Student Evaluation of Teaching: Spring 2007

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  NS381*001  Light and Color
  Meeting: T  11:20am-12:35pm     JEN 119
           F  11:20am-12:35pm     JEN 119

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
  Instructor:                     Nichols, Steven J
  Rank:                           Assistant Professor
  Tenure Status:                  Not Tenure Track
  Full/Part-Time:                 Full-time
  Gender:                         Male
  Years college teaching:         6
  Years Bentley teaching:         6
  Previous terms teaching course: Never
  Course revisions:               No
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    20               Full-time:           17
  Respondents:   17               Part-time:            0
  Day:           17               Male:                 9
    Freshman:     0               Female:               8
    Sophomore:    4               Subject interest
    Junior:       7                 Interested:         7
    Senior:       6                 Neutral:            7
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     3
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         21
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.04

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding       17     29    59    12     0     0      4.18    4.18    4.30
 Difficult           17     12    24    29    24    12      3.00    3.00    3.42
 Benefitted          17     12    65    18     6     0      3.82    3.82    3.94
 Recommend           17     29    35    29     6     0      3.88    3.88    3.82

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         17     41    29    29     0     0      4.12    4.12    4.48
 Communication       17     41    24    18    12     6      3.82    3.82    4.27
 Grading             17     18    29    24    24     6      3.29    3.29    3.97
 Interesting         17     24    29    41     0     6      3.65    3.65    4.18
 Responsive          17     35    41    18     6     0      4.06    4.06    4.30
 Overall             17     35    41    24     0     0      4.12    4.12    4.21

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