Student Comments

Many students have provided very encouraging comments at the end-of-term evaluations, and here is a collection of comments. Listed below are student comments for just one course.

In Fall A 2010, I taught Options, an MBA level elective course at Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business. Here are some nice things my students said about this course.

1 This instructor was always prepared and made a very challenging class very interesting. The instructor bent over backwards to help the class get the concepts and was always available to go over issues of difficulty. This is one of the best instructors that I have had at SMU in my two years as an PMBA student. Great job!!
2 The videos he posts are incredibly helpful. Actually, his entire website for the course is a great resource. It helps to really hammer home some of the more difficult concepts covered in the class. Professor Lei is also incredibly accommodating to his students. He is always available to meet for office hours and responds almost immediately to email inquiries. You can really tell that having his students truly understand and grasp the principles covered in class is his number one priority. Great teacher.
3 Abnormally organized! Does not allow students to fall behind through quiz/class structure. Very intelligent and passionate about teaching. Great use of technology. This guy gives it his all and cares about students succeeding.
4 Teacher was genuinely cared that students learned material and made himself available as much as necessary. With homework solutions and solution videos loaded on his website, it made the class very much more manageable for PMBA’s.
5 Professor Lei did an outstanding job teaching this course. The course was very well organized. He showed good passion for the subject matter, and real interest in helping students learn. I was very impressed with him; his efforts made this one of the best courses I’ve taken at SMU.
6 The instructor was very good at communicating how to think through such a complex and difficult subject. He was passionate about the subject and truly wanted to make sure every student had a thorough understanding of the subject.
7 Professor Lei did an amazing job! He was extremely organized, and he put a lot of effort into developing his materials. He took a genuine interest in helping each person learn in his class. He went above and beyond to meet with individuals outside of class. He even posted videos of how to solve some of the more difficult problems. This really helped those of us that had work schedules that did not permit us to attend his review sessions. I would say Lei is one of the best professors at SMU hands down.
8 The instructor did a good job of teaching the material and making sure that the class understood what he was talking about before moving on.
9 Very well organized. Provided plenty of help and even had video solutions to difficult problems on his website Great instructor
10 Keep it up Lei. You are an elite professor!
11 The use of Options Trivia in class was good. The instructor demonstrated excellent scholarship in the topic and generated student interest. The communication and course design were immaculate and the instructor was highly organized and extremely helpful.
12 Very organized- you are a very likeable professor- always available, quick response to emails- probably the best teacher as far as availability I have ever had
13 1. Class materials, such as video materials for important problem solving and review sessions, were very well prepared and timely provided to students. 2. I thought "Trivia" testing was very effective to measure students class participation and their class preparations of reading textbook chapters. 3. The lectures were very clear and straightfoward to folllow.
14 Videos uploaded for solutions was extremly helpful. Also appreciated the various review sessions and in general your eagerness to help the students do well.
15 I think the professor paced the material very well, neither too fast nor too slow. The use of visual representations to problems was also very helpful for visual learners. The professor also made himself available to students.
16 It was clear Professor Lei went above and beyond to ensure his students learned. Recording the review sessions and providing video solutions to the homework were very helpful.
17 Very well organized course
18 The professor quizzed students at each class meeting and provided posted worked problems in the form of audio/visual media. Quizzes are good motivation to stay on top of material.
19 Quizzes; In class problems; Study hours and videos; I liked the weekly quizzes to keep you caught up and prepared weekly for the course. Given that this is an elective, I liked that the mid-term was implemented and makes the final non-comprehensive. This helped really focus on learning the material instead of just studying/preparing for a comprehensive exam.
20 video solutions for answers, posting homework and lecture solutions.
21 use homework questions on quizzes
22 Very helpful and class problems along with class quiz made us all pay attention. Always available for office hours.
23 The course website was great. Very quick responses and feedback.
24 The posting of answers to questions online was a great idea. Also the review sessions were of great help.
25 Class was well designed.
26 Very well organized class. Options trivia was very good to keep students up to date. Lecture style was very clear and easy to understand.
27 Great Class

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