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EDUC 7546

Teaching About the Natural World · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

89BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

22ndMore challenging than 22% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

85BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Workload”5 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

Provides an introduction to the various philosophies, practices, materials, and content that are currently being used to teach science to elementary and middle school children. Exposes prospective teachers to the skills and processes endorsed by the National Science Education Standards, the National Health Standards, and the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
George BarnettEarth and Environmental Sciences	925 records	25th	22nd

There is no ranking to read here: George Barnett is the only instructor with evaluation records for EDUC 7546, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by George Barnett

1 other class

Class	Instructors	Course score
EESC 1182The Living Earth II	112 records	92

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The line

All 13 items · means across 5 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9666th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9671st pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9348th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9983rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8935th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9042nd pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9458th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8938th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

8523rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8519th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8522nd pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8833rd pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
George Barnett	Fall 2025	01	96	93	40
George Barnett	Fall 2024	01	94	94	40
George Barnett	Fall 2023	01	87	80	—
George Barnett	Fall 2022	01	94	94	—
George Barnett	Fall 2021	01	89	82	40

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.