UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - FALL 2000 TEACHER AND COURSE EVALUATION RESULTS LEXINGTON CAMPUS OVERALL EVALUATION RESULTS SECTION A - STUDENT INFORMATION Classification Number Percent Expected grade Number Percent Freshman 7,754 17.9 A 20,942 48.9 Sophomore 7,773 18.0 B 16,290 38.0 Junior 9,284 21.4 C 4,329 10.1 Senior 12,986 30.0 D 533 1.2 Graduate 4,987 11.5 E/Fail 58 0.1 Professional 103 0.2 I 14 0.0 Other 402 0.9 Pass or Audit 662 1.5 Reason for taking course Number Percent Hrs/week spent Number Percent Required by University 1 hour or less 10,535 24.5 Studies Program 8,902 20.8 2 hours 11,464 26.6 Required by my major 26,171 61.1 3 hours 10,308 24.0 Other (e.g. elective) 7,747 18.1 4 - 5 hours 6,645 15.4 6 - 7 hours 2,173 5.0 8 or more hours 1,914 4.4 % % Strongly % % Strongly N Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) SECTION B - COURSE ITEMS 1. Outlined course material and grading 47,172 0.8 3.3 51.3 44.7 3.4 0.59 2. Textbook contributed to understandin 43,757 4.4 12.2 50.9 32.5 3.1 0.78 3. Suppl read & assign helped understan 45,470 1.8 7.9 54.5 35.8 3.2 0.67 4. Exams reflected what was taught 43,066 2.4 7.7 49.8 40.0 3.3 0.71 5. Grading was fair and consistent 46,557 1.9 6.6 50.3 41.2 3.3 0.68 6. Assignments were distributed evenly 45,551 1.4 5.2 53.7 39.7 3.3 0.63 7. Graded assignments returned promptly 46,127 1.8 6.0 50.0 42.2 3.3 0.67 8. Graded assignments included comments 43,257 3.6 16.8 47.2 32.4 3.1 0.79 SECTION C - INSTRUCTOR ITEMS 9. Presented material effectively 47,020 3.1 10.3 44.8 41.9 3.3 0.76 10. Had good knowledge of subject matte 47,148 0.6 2.1 37.1 60.2 3.6 0.57 11. Was available for consultation 43,476 0.8 3.2 49.6 46.4 3.4 0.60 12. Satisfact answered class questions 46,868 1.6 5.8 46.1 46.5 3.4 0.67 13. Stimulated interest of the subject 46,596 5.0 16.3 41.5 37.2 3.1 0.85 14. Encouraged class participation 46,486 2.1 9.2 44.7 44.0 3.3 0.72 SECTION D - LEARNING OUTCOMES 15. Learned respect different viewpoint 40,417 1.7 10.1 56.6 31.6 3.2 0.67 16. Inc my abil to analyze & evaluate 45,307 1.7 9.2 55.2 33.9 3.2 0.67 17. Course helped abil to solve problem 43,365 2.0 13.1 53.8 31.1 3.1 0.71 18. Gained undrstnd of concepts & prin. 46,612 1.5 5.3 55.0 38.1 3.3 0.64 19. Course stimulated me to read furthe 45,695 7.0 24.9 41.4 26.8 2.9 0.88 % % % % N Poor Fair Good Excellent Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) SECTION E - SUMMARY ITEMS 20. Overall value of the course 46,861 3.7 13.2 44.7 38.4 3.2 0.79 21. Overall quality of teaching 46,689 4.1 11.7 34.2 50.0 3.3 0.83. % % Strongly % % Strongly N Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) SECTION F - UNIVERSITY STUDIES PROGRAM COURSES ONLY 22. USSC/ understand scientific inquiry 7,234 3.0 15.4 58.3 23.3 3.0 0.71 23. Saw how discipline relates to other 8,767 3.0 14.2 59.2 23.6 3.0 0.71 24. Writing assign helps understand sub 7,829 2.9 10.7 59.9 26.5 3.1 0.69 25. Cross-Cult/understand other culture 4,758 3.3 10.8 55.2 30.7 3.1 0.73 26. Cross-Discipline/ links were eviden 3,779 3.3 11.4 57.2 28.1 3.1 0.72 SECTION G - GRADUATE SEMINARS ONLY 27. Feedback on oral presentations 2,389 1.6 7.2 48.5 42.7 3.3 0.68 28. Guided student report preparation 2,411 1.8 8.0 49.4 40.7 3.3 0.69 29. Students free to express opinions 2,768 1.2 3.8 41.1 53.9 3.5 0.63 30. Discussions broadened my knowledge 2,741 1.6 4.7 44.3 49.3 3.4 0.66 31. Developed abil to conduct research 2,428 2.1 11.4 48.0 38.6 3.2 0.73 SECTION H - LABORATORY & DISCUSSION SECTIONS ONLY 32. Clarified lecture material 5,711 4.4 10.7 51.2 33.7 3.1 0.78 33. Amount of work appropriate 5,796 5.7 8.9 53.9 31.5 3.1 0.79 34. Instructor explained expectations 5,776 3.7 9.1 51.6 35.6 3.2 0.75 35. Instructor helped with my problems 5,559 3.8 11.2 51.7 33.2 3.1 0.76 36. Lab equipment use satis explained 4,326 4.2 8.9 56.1 30.8 3.1 0.74 % answering item N --------------------------------- Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) SECTION I - OPTIONAL ITEMS 37. Question 37 2,992 3.0 6.2 14.5 41.8 34.5 4.0 1.01 38. Question 38 2,987 1.4 3.9 14.5 39.7 40.5 4.1 0.90 39. Question 39 2,958 2.8 7.7 16.6 40.2 32.7 3.9 1.02 40. Question 40 2,810 3.7 6.6 17.4 39.5 32.8 3.9 1.04 41. Question 41 2,058 1.6 5.3 17.5 40.4 35.2 4.0 0.94 42. Question 42 1,837 4.1 8.1 23.5 41.0 23.3 3.7 1.04 43. Question 43 1,723 2.5 4.8 19.7 41.6 31.3 3.9 0.96 44. Question 44 1,520 3.0 6.0 18.9 39.8 32.3 3.9 1.01 45. Question 45 1,349 7.5 16.2 48.2 19.5 8.6 3.1 1.00 46. Question 46 1,164 50.3 22.3 10.1 11.9 5.4 2.0 1.25 47. Question 47 138 8.7 9.4 13.8 40.6 27.5 3.7 1.22 48. Question 48 95 11.6 9.5 12.6 38.9 27.4 3.6 1.30 49. Question 49 62 21.0 22.6 4.8 21.0 30.6 3.2 1.58 Number of forms preslugged = at least 69903 Number of forms scanned = 51315 Number of forms with at least one student response = 47678 Percent completed = 68.2 % For help with interpretation of the results, refer to your copy of "STUDENT RATINGS OF TEACHING - INTERPRETATION GUIDELINES AND OBSERVATIONS." If a copy is not attached, see your department chairperson. An electronic copy is also available at our UK web page for Assessment & Instituttional Data. ****************************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************************