Patricia Helsel
Teaching Evaluation: Student Comments and University Data
Written responses from Student Course Assessments, and other unsolicited correspondence:
Acting I:
“Trish is very encouraging, and has inspired me to pursue acting more as a profession.”
“I really enjoyed the warm-up exercises. It really helped to break me out of my shell. I loved keeping a journal. It helped me to more closely communicate with my instructor.”
"I just want to say thank you for this spring semester . . . I was happy to take this course . . . honestly in Korea my club is also play club . . . but It has been a long time since I was a actor, it was 2006 anyway . . . mostly I'm just one of the staff . . . well, but via this course I feel like I wanna get back to be an actor again. I'm going back to Korea soon but I never forget ACTING in Michigan Tech :) I really appreciate it !"
Voice and Articulation:
“The proficiency tests were, of course, a great way to test our vocal work. I really liked learning IPA. I use it now in a lot of what I do, i.e. presentations where I have to say words I’ve never said before. I thought the way you introduced IPA to us was really good because I was initially very intimidated by the symbols.”oice and Articulation: “The proficiency tests were, of course, a great way to test our vocal work. I really liked learning IPA. I use it now in a lot of what I do, i.e. presentations where I have to say words I’ve never said before. I thought the way you introduced IPA to us was really good because I was initially very intimidated by the symbols.”
“ . . . fun, relaxed, engaging environment that lets anyone talk or ask anything on their mind, yet still relate it to class material.”
“You always are willing to help out of class which really helps, and also practicing the test gives us a chance to better ourselves on the test.”
Vocal Tech for Media and Theatre:
“I loved how our projects allowed us to work with students in other classes e.g. Radio Dramas. It was fun to have the opportunity to combine talents and work together.”
Summary of Student Evaluations:
The following are summaries of student ratings responding to Question #20 on the student evaluation, “Taking everything into account, I consider this instructor to be an excellent teacher.” The rankings are on a 5 point scale: 1=strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree.
FA 2600: Acting I
Spring 2012 4.56Fall 2010 4.9Fall 2007 4.55Spring 2007 4.59Fall 2006 4.25FA 2610: Acting II
Fall 2009 –4.67FA 2830: Voice and Articulation
Fall 2011 3.71Fall 2009 4.38Spring 20094.89
4.89Fall 2008 4.77
4.77Spring 2008 4.75
4.75FA 3880: Readings in Dramatic Literature
Spring 20124.32FA 4950: American Pronunciation and Expression
Fall 20085.0Spring 20074.6
4.6
