Student Evaluation of Teaching: Fall 2003

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  AST201*001  Stars and Universe
  Meeting: T  8:30am-9:45am       AAC 363
           R  8:30am-9:45am       AAC 363
           W  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:         40
  Years Bentley teaching:         39
  Previous terms teaching course: 5-10
  Course revisions:               Yes
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    15               Full-time:           11
  Respondents:   12               Part-time:            1
  Day:           12               Male:                 8
    Freshman:     1               Female:               4
    Sophomore:    6               Subject interest
    Junior:       4                 Interested:         6
    Senior:       1                 Neutral:            5
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     1
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         20
                                  Avg expected grade:   2.51

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding       12     33    25    17     8    17      3.50    3.42    3.60
 Difficult           12     42    50     8     0     0      4.33    4.06    4.00
 Benefitted          12     25    25    25     0    25      3.25    2.97    3.24
 Recommend           12     25     8    25    17    25      2.92    2.61    2.63

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         12     42    33    17     8     0      4.08    3.90    3.78
 Communication       12     25    33    33     8     0      3.75    3.16    2.86
 Grading             12     50    25    17     8     0      4.17    3.55    2.97
 Interesting         12      8    33    33    25     0      3.25    2.83    2.61
 Responsive          12     33    17    25    25     0      3.58    2.97    3.21
 Overall             12     25    33    33     8     0      3.75    3.19    2.99

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