Student Evaluation of Teaching: Spring 2008

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  SO132*004  Issues & Investigations in Soc
  Meeting: W  9:55am-11:10am      JEN 414
           F  9:55am-11:10am      JEN 414

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
  Instructor:                     Tsai, Gloria 
  Rank:                           Assistant Professor
  Tenure Status:                  Untenured
  Full/Part-Time:                 Part-time
  Gender:                         Female
  Years college teaching:         9
  Years Bentley teaching:         1
  Previous terms teaching course: 11 or more
  Course revisions:               Yes
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    20               Full-time:           20
  Respondents:   20               Part-time:            0
  Day:           20               Male:                14
    Freshman:    16               Female:               6
    Sophomore:    0               Subject interest
    Junior:       2                 Interested:        10
    Senior:       0                 Neutral:            8
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     1
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         19
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.47

                           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     75    15    10     0     0      4.65    4.44    4.11
 Difficult           20     20    20    25    30     5      3.20    2.79    2.97
 Benefitted          20     60    35     0     5     0      4.50    4.44    3.93
 Recommend           20     65    30     5     0     0      4.60    4.49    4.01

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         19     58    37     5     0     0      4.53    4.44    4.03
 Communication       20     55    15    30     0     0      4.25    4.39    4.02
 Grading             20     40    30    20     5     5      3.95    4.05    3.84
 Interesting         20     50    45     5     0     0      4.45    4.36    3.87
 Responsive          20     75    15    10     0     0      4.65    4.36    3.97
 Overall             20     65    20    15     0     0      4.50    4.41    4.01

Number of sections in course:   7

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