Student Evaluation of Teaching: Fall 2009

COURSE INFORMATION
  Course:  NASC101*001  Astronomy: Stars & Universe
  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:         46
  Years Bentley teaching:         45
  Previous terms teaching course: 5-10
  Course revisions:               Yes
  Special circumstances:          No

SUMMARY STUDENT DATA
  Enrollment:    21               Full-time:           18
  Respondents:   19               Part-time:            0
  Day:           19               Male:                10
    Freshman:     1               Female:               8
    Sophomore:   13               Subject interest
    Junior:       2                 Interested:         6
    Senior:       2                 Neutral:           11
  Evening:        0                 Not interested:     1
  Graduate:       0               Average age:         19
                                  Avg expected grade:   3.08

                           Percentages of Responses               Means
                         -----------------------------   -----------------------
COURSE            Total  SA(5)  A(4)  N(3)  D(2) SD(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Understanding       19     26    42    16    16     0      3.79    3.79    4.43
 Difficult           19     47    47     5     0     0      4.42    4.42    3.73
 Benefitted          19     21    32    32    11     5      3.53    3.53    4.11
 Recommend           19     16    16    32    21    16      2.95    2.95    3.89

INSTRUCTOR        Total   E(5) AA(4) AV(3) BA(2)  U(1)   Section  Course    2yrs
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 Preparation         19     32    42    26     0     0      4.05    4.05    4.64
 Communication       19     11    32    32    11    16      3.11    3.11    4.24
 Grading             19     26    21    42     5     5      3.58    3.58    3.96
 Interesting         19     16    11    32    26    16      2.84    2.84    4.13
 Responsive          19     37    21    42     0     0      3.95    3.95    4.38
 Overall             19     16    21    42    21     0      3.32    3.32    4.29

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