Tasks

Introductory quantitative methods course

2 seminar groups for 31 undergraduate students

Supported development of automatically graded multiple-choice final examination

Quantitative evaluations

Mean scores on a 1-5 scale where 5 is the best score:

• “The tutor encouraged us to participate in discussions”: 5.0

• “The tutor gave space to the group to learn and figure things out ourselves”: 5.0

• “Feedback from my tutor was helpful”: 5.0

• “The tutor had sufficient expertise on the content of the course”: 5.0

• “The group meetings helped me to better understand the topics / themes covered in the course”: 4.8

Exemplary student comments

• “Farsan was extremely encouraging to everyone. He had immense expertise in the field, which made it easy for him to explain things more straightforwardly so everyone could understand them. He made sure that no one was left behind.”

• “Farsan always gave us the feeling that we could approach him with any questions/feedback and encouraged us to really think about the topics by challenging us with additional questions.”