Student Evaluation of Teaching: Spring 2006

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  AST201*002  Stars and Universe
  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:         13
  Years Bentley teaching:         12
  Previous terms teaching course: 1
  Course revisions:               No
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    22               Full-time:           20
  Respondents:   20               Part-time:            0
  Day:           20               Male:                14
    Freshman:     1               Female:               6
    Sophomore:   14               Subject interest
    Junior:       4                 Interested:        16
    Senior:       1                 Neutral:            4
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     0
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         20
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.44

                           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     80    20     0     0     0      4.80    4.79    4.33
 Difficult           20     15    35    35     5    10      3.40    3.47    3.44
 Benefitted          20     60    35     5     0     0      4.55    4.51    3.95
 Recommend           20     60    20    20     0     0      4.40    4.44    3.71

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         20    100     0     0     0     0      5.00    5.00    4.36
 Communication       20     90     5     5     0     0      4.85    4.81    3.88
 Grading             20     35    35    25     5     0      4.00    4.05    3.35
 Interesting         20     60    40     0     0     0      4.60    4.56    3.72
 Responsive          20     75    25     0     0     0      4.75    4.77    3.95
 Overall             20     75    25     0     0     0      4.75    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