Author
Affiliation

Dr. Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel

Duke University
STA 199 - Fall 2026

Comments about the teaching assistants

35 of 66 students entered text; this excludes entries such as no comment or N/A.

  • Overall tone: Feedback was overwhelmingly positive. Students repeatedly described the TAs as helpful, kind, encouraging, knowledgeable, and responsive in labs and office hours.
  • What students value: Students repeatedly appreciated patient explanations, individual attention, and ready access to help during labs and office hours.
  • Improvement opportunity: Multiple comments asked for more active guidance in lab and explanations that better account for students’ limited prior experience.

These are aggregate, paraphrased themes; no individual response is quoted.