Student Evaluation of Teaching: Spring 2009

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  NASC101*001  Astronomy: Stars & Universe
  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:         16
  Years Bentley teaching:         15
  Previous terms teaching course: 11 or more
  Course revisions:               No
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    25               Full-time:           25
  Respondents:   25               Part-time:            0
  Day:           25               Male:                16
    Freshman:     0               Female:               9
    Sophomore:   17               Subject interest
    Junior:       7                 Interested:        18
    Senior:       1                 Neutral:            3
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     2
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         20
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.33

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding       25     84    12     4     0     0      4.80    4.77    4.29
 Difficult           25     24    28    32    12     4      3.56    3.62    3.73
 Benefitted          25     60    28    12     0     0      4.48    4.45    4.01
 Recommend           25     56    24    12     8     0      4.28    4.36    3.75

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         25     96     4     0     0     0      4.96    4.91    4.53
 Communication       25     84    16     0     0     0      4.84    4.77    4.06
 Grading             25     36    20    36     8     0      3.84    3.89    4.01
 Interesting         25     68    24     8     0     0      4.60    4.66    3.94
 Responsive          24     83    13     4     0     0      4.79    4.67    4.29
 Overall             25     76    20     4     0     0      4.72    4.70    4.15

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