biol+4+cell+division+lesson+evaluation

In the space below, it is important that you reflect on the lesson relating to cell division (mitosis and meiosis). It is not often that a class is given the opportunity to have the freedom to tackle a concept on their own. Be honest in your evaluation of the lesson. Some things to comment on might be:
 * how engaged were you in the lesson?
 * was it interesting/fun, boring, difficult?
 * did you contribute more/less than you usually would?
 * how well did the class cooperate together?
 * was everyone actively listening to each other and taking ideas on board?
 * were you able to identify any misconceptions?
 * what do you think you understand better now?
 * what parts of the lesson were effective/ineffective?
 * what would you have done differently?
 * any other comments you can think of

AH - I thought that the lesson was pretty good...it was hard being up the front though! I think we worked relatively well together but when we didn't understand something it started getting a bit crazy because we were all yelling at each other :-P I thought it was good that we identified most of the time when we were getting things wrong as the lesson progressed. It was difficult working out what to start with in the lesson because we were unfamiliar with the set up of the powerpoint (the amount of notes, diagrams, etc). I guess that's why we spent more time on Mitosis then we should have! I think if maybe we'd had a chance to familiarise ourselves with the presentation beforehand we might have been able to direct ourselves a bit better. I think the main issue was just people listening to each other - as I said, it was fine at the start of the lesson, but then it started going downhill towards the end! The lesson helped me better understand the difference between sister chromatids and homologous chromosomes, as well as the differentiation between Meiosis 1 and Meioisis 2. Overall it was fun because it was a different experience, so it gave us an idea of how we need to improve in order to work together as a class. It was definitely worthwhile being able to direct the lesson ourselves for once :-)

Thank you for your informative and constructive feedback. VM