Please provide feedback on the contributions of the TA to the course. (Anonymous responses shared in full & verbatim.)
Fall 2012
- TA was very polite and encouraging.
- Naomi was so great! She added interesting information and links during the course, answered questions in the chat, and provided fair grading!
- TA was equally accessible and contributed as much as the instructor.
- TA was fair and encouraged discussions
- Naomi was great at providing feedback.
- The TA, Naomi Bloch, was adept at contributing in class. She also offered very helpful feedback to assignments and went out of her way to engage with students and to be a mentor. Several times she offered very helpful suggestions for further engagement in my area of interest, recommending books, lectures, and colleagues to talk to for more information.
- TA provided resources and further challenged the students during the live sessions through her chat comments. Her feeback on papers was detailed and insightful. She often pushed me to think deeper about some of the issues I would raise. She was a strong addition to the course.
- the TA was very engaged and quick to answer chat questions during class. One week I had blackboard collaborate problems and she was very helpful in making sure I got the help I needed. Very good communication.
- Naomi did a bang-up job! What a star.
- The TA was responsive to assignments and questions. She also helped out by providing additional, useful information during the live sessions to supplement what was being discussed.
- Naomi provided excellent commentary in the chat that furthered Dr. Smith's teaching or answered student questions.
- Naomi was great. She always answered questions quickly and thoughtfully, and her reading response feedback was extremely helpful and thought-provoking.
- I've never had a TA this involved in my course, it was great!
- Very helpful. Timely feedback, answered questions on forums and in class promptly
- TA is awesome, very very helpful when I had questions and gave really good feedback.
- Naomi was responsive and always tried to help.
Fall 2015
- Naomi Bloch was available and ready to answer questions throughout the course, as well as troubleshoot!
- Quite good; tougher grader
- Very professional and knowledgeable. She was clearly always present and ready to assist anyone in need. Great job!
- Great comments on my responses. Enjoyed hearing from her. Everything ran very smoothly, probably Thanks to her.
- Naomi always wrote thoughtful, interesting comments on my reading responses.
- The TA was very good and she provided a lot of interesting links that supplemented the instructor's teaching.
- Naomi was great! She provided numerous supplementary links during class and her feedback on my reading responses was really helpful and thorough. It was obvious that she was engaged and invested.
- The TA was a helpful presence in the class and I appreciated her feedback on my reading responses for continuing to improve my writing.
- The TA provided feedback on all the reading responses. She did a great job in providing encouraging and thoughtful remarks.
- Naomi was very helpful, providing very prompt and detailed feedback on the reading responses. If I ever had a question, she answered my emails promptly and thoroughly. Overall, she was very helpful to have as a TA for this class!
- She provided excellent assistance and was a tough but fair grader.
- Naomi was timely in her grading and gave helpful, constructive feedback. She was engaged during live sessions and supplemented the lecture with relevant links, questions, etc.
- Always available, and seemingly always one step ahead during the live sessions. Great criticism/feedback on assignments
- Excellent TA!!!