Student Evaluation of Teaching: Fall 2008

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  NASC101*001  Astronomy: Stars & Universe
  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:         45
  Years Bentley teaching:         44
  Previous terms teaching course: 5-10
  Course revisions:               Yes
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    24               Full-time:           16
  Respondents:   16               Part-time:            0
  Day:           16               Male:                13
    Freshman:     1               Female:               3
    Sophomore:   12               Subject interest
    Junior:       2                 Interested:         6
    Senior:       1                 Neutral:            7
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     3
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         20
                                  Avg expected grade:   2.92

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding       16     13    38    25    25     0      3.38    3.57    4.56
 Difficult           16     38    44    13     6     0      4.13    4.25    3.53
 Benefitted          16     13    13    44    25     6      3.00    3.11    4.35
 Recommend           16      6     6    31    19    38      2.25    2.36    4.27

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         16     19    31    44     6     0      3.63    3.89    4.77
 Communication       16      6     6    38    44     6      2.63    3.00    4.45
 Grading             16     13    31    44     6     6      3.38    3.57    4.18
 Interesting         16      0    13    38    25    25      2.38    2.86    4.35
 Responsive          16     19    25    44    13     0      3.50    3.71    4.51
 Overall             16      6    13    50    25     6      2.88    3.21    4.49

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