{"id":13027,"date":"2020-10-19T08:10:45","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T12:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/?page_id=13027"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:08:43","slug":"building-mid-semester-evaluations-of-teaching-into-your-teaching-practice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/homepage\/instructional-resources\/teaching-resources-2\/building-mid-semester-evaluations-of-teaching-into-your-teaching-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Collect Mid-Semester Feedback of Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mid-semester<\/b>\u00a0feedback of teaching is a type of formative assessment that involves four simple steps:\"\"<\/b><\/h3>\n

Benefits\u00a0<\/b>of Using Mid-Semester<\/b>\u00a0Feedback:<\/b><\/h3>\n

Provide a way to see what is working and what isn\u2019t working in your course so that it can be corrected mid-semester.<\/p>\n

Positively impacts student\/instructor relationships (especially in this unusual time of COVID-19; how are students feeling about your teaching and what they are getting out of the course).<\/p>\n

Provides valuable insight to the student experience, perceptions, learning, and other variables (Mohanty, Gretes, Flowers, Algozzine, & Spooner, 2005; Yao & Grady, 2005<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Can easily identify remedied obstacles to learning (Yao & Grady, 2005<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Creates better understanding of the course evaluation process as a whole (Davis, 2009).<\/p>\n

Can result in better end of semester student evaluations.<\/p>\n

Can be customized to target specific interventions (Huxham et al, 2008<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Demonstrates an active investment in educational development and self-improvement (Nilson, 2010<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Can help build a professional network around teaching (Svinicki & McKeachie, 2011).<\/p>\n

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Step One – Design Your Survey Tool<\/b><\/h3>\n

The most common way faculty elicit feedback from students is by using a form, survey, or questionnaire, but there are many other ways, ranging from one-minute reflections to targeted focus groups, so explore approaches and use one that will provide the most meaningful feedback.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are planning to build a survey, at UMaine you can do so using Google Forms, <\/span>Qualtrics<\/span><\/a>, or using the survey tool in Brightspace. Here are few considerations.<\/span><\/p>\n