Student Evaluation of Teaching: Spring 2008

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  NASC100*001  Astronomy: Solar System
  Meeting: M  12:45pm-2:00pm      AAC 363
           T  12:45pm-2:00pm      AAC 363
           R  12:45pm-2:00pm      AAC 363

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
  Instructor:                     Aghassi, Badri M.
  Rank:                           No response
  Tenure Status:                  Tenured
  Full/Part-Time:                 Full-time
  Gender:                         Male
  Years college teaching:         43
  Years Bentley teaching:         43
  Previous terms teaching course: 5-10
  Course revisions:               Yes
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    18               Full-time:           15
  Respondents:   15               Part-time:            0
  Day:           15               Male:                 6
    Freshman:     4               Female:               9
    Sophomore:   10               Subject interest
    Junior:       0                 Interested:         6
    Senior:       1                 Neutral:            6
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     2
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         20
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.35

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding       15     33    53     7     7     0      4.13    4.19    4.75
 Difficult           15     13    40    27    20     0      3.47    3.54    3.59
 Benefitted          15     20    47    27     7     0      3.80    3.85    4.50
 Recommend           15     20    27    40     7     7      3.47    3.65    4.48

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         15     33    47    20     0     0      4.13    4.15    4.93
 Communication       15     27    20    47     7     0      3.67    3.54    4.82
 Grading             15     33    47    20     0     0      4.13    3.92    3.82
 Interesting         15     27    13    40    13     7      3.40    3.42    4.57
 Responsive          15     53    27    20     0     0      4.33    4.04    4.70
 Overall             15     33    33    33     0     0      4.00    3.81    4.64

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