Student Evaluation of Teaching: Spring 2004

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  AST303*001  Life in Universe
  Meeting: M  11:20am-12:35pm     AAC 363
           W  11:20am-12:35pm     AAC 363

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
  Instructor:                     Fishman, George Paul
  Rank:                           No response
  Tenure Status:                  Not Tenure Track
  Full/Part-Time:                 Full-time
  Gender:                         Male
  Years college teaching:         11
  Years Bentley teaching:         10
  Previous terms teaching course: 4
  Course revisions:               No
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    21               Full-time:           19
  Respondents:   20               Part-time:            1
  Day:           20               Male:                12
    Freshman:     0               Female:               8
    Sophomore:    2               Subject interest
    Junior:       4                 Interested:        15
    Senior:      14                 Neutral:            2
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     3
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         22
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.19

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding       20     60    40     0     0     0      4.60    4.60    4.28
 Difficult           20     10    35    20    35     0      3.20    3.20    3.55
 Benefitted          20     45    35    15     5     0      4.20    4.20    4.03
 Recommend           20     55    30    10     5     0      4.35    4.35    3.82

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         20     85    15     0     0     0      4.85    4.85    4.43
 Communication       20     75    20     5     0     0      4.70    4.70    4.13
 Grading             20     50    25    10    10     5      4.05    4.05    3.50
 Interesting         20     55    45     0     0     0      4.55    4.55    3.99
 Responsive          20     75    25     0     0     0      4.75    4.75    4.18
 Overall             20     65    30     5     0     0      4.60    4.60    4.12

Number of sections in course:   1

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