Student Evaluation of Teaching: Spring 2003

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  AST201*002  Stars and Universe
  Meeting: T  9:55am-11:10am      AAC 363
           R  9:55am-11:10am      AAC 363
           F  9:55am-11:10am      AAC 363

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
  Instructor:                     Aghassi, Badri M.
  Rank:                           Professor
  Tenure Status:                  Tenured
  Full/Part-Time:                 Full-time
  Gender:                         Male
  Years college teaching:         39
  Years Bentley teaching:         38
  Previous terms teaching course: 3
  Course revisions:               Yes
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    17               Full-time:           13
  Respondents:   14               Part-time:            0
  Day:           14               Male:                 6
    Freshman:     2               Female:               7
    Sophomore:   10               Subject interest
    Junior:       1                 Interested:         6
    Senior:       1                 Neutral:            6
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     1
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         20
                                  Avg expected grade:   2.65

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding       14     29    50    14     7     0      4.00    4.10    3.58
 Difficult           14     21    50    21     7     0      3.86    3.75    4.05
 Benefitted          14      7    71    14     0     7      3.71    3.60    3.26
 Recommend           14      0    36    43    14     7      3.07    2.95    2.74

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         14     29    36    36     0     0      3.93    3.90    3.87
 Communication       14      7    14    64    14     0      3.14    3.15    2.99
 Grading             14      7    36    36    21     0      3.29    3.45    3.06
 Interesting         14      0    14    64    14     7      2.86    2.85    2.71
 Responsive          14     14    29    50     7     0      3.50    3.70    3.28
 Overall             14      7    43    43     7     0      3.50    3.40    3.08

Number of sections in course:   2

SA=Strongly Agree, A=Agree, N=Neutral, D=Disagree, SD=Strongly Disagree
E=Excellent, AA=Above Average, AV=Average, BA=Below Average, U=Unsatisfactory