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FORM 8820

History of Formative Education · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

94BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2024 – Spring 2026

—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

72ndMore challenging than 72% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

94BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”2 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.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Cristiano CasaliniUniversity and Capstone Provisional	982 records	78th	72nd

There is no ranking to read here: Cristiano Casalini is the only instructor with evaluation records for FORM 8820, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Cristiano Casalini

5 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
FORM 1050The Educational Conversation	1126 records	88
EDUC 1050The Educational Conversation	38 records	87
FORM 8800Colloquium in Formative Education	26 records	77
JESU 7158Jesuit Pedagogy	15 records	95
JESU 7131Social Justice in Jesuit Contexts	14 records	97

Other FORM classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
FORM 1050The Educational Conversation	1126 records	88
FORM 1051Reimagining School and Society	1023 records	88
FORM 4050The Art of Educational Inquiry	36 records	86
FORM 8800Colloquium in Formative Education	26 records	77
FORM 2050Transformative Teaching and Learning	24 records	97
FORM 6150Tech Tools for Playful Learning	14 records	93

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records

The Professor4 items

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

9884th pctl

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

9988th pctl

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

9884th pctl

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

9879th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9785th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9574th pctl

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

9783rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9684th pctl

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

9990th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9990th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9472nd pctl

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

9784th 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

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Cristiano Casalini	Spring 2026	01	96	87	60
Cristiano Casalini	Spring 2024	01	100	100	60

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.