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Students' Pet Peeves about Teaching

Teaching of PsychologyPublished 1 July 1998
Baron Perlman, Lee I. McCann
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Abstract

Knowing students' concerns about teaching can improve one's pedagogy. Pet peeves about teacher behavior gathered from 671 undergraduates in psychology classes revealed that organization and planning, mechanics, lecture styles and techniques, and testing were the concerns most frequently mentioned and easily remedied. Eleven of 13 participating faculty members made voluntary changes in their teaching within I week of collecting data and that continue 2 semesters later.

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PsychologySocial Sciences