Teaching Evaluations

Teaching Evaluations

Statistical summary sheets and all written evaluations are available at the bottom of this page. Please note that files may take a few seconds to download due to their size.

Some Sample Comments from Student Evaluations:
(Note: You can click on the quote to see a scanned copy of the evaluation from which the comment was taken.)

• "Oh my goodness! Where do I begin? This woman is absolutely fabulous. She's a walking, talking encyclopedia of media culture. Her strength is that she's extremely knowledgable about the subject." - Spring 2008, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College

• "[She] is well organized and always prepared. She even provides supplemental readings and clips that are beneficial to our learning experience." - Spring 2008, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College

• "Very knowledgable. Makes class interesting. Keeps people paying attention." - Spring 2008, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College

• "She is very knowledgable about the subjects she teaches. I feel like I always learn a great deal from her classes. I enjoy how the movies and videos correspond well with the class." - Spring 2008, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College

• "Very knowledgable. Well read." - Spring 2008, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College

• "Encouraged class discussion and orchestrated that discussion well. Helped us to understand by using personal experience." - Fall 2007, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College

• "She gives the students the opportunity to share experiences relating to the material covered in class. Her website is very convenient [and] helpful." - Fall 2007, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College

• "Great professor. Great class. Loved it!" - Fall 2007, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College

• "Very well organized, runs class smoothly, very understanding." - Fall 2007, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College

• "Very nice and professional." - Fall 2007, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College

• "She was well prepared and has a lot of examples." - Fall 2007, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College

• "Welcomed our input. Funny. Knowledgable." - Fall 2007, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College

• "She provides really good information and our take home quizzes effectively helped me learn." - Fall 2007, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College

• "Always prepared. Goes through out of class material (coursework, quizzes, etc.). Pleasant and easy approach. She does her job well." - Fall 2007, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College

• "Very understanding. I like her grading system." - Fall 2007, First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College

• "She is a very good teacher. I am very happy I got to attend her class!" - Fall 2007, First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College

• "She is nice and she's a respectable teacher." - Fall 2007, First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College

• "She engages the class. She encourages productive discussion." - Fall 2007, First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College

• "Jen was very nice and a really good teacher." - Fall 2007, First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College

• "I love her grading system. It's very organized (online website). She gives her assignments back in a timely fashion. She has a[n] organized lesson plan. Gives a lot of info. on lessons." - Fall 2007, First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College

• "She has a great personality." - Fall 2007, First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College

• "Her website is brilliant. Everything being online was so great. Much more useful. As a student you knew where you stood in class and [with] graded assignments. Everything about this class is insanely clear. No secrets or hidden agendas. Everything online is the way it should all be." - Fall 2006, Images of Women in the Media, Pine Manor College

• "The strengths of the instructor is she is always ready to talk about real issues each class." - Fall 2006, Images of Women in the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "You did good Jen! I learned a great deal in this class. I enjoyed every single day of it!" - Fall 2006, Images of Women in the Media, Pine Manor College

• "She is very informative and very pleasant." - Fall 2006, Images of Women in the Media, Pine Manor College

• "She knows what she is talking about." - Fall 2006, The Art and Industry of Film, Pine Manor College
  

• "Jen Mintzer is one of the best professors here at Pine Manor!" - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "The instructor was very understanding to each person['s] personal needs. Also she was very helpful with assignments." - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "Always ready to work. She was great." - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "She is very well organized, especially in the way that she words the take-home quizzes and assignments. It is also very clear that she takes a lot of time outside of class to prepare lessons and handouts." - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "The instructor is well prepared and organized. Always has classwork connected to homework." - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "She knows her material, all of it. She's very organized." - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "Jen was a great instructor that taught me a lot through her weekly quizzes and in class films." - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "Her teaching style is great." - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "She had great material (videos, images) to share with the class. Very informative." - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "She returns all assignments on time. And all information/material she uses is relevant to the course. She is a great teacher!" - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "She is very easygoing." - Spring 2006, Digital Moviemaking, Pine Manor College
  

• "She is a very organized person. She gives us all the handouts in advance, she covers details for assignments and explains to us what we have to do [for] the assignments." - Fall 2005, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "I think that Jen's strengths would have to be the ability to understand where her class is coming from. She gives us more than enough time to complete assignments." - Fall 2005, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "She is very personal with the class. Jen makes us feel like she is one of us, but we as students understand that we are responsible to give Jen what is expected of us. I like that. She uses Gradenetwork.com. I feel that every professor should invest in this." - Fall 2005, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "She's cool. Gradenetwork really helps me to keep on top of my work. If more professors did that program there [would] be more effort that goes into people's work because they [would] know [their] grade." - Fall 2005, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "The strengths of the instructor is she is never boring. She keeps the class participating in group conversations and the assignments are useful." - Fall 2005, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
  

• "Jennifer Mintzer is an excellent teacher because she is able to explain topics with such clarity. She has a way of engaging the class at all times, for she shares strong opinions and points to support her teachings, as well as great visuals. Ms. Mintzer is constantly asking for opinions which allows the class to stay involved. It is all very structured and extremely professional. She also carries a nice atmosphere that allows one to respect her. I think Jennifer has nothing improve, it seems that everything is perfectly structured. Even her website is extremely helpful with our class. She is doing an amazing job." - Fall 2005, First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
  

• "She has a very good teaching style. She made the class fun." - Fall 2005, First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
  

• "I thought this was a fun and interesting class. I'm glad I took this class because I learned a lot from it." - Fall 2005, First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
  

• "Jennifer Mintzer is a very precise professor. She lets you know how she wants an assignment and when it is due. She motivates a person to 'think outside the box,' broaden one's way of thinking and to explore new things/ideas." - Fall 2005, First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
  

• "She sits down and explains and helps students at all times, even on Saturdays and Sundays. She's a great teacher." - Spring 2005, Digital Moviemaking, Pine Manor College
  

• "Always willing to help and very encouraging." - Spring 2005, Digital Moviemaking, Pine Manor College
  

• "She's encouraging and approachable. Readily makes herself available." - Spring 2005, Digital Moviemaking, Pine Manor College
  

• "Fun class. Jen is creative and cool." - Spring 2005, Legal and Ethical Issues in Mass Communication, Pine Manor College
  

• "She was great, always helpful." - Spring 2005, Writing and Marketing Scripts and Screenplays, Pine Manor College

• "She's really nice and easy to talk to." - Spring 2005, Writing and Marketing Scripts and Screenplays, Pine Manor College

• "I thought Jen was so cool. She knew what she was talking about and got us all very involved in class discussions." - Fall 2004, Images of Women in the Media, Pine Manor College

 

Other Student Feedback (not from evaluations):
(Note: You can click on the quote to see a scanned copy of the document from which the comment was taken.)

• Verbal feedback received from students when I taught on Semester at Sea Spring 2007 - relevant blog entries noting this feedback can be viewed here

• "I like the fact that Jen lets us, the students, comment freely when we feel the urge. I also like Jen's [policy of] not deduct[ing] points from a student who does not participate all the time. On some days, I like to listen to the conversation of others and agree but do not feel in the mood to comment for whatever reason. Another thing I like about Jen Mintzer is she does not want to intimidate students, like most professors. The atmosphere that Jen provides for the students is a comfortable one and I appreciate that." - Fall 2006, comment written on a Student Feedback Form, Pine Manor College

• "I think you are doing a great job so far by encouraging people to think for themselves and not telling us what to think." - Fall 2006, comment written on a Student Information Form, Pine Manor College

• "From the first class I got the [sense] that you really know what [you're] talking about and it looks like you truly enjoy teaching this class, so I [know] that it [will] be a good semester." - Fall 2006, comment written on a Student Information Form, Pine Manor College

• "Jen, you are seriously an awesome teacher - I appreciate your patience! Hope to have another class with you!" - Spring 2003, comment written by a student on a final exam for Introduction to Communications, Arcadia University
  

 

 

Below are scanned documents of the statistical summary sheets and all the individual course evaluations filled out by students in each class.

All files are pdf documents.

• ALL STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS TO DATE

 

Spring 2009 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL SPRING 2009 CLASSES - COMING SOON)

• Children and the Media course evaluations (coming soon)
• Digital Moviemaking course evaluations (coming soon)
• Performing for Radio and Television course evaluations(coming soon)
  

Fall 2008 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL FALL 2008 CLASSES)

• Images of Women in the Media course evaluations (coming soon)
• Legal and Ethical Issues in Mass Communication course evaluations (coming soon)
• The Art and Industry of Film course evaluations (coming soon)

Spring 2008 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL SPRING 2008 CLASSES)

• Multicultural Images in the Media course evaluations (coming soon)
• Writing and Marketing Scripts and Screenplays course evaluations (coming soon)
• Digital Moviemaking course evaluations (coming soon)
  

Fall 2007 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL FALL 2007 CLASSES)

• First Year Seminar course evaluations (coming soon)
• Children and the Media course evaluations (coming soon)
• Senior Internships Seminar course evaluations (coming soon)
  

Spring 2007

• N/A - I was on a sabbatical leave this semester.
  

Fall 2006 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL FALL 2006 CLASSES)

• Images of Women in the Media course evaluations
• Senior Internship Seminar course evaluations
• The Art and Industry of Film course evaluations

Spring 2006 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL SPRING 2006 CLASSES)

• Multicultural Images in the Media course evaluations
• Writing and Marketing Scripts and Screenplays course evaluations
• Digital Moviemaking course evaluations
  

Fall 2005 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL FALL 2005 CLASSES)

• First Year Seminar course evaluations
• Advanced Video Production course evaluations
• Children and the Media course evaluations
  

Spring 2005

• Legal and Ethical Issues in Mass Communication course evaluations
• Writing and Marketing Scripts and Screenplays course evaluations
• Digital Moviemaking course evaluations

Fall 2004

• Images of Women in the Media course evaluations
• Introduction to TV and Radio Production course evaluations
• The Art and Industry of Film course evaluations

Spring 2002

• Introduction to Mass Media course evaluations
  

 

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