Student Evaluation of Teaching: Spring 2009

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:         45
  Years Bentley teaching:         44
  Previous terms teaching course: 5-10
  Course revisions:               Yes
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    23               Full-time:           20
  Respondents:   20               Part-time:            0
  Day:           20               Male:                11
    Freshman:     2               Female:               9
    Sophomore:   16               Subject interest
    Junior:       0                 Interested:         7
    Senior:       2                 Neutral:           10
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     3
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         20
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.03

                           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     15    55    10    15     5      3.60    3.60    4.66
 Difficult           20     25    25    25    10    15      3.35    3.35    3.57
 Benefitted          20     15    35    35     5    10      3.40    3.40    4.36
 Recommend           20     10    20    40    10    20      2.90    2.90    4.34

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         20     15    60    20     0     5      3.80    3.80    4.77
 Communication       20     10    15    50    15    10      3.00    3.00    4.52
 Grading             20     20    30    20    25     5      3.35    3.35    3.98
 Interesting         20     10    20    40    20    10      3.00    3.00    4.35
 Responsive          20     20    30    30    10    10      3.40    3.40    4.59
 Overall             20     15    40    25    10    10      3.40    3.40    4.44

Number of sections in course:   1

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