Early semester surveys: Meet your students where they are

Start time

September 15, 2026 04:00 PM

End time

September 15, 2026 05:00 PM

Presented By

ONCSE

Location

Online

Workshop Worth

2

Description
Presented by 
Carolyn Johns, Assistant Director of the Math and Statistics Learning Center, The Ohio State University
and 
Jenny Sheldon, Assistant Professor of Teaching Practice for Mathematics, The Ohio State University
(moderated by Rebecca Ricciardo)

Abstract: Every semester brings unique students as well as unique challenges to the classroom.  Surveying students early in the semester gives instructors an opportunity to make meaningful adjustments to better fit the students we are actually teaching.  We will discuss several types of surveys that instructors could implement as appropriate to their course, presenting examples of surveys we have implemented in the past.  This session is interactive: participants will have time to reflect on their needs as well as brainstorm how they could implement an early semester survey