Do you want valuable, confidential Student Learning Feedback about your course?

Do you want the opportunity to talk with a colleague about teaching?

Then register for Center for Teaching Excellence SGID!

What is a Small Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID)?

Also commonly known as Mid-Term Feedback, SGID is a confidential method that uses small group discussion among students to provide learning feedback to the instructor. The process takes about 30 minutes with the faculty member out of the classroom.

Once an SGID is requested a CTE colleague will visit the class and ask students to respond to three questions:

1. What aspects of this course enhanced your learning?
2. What aspects of this course can be improved?
3. What could you, as a student, do to make the course better for your classmates and the teacher?

The CTE staff will then correlate the information and produce a confidential report for the teacher. The CTE director then meets with the participating faculty to discuss the results and brainstorm ideas for the class.

Research has shown that faculty who conduct mid-course feedback and have a consultation raise their teaching evaluations and improve learning.

The goals of the SGID are to improve teaching and learning, provide suggestions for strengthening the course, and increase communication between the students and teacher in general. Secondary benefits can be include increased student interest and appreciation of the course materials and methods. For more information or to register e-mail Christina DiRico at cdirico@suffolk.edu.

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