Student Evaluation of Teaching: Spring 2006

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  AST201*001  Stars and Universe
  Meeting: M  11:20am-12:35pm     AAC 363
           W  11:20am-12:35pm     AAC 363
           T  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:         13
  Years Bentley teaching:         12
  Previous terms teaching course: 1
  Course revisions:               No response
  Special circumstances:          No response

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    23               Full-time:           23
  Respondents:   23               Part-time:            0
  Day:           23               Male:                11
    Freshman:     0               Female:              11
    Sophomore:   16               Subject interest
    Junior:       3                 Interested:        14
    Senior:       3                 Neutral:            7
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     1
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         20
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.31

                           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     78    22     0     0     0      4.78    4.79    4.33
 Difficult           23     13    39    39     4     4      3.52    3.47    3.44
 Benefitted          23     61    35     0     0     4      4.48    4.51    3.95
 Recommend           23     61    35     0     0     4      4.48    4.44    3.71

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         23    100     0     0     0     0      5.00    5.00    4.36
 Communication       23     78    22     0     0     0      4.78    4.81    3.88
 Grading             23     39    39    17     0     4      4.09    4.05    3.35
 Interesting         23     65    22    13     0     0      4.52    4.56    3.72
 Responsive          23     78    22     0     0     0      4.78    4.77    3.95
 Overall             23     74    26     0     0     0      4.74    4.74    3.85

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