Student Evaluation of Teaching: Fall 2008

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  NASC100*002  Astronomy: Solar System
  Meeting: T  2:10pm-3:25pm       AAC 363
           W  2:10pm-3:25pm       AAC 363
           R  2:10pm-3:25pm       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:         15
  Years Bentley teaching:         14
  Previous terms teaching course: 11 or more
  Course revisions:               No
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    23               Full-time:           21
  Respondents:   21               Part-time:            0
  Day:           21               Male:                15
    Freshman:     1               Female:               6
    Sophomore:    5               Subject interest
    Junior:      12                 Interested:        15
    Senior:       3                 Neutral:            2
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     3
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         20
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.23

                           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     85    10     5     0     0      4.80    4.88    4.56
 Difficult           20     35    50     0    15     0      4.05    3.71    3.50
 Benefitted          20     85     5     5     5     0      4.70    4.55    4.27
 Recommend           20     85     0     5     0    10      4.50    4.62    4.21

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         20     95     5     0     0     0      4.95    4.98    4.66
 Communication       20     85    15     0     0     0      4.85    4.90    4.34
 Grading             20     60    20    15     5     0      4.35    4.36    3.79
 Interesting         20     80    10     0     5     5      4.55    4.60    4.23
 Responsive          20     95     5     0     0     0      4.95    4.86    4.45
 Overall             20     85     5    10     0     0      4.75    4.79    4.27

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