English 241

American Literature to 1860

March 10, 2003

 

MIDTERM CLASS EVALUATION

 

 

            This evaluation is designed to improve both the second half of the course and assist in future versions of English 241.  You will receive a condensed version of the evaluation feedback that this evaluation survey provides.  The evaluation is anonymous; do not sign your name.

 

 

1.                   What have been the most interesting or compelling Heath Anthology texts that you have read in this class so far?  Which were meaningful to you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.                   Was Linebaugh & Rediker’s The Many-Headed Hydra useful towards understanding seventeenth and eighteenth-century transatlantic history and in providing discussion concepts?  Was this history text reasonably integrated into discussions?  Should we focus more on history, more on literature, or is the balance about right?

 

 

 

 

3.                   Were the timeline handouts useful towards integrating literature and history?

 

 

 

 

 

4.                   Have the online discussion assignments been helpful towards engaging with readings?  Do you have any suggestions towards improving the online discussions?  (‘Eliminate them’ is not an alternative.)

 

 

 

 

 

5.                   Do you learn more from the online discussions or from section discussions?

 

 

 

 

 

6.                   How do you evaluate the quality of your section discussions?  What can the instructors do to improve these?

 

 

 

 

 

7.                   If you could take this American literature survey course online, would you do so?