Student Evaluation of Teaching: Spring 2009

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  NASE399*001  How Things Work
  Meeting: T  11:20am-12:35pm     JEN 119
           F  11:20am-12:35pm     JEN 119

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
  Instructor:                     Nichols, Steven J
  Rank:                           Assistant Professor
  Tenure Status:                  Not Tenure Track
  Full/Part-Time:                 Full-time
  Gender:                         Male
  Years college teaching:         8
  Years Bentley teaching:         8
  Previous terms teaching course: 2
  Course revisions:               Yes
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    13               Full-time:           12
  Respondents:   12               Part-time:            0
  Day:           12               Male:                11
    Freshman:     1               Female:               1
    Sophomore:    2               Subject interest
    Junior:       5                 Interested:         8
    Senior:       4                 Neutral:            4
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     0
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         21
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.39

                           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     50    33     8     8     0      4.25    4.25    4.48
 Difficult           12      0    25    25    42     8      2.67    2.67    3.56
 Benefitted          12     50    33    17     0     0      4.33    4.33    4.22
 Recommend           12     67    17     0    17     0      4.33    4.33    4.22

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         12     58    42     0     0     0      4.58    4.58    4.44
 Communication       12     75    25     0     0     0      4.75    4.75    4.26
 Grading             12     58     8    33     0     0      4.25    4.25    3.67
 Interesting         12     75    17     8     0     0      4.67    4.67    4.22
 Responsive          12     58    33     8     0     0      4.50    4.50    4.11
 Overall             12     67    33     0     0     0      4.67    4.67    4.22

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