20 May 2003
            Evaluation worksheet
    Astronomy
    & Cosmologies

         		 Prep sheet:  These questions (modified from Dr. Lance Laird) are designed to get you in the mode of self-evaluation.  Turn a legible copy in to your prof by week 10, along with any checklists.

    Then continue assembling your portfolio.
    1.  "The work in this program of which I am most proud is ... because ..."
     

    2.  "The skill I feel I improved on most is ..."
     

    3.  " A skill I want to work on more is ..."
     

    4.  What chapters of which books do you feel you worked the hardest on this quarter?  "The reading material I gained the most from was ... because ...
     

    5.  What chapters or books do you feel you slighted?

     
    6.  What workshops do you feel you worked the hardest on?  "The workshop I learned the most from was ...  by doing ..."
     

    7.  How did your nighttime observations contribute to your overall understanding?  "I learned ... on the roof (or on the field trip) by doing ...  This connected to the program material by ..."
     

    8.  How did your seminar skills develop this quarter?  Have you learned to prepare more usefully?  What are the most constructive ways you feel you contributed to seminar?
     

    9.  "Looking back over my lecture and workshop notes, my seminar paragraphs and responses, my observing journal, my research project, and my field trip notes and report, these are some major themes that caught my attention..."
     

    10.  "Of these themes, I have been able to integrate the following into a deeper understanding of ...  As an example of this understanding ..."
     

    11.  How has your understanding of how interpretations of the universe are constructed, found, or expressed become more complex as a result of your work in this program?  "I found new ways to think about ... through ..."
     

    12.  "I learned ... from doing my research project.  I learned ... from presenting my research in front of the class."
     

    13.  "The most important thing I have gained from my peers in this program is ..."
     

    14.  "The most important thing I have learned about myself this quarter is ..."
     

    15.  "Things I wish I had done better include ..."
     

    16.  "I seem to learn more when .. "
     

    17.  A little honesty: " I missed ____ workshops, ___ lectures,____ seminars, ____pre-seminar posts____ essays, ____ essay responses,  __ quizzes,  ... this quarter.   The effect this had on my learning is ...
     

    18.  "Something important I learned that is not reflected elsewhere in my portfolio is that ..."
     
     
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