Student Evaluation of Teaching: Spring 2006

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  AST200*001  Intro to the Solar System
  Meeting: M  9:55am-11:10am      AAC 363
           T  11:20am-12:35pm     AAC 363
           R  11:20am-12:35pm     AAC 363

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
  Instructor:                     Aghassi, Badri M.
  Rank:                           No response
  Tenure Status:                  Tenured
  Full/Part-Time:                 Full-time
  Gender:                         Male
  Years college teaching:         41
  Years Bentley teaching:         42
  Previous terms teaching course: 4
  Course revisions:               Yes
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    20               Full-time:           12
  Respondents:   13               Part-time:            1
  Day:           13               Male:                 8
    Freshman:     3               Female:               5
    Sophomore:    7               Subject interest
    Junior:       1                 Interested:        10
    Senior:       2                 Neutral:            1
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     2
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         22
                                  Avg expected grade:   2.67

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding       13     31    46     8     0    15      3.77    3.77    4.53
 Difficult           13     31    54    15     0     0      4.15    4.15    3.33
 Benefitted          13      8    54    15     8    15      3.31    3.31    4.26
 Recommend           13     15    38    15    15    15      3.23    3.23    4.12

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         13     38    31    31     0     0      4.08    4.08    4.67
 Communication       13      8    23    54     0    15      3.08    3.08    4.50
 Grading             13     31     8    31    15    15      3.23    3.23    3.91
 Interesting         13      8    15    46    23     8      2.92    2.92    4.33
 Responsive          13      8    54    23     8     8      3.46    3.46    4.41
 Overall             13      8    46    23     8    15      3.23    3.23    4.44

Number of sections in course:   1

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