Student Evaluation of Teaching: Fall 2009

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  NASC100*002  Astronomy: Solar System
  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:    23               Full-time:           20
  Respondents:   21               Part-time:            0
  Day:           21               Male:                14
    Freshman:     1               Female:               7
    Sophomore:   10               Subject interest
    Junior:       9                 Interested:        12
    Senior:       1                 Neutral:            7
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     2
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         20
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.47

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding       21     86    14     0     0     0      4.86    4.81    4.52
 Difficult           21     24    38    24    10     5      3.67    3.79    3.54
 Benefitted          21     71    24     5     0     0      4.67    4.50    4.23
 Recommend           21     62    29    10     0     0      4.52    4.38    4.15

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         21     95     5     0     0     0      4.95    4.93    4.64
 Communication       21     81    14     5     0     0      4.76    4.79    4.32
 Grading             21     43    43    10     5     0      4.24    4.19    3.89
 Interesting         21     81    14     5     0     0      4.76    4.74    4.17
 Responsive          21     81    14     5     0     0      4.76    4.71    4.43
 Overall             21     86    14     0     0     0      4.86    4.79    4.30

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