't give them any direction as good directors don't do. Good directors point you in the right direction. If they get off on the wrong direction, you come over...