Student Evaluation of Teaching: Spring 2009

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  NASC101*002  Astronomy: Stars & Universe
  Meeting: T  11:20am-12:35pm     AAC 363
           R  11:20am-12:35pm     AAC 363
           F  11:20am-12:35pm     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:    23               Full-time:           22
  Respondents:   22               Part-time:            0
  Day:           22               Male:                12
    Freshman:     4               Female:              10
    Sophomore:   16               Subject interest
    Junior:       2                 Interested:        13
    Senior:       0                 Neutral:            8
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     0
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         20
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.20

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding       22     73    27     0     0     0      4.73    4.77    4.29
 Difficult           22     27    27    32    14     0      3.68    3.62    3.73
 Benefitted          22     50    41     9     0     0      4.41    4.45    4.01
 Recommend           22     64    23     9     5     0      4.45    4.36    3.75

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         22     86    14     0     0     0      4.86    4.91    4.53
 Communication       22     73    23     5     0     0      4.68    4.77    4.06
 Grading             22     41    23    27     9     0      3.95    3.89    4.01
 Interesting         22     77    18     5     0     0      4.73    4.66    3.94
 Responsive          22     68    18    14     0     0      4.55    4.67    4.29
 Overall             22     73    23     5     0     0      4.68    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