I taught the dual-listed (i.e., undergraduate and graduate students) benefit-cost analysis course lass Fall. From my teaching evaluations:
Admitted in class to being one of the worst lecture prof. on campus.
I don't remember saying that, which doesn't mean I didn't, but somehow I find it incredible. I am always happy to point out my shortcomings during class but I don't really think I am "one of the worst lecture prof." on campus. Could it be that I was joking around?
The consensus seems to be that the students think that I know what I am talking about but that I am somewhere between a bit disorganized to very disorganized. I'd agree with the latter if you substituted undisciplined for disorganized. I always know what I should be talking about in class but it doesn't always work out that way.
I get the same sort of evaluations every semester and usually resolve to do better (i.e., conform to students expectations of what a college professor should do in the classroom) next time. But, once I'm in the room I revert to form.
One common suggestion: students want to know exactly what is going to be on the exam before they take it. Ha!
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