Galen T. PickettAssoc. ProfessorPhysics and AstronomyPH3-103
California State University Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90840-3901 (562) 985-4934 vc (562) 985-7924 fax
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Analysis of written comments:
This class can be intimidating, and that is one of the reasons I
have made my homework policy extremely liberal. The homework
in this course consists of experiments that can be done at home, and as
such I am willing to do almost anything to see that my students do these
exercises. This class appropriately emphasizes experimental physical
science, and even though it can get to be a logistical chore late in the
semester to regrade experimental work from the beginning of the semester,
I am willing to make that extra effort if it will help students to complete
these exercises.
Additionally, while there are still a few comments regarding the pace of the class, it appears that placing a significant portion of the class notes on the web has alleviated many of the "pacing" concerns of the students.
Comments made during standard class evaluations:
1. The class was well organized, and the web
content was helpful.
2. I liked the idea of re-doing the experiments
for full credit. It helped a lot.
3. I feel he was very hard to follow and he was helpful, but still
very hard to understand his notes and materials.
4. This teacher was a great teacher! :) I liked how you could
redo your THEx's and how there is extra-credit for each test.
Because some of these concepts are hard to grasp at first, the extra-credit
really helped to boost your grade up ... and they are all do-able and very
fair. Most teachers don't offer extra credit or even have a concern
for their students. Thank you for taking the time to explain and
answer all of my questions.
5. Professor conducted the class in an organized fashion and was
very helpful to the students.
6. Professor Pickett is a very through teacher. He was organized
and prepared. I like the idea of grade/ regrade
and also being able to turn in assignments in late and still get full credit.
Sometimes life is overwhelming and this class even though it had a lot
of work involved, was still enjoyable.
7. I really felt that Professor Pickett is a great instructor.
I like the way he teaches the class and the way he presents the materials
to us. He makes the class seem less hard and I felt I learned a lot
and feel a great appreciation towards science. He is one of the *Best*
instructors that I've had so far.
8. Professor Pickett, Your class was diffficult, but I really
appreciate how fair you were with the grading policy.
You are such a helpful person and willing to do so much to help us understand.
That's what makes you a good teacher. The only thing is that your
lectures are confusing to me because they go so fast. I know it is
hard with 50 minutes but maybe find a way to slow them down a bit.
Thanks for being the fair and nice person you are!
9. I like printing out the notes online, it
made things easy. He didn't mind if
thins were late as long as we did them.
10. I liked how we could turn in our assignments
lare and still receive full credit. Sometimes I did not do the take-home
experiments on time, but the turn-in policy helped me learn the material
better and still get all the points.
11. I think he was an excellent instructor, because when I first
enrolled in the class I was very scared. I have heard many bad things
about this course and how hard it is, but he really helped us through the
class. His information was clear, and I really appreciate
his expectations on the homework. Excellent Instructor!
12. The materials are covered way too quickly. It is hard
to follow his lectures.
13. I love your class - I appreciate your time and effort when I
had problems / understanding - you were there to help (lost purse).
14. -Tests should *NOT* be cumulative -> too much information to
be responsible for. - Students in this course should *NOT* be responsible
for knowing how to do the various equations -> we're not physics majors,
so it's not necessary! - need a new book and lab manual that fits together
better and are more well-written -> needs to provide definitions -> class
notes provided by Pickett were very useful, though, and made it easier
to understand; good that notes were available online.
15. I think that having students do extra experiments at home is
too much, isn't that what the lab is for? Some students don't have
time for extra experiments or are not able to complete them because they
do not have the necessary things to complete them.
16. I found this class to be well taught. He did an excellent
job in presenting materials and was made available for questions.
17. Prof. Pickett was very approachable and willing to help.
He made this class interesting in the way he gave the information.
18. Good Job :)
19. I have never had an instructor so willing to help his students!
I had a very positive experience in this class.
20. During the semester, I was very sick and he gave me the opportunity
to make up a missed test. That was very considerate. He was
a nice professor. I wish him good luck.
21. This class was very well taught. I think that when students
were called upon to help with experiments, it was useful in helping to
learn material and should be done more often if time permits.
22. Always well prepared, great teacher!
23. Instructor brought lots of energy into the class, considering
it's 8 am.
24. He's a great professor, I wish all the prof. were like him.
25. This instructor was really good. I learned a lot from
him. The website with all the course notes
was very helpful. I think the university should make this
class longer hours or eliminate some of the course work, because it was
a lot of information in just 50 min.
26. Sometimes, some important concepts were skimmed over - but it
is understandable since there is a lot of subject matter to cover.
Prof. was very prepared and always wanted to make sure that students understood
everything. I enjoyed this class.
27. This class was very interesting and fun to come to. I
really liked how you let us turn in work to be regraded for full credit.
It gave me a chance to bring up my grade. Very good class.
28. Your class was well organized and structured. Posting
notes on the internet was awesome! You
have a wonderful way of presenting information through *very* helpful diagrams
and pictures.
29. I really liked the fact that the test was "open-book" and we
got to redo homework until we received the
grade we desired.
30. Very good instructor. Did a good job presenting the material.
31. Mr. Pickett is a great professor! He went the extra mile
to make sure his students teally learned the material and grasped the concepts.
32. :)
last updated: Feb. 25, 2003
