Instructor record · Romance Languages and Literatures · Fall 2021 – Spring 2023

Marcel Pons

Romance Languages and Literatures · 8 evaluation records across 2 classes

On each class's board

SPAN 101621st of 26 instructorsSPAN 111525th of 32 instructors

What the overall is made of

83BC evaluations8 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2023

84RateMyProfessors5 ratings · weight ×2.0 · 80% would take again

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

Sources are averaged by how much we trust each one and by how many records sit behind it, so a handful of reviews nudges the number rather than replacing it.

What the challenge rank is made of

28thMore challenging than 28% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

84BC — “Intellectually Challenging”8 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question — 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. RateMyProfessors separately rates this instructor 68 out of 100 for difficulty — that IS a difficulty measure, but it is about the person across everything they teach, not about any one class, so it is shown here rather than folded into the number above.

What the workload rank is made of

80thMore work than 80% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”8 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload 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.

Ratings from outside BC

Not evaluation data

Collected from RateMyProfessors, not from Boston College: 5 ratings, 80% would take again, difficulty 68 out of 100. Difficulty is not a quality signal in either direction — a harder course is not a worse one.

Anyone can post there — no @bc.edu check and no enrolment check — so it is weighted alongside the evaluation data, never above it.

The line

All 13 items · means across 8 records

The Professor4 items

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

9141st pctl

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

8721st pctl

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

8830th pctl

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

9036th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9155th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9157th pctl

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

8214th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8737th pctl

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

8943rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8839th 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.

6080th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8428th pctl

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

9271st 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.

Class by class

2 classes · 8 sections

How each position is worked outPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted.

SPAN 1016 Elementary Spanish IIOvr84Chal9thWork78th

On this class's board21st of 26 instructors

4 sections on record · course itself rated 81 out of 100. See the full board for SPAN 1016.

Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Spring 2022	09	87	87	40
Spring 2022	10	80	73	100
Fall 2021	01	87	80	40
Fall 2021	02	84	84	—

All 13 items for SPAN 1016

The Professor4 items

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

9031st pctl

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

848th pctl

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

8616th pctl

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

9023rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9039th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9250th pctl

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

804th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8416th pctl

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

9044th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8726th 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.

819th pctl

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

9148th pctl

SPAN 1115 Intermediate Spanish IOvr82Chal36thWork78th

On this class's board25th of 32 instructors

4 sections on record · course itself rated 72 out of 100. See the full board for SPAN 1115.

Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Spring 2023	01	78	72	60
Spring 2023	02	83	70	60
Fall 2022	02	84	73	60
Fall 2022	04	84	74	60

All 13 items for SPAN 1115

The Professor4 items

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

9134th pctl

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

9025th pctl

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

9028th pctl

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

9026th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9252nd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9145th pctl

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

8513th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8939th pctl

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

8728th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8937th 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.

8836th pctl

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

9358th pctl

How to read this pageScores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Almost every class scores high on that scale (the median is about 90), so challenge and workload are shown as a rank against every instructor we hold rather than as a score; the raw figure is in the breakdown above. Neither describes quality, and neither is ever marked better or worse anywhere on this site. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero. The position printed against each class is this instructor's place on that class's own board, computed from the same records the board itself is built from.