Student Evaluation of Teaching: Fall 2004

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  PHY240*002  Basic Physics: Prin & App
  Meeting: M  3:35pm-4:50pm       JEN 119
           W  2:10pm-4:50pm       JEN 119

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
  Instructor:                     Nichols, Steven J
  Rank:                           Instructor
  Tenure Status:                  Not Tenure Track
  Full/Part-Time:                 Full-time
  Gender:                         Male
  Years college teaching:         3
  Years Bentley teaching:         3
  Previous terms teaching course: 5-10
  Course revisions:               No
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    24               Full-time:           20
  Respondents:   20               Part-time:            0
  Day:           20               Male:                17
    Freshman:     0               Female:               3
    Sophomore:   20               Subject interest
    Junior:       0                 Interested:         6
    Senior:       0                 Neutral:           12
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     2
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         20
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.51

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding       20     35    50    15     0     0      4.20    4.02    3.87
 Difficult           20      0    25    40    25    10      2.80    2.88    3.24
 Benefitted          20     30    55    15     0     0      4.15    3.93    3.71
 Recommend           20     45    45    10     0     0      4.35    4.02    3.74

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         20     55    40     5     0     0      4.50    4.36    4.12
 Communication       20     65    25    10     0     0      4.55    4.26    3.82
 Grading             20     60    30     5     5     0      4.45    4.21    3.81
 Interesting         20     60    35     5     0     0      4.55    4.25    3.72
 Responsive          20     80    20     0     0     0      4.80    4.21    3.88
 Overall             20     70    20    10     0     0      4.60    4.36    3.91

Number of sections in course:   4

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