Student Evaluation of Teaching: Spring 2005

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  AST201*002  Stars and Universe
  Meeting: T  9:55am-11:10am      AAC 363
           W  9:55am-11:10am      AAC 363
           R  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:         41
  Years Bentley teaching:         40
  Previous terms teaching course: 5-10
  Course revisions:               Yes
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    13               Full-time:            8
  Respondents:    8               Part-time:            0
  Day:            8               Male:                 6
    Freshman:     1               Female:               2
    Sophomore:    4               Subject interest
    Junior:       1                 Interested:         5
    Senior:       1                 Neutral:            2
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     1
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         21
                                  Avg expected grade:   2.99

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding        8     25    38    25    13     0      3.75    4.06    4.17
 Difficult            8     13    50    38     0     0      3.75    3.88    3.68
 Benefitted           8     13    25    50     0    13      3.25    3.44    3.72
 Recommend            8     13    13    63     0    13      3.13    3.13    3.42

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation          8     50    13    38     0     0      4.13    4.31    4.26
 Communication        8      0    38    50    13     0      3.25    3.44    3.77
 Grading              8     38    38    13    13     0      4.00    4.06    3.48
 Interesting          8      0    13    75    13     0      3.00    3.06    3.53
 Responsive           8     25     0    63    13     0      3.38    3.81    3.78
 Overall              8      0    38    50    13     0      3.25    3.56    3.77

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