Student Evaluation of Teaching: Fall 2008

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  NASC101*E01  Astronomy: Stars & Universe
  Meeting: T  6:00pm-9:50pm       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:    14               Full-time:           10
  Respondents:   12               Part-time:            2
  Day:           11               Male:                 8
    Freshman:     0               Female:               4
    Sophomore:    6               Subject interest
    Junior:       4                 Interested:         3
    Senior:       1                 Neutral:            7
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     2
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         21
                                  Avg expected grade:   2.94

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding       12     25    42    25     8     0      3.83    3.57    4.56
 Difficult           12     58    25    17     0     0      4.42    4.25    3.53
 Benefitted          12     17    25    33    17     8      3.25    3.11    4.35
 Recommend           12      8     8    25    42    17      2.50    2.36    4.27

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         12     58     8    33     0     0      4.25    3.89    4.77
 Communication       12     25    17    42    17     0      3.50    3.00    4.45
 Grading             12     50    17     8    17     8      3.83    3.57    4.18
 Interesting         12     25    17    42    17     0      3.50    2.86    4.35
 Responsive          12     25    50    25     0     0      4.00    3.71    4.51
 Overall             12     25    25    42     8     0      3.67    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