In a recent survey of Canadian university students, the key elements respondents chose that make a class a student's favourite are an interesting subject matter, an engaging teaching style, and interesting course readings. The absence of these factors is most likely to make a class a least-favourite. While not entirely irrelevant, technology, class size, teaching assistants, and intelligent contributions from classmates were considerably less important than the main factors. Instructors in favourite classes were believed to have stronger reputations for research excellence than those in least-favourite classes.
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