Student Evaluation of Teaching: Fall 2005

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  AST200*002  Intro to the Solar System
  Meeting: M  3:35pm-4:50pm       AAC 363
           W  3:35pm-4:50pm       AAC 363
           R  12:45pm-2:00pm      AAC 363

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
  Instructor:                     Fishman, George Paul
  Rank:                           Instructor
  Tenure Status:                  Not Tenure Track
  Full/Part-Time:                 Full-time
  Gender:                         Male
  Years college teaching:         12
  Years Bentley teaching:         11
  Previous terms teaching course: 11 or more
  Course revisions:               No
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    23               Full-time:           23
  Respondents:   23               Part-time:            0
  Day:           23               Male:                11
    Freshman:     0               Female:              12
    Sophomore:   15               Subject interest
    Junior:       6                 Interested:        18
    Senior:       2                 Neutral:            3
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     2
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         20
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.34

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding       23     91     9     0     0     0      4.91    4.56    4.56
 Difficult           23     22    35    13    26     4      3.43    3.22    3.34
 Benefitted          23     74    26     0     0     0      4.74    4.34    4.29
 Recommend           22     91     5     0     0     5      4.77    4.16    4.21

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         23     87     9     4     0     0      4.83    4.57    4.74
 Communication       22     91     0     9     0     0      4.82    4.37    4.61
 Grading             23     65    17     9     4     4      4.35    4.25    3.83
 Interesting         23     78    17     4     0     0      4.74    4.19    4.46
 Responsive          23     78    22     0     0     0      4.78    4.39    4.47
 Overall             23     87     9     0     4     0      4.78    4.44    4.51

Number of sections in course:   3

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