1LEXINGTON CAMPUS - PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT Page 1 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - FALL 1996 TEACHER AND COURSE EVALUATION RESULTS LEXINGTON CAMPUS OVERALL EVALUATION RESULTS SECTION A - STUDENT INFORMATION Classification Number Percent Expected grade Number Percent Freshman 8,223 17.5 A 21,448 46.2 Sophomore 8,193 17.4 B 18,214 39.2 Junior 9,913 21.1 C 5,348 11.5 Senior 14,500 30.8 D 605 1.3 Graduate 5,672 12.1 E/Fail 95 0.2 Professional 132 0.3 I 30 0.1 Other 418 0.9 Pass or Audit 667 1.4 Reason for taking course Number Percent Hrs/week spent Number Percent Required by University 1 hour or less 10,637 22.7 Studies Program 10,327 22.2 2 hours 12,130 25.9 Required by my major 27,332 58.7 3 hours 11,221 24.0 Other (e.g. elective) 8,868 19.1 4 - 5 hours 7,938 17.0 6 - 7 hours 2,567 5.5 8 or more hours 2,309 4.9 % % Strongly % % Strongly N Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) SECTION B - COURSE ITEMS 1. Outlined course material and grading 50,124 0.7 3.1 52.0 44.2 3.4 0.59 2. Textbook contributed to understandin 46,785 5.3 12.7 51.4 30.6 3.1 0.80 3. Suppl read & assign helped understan 48,152 1.9 8.4 54.7 35.1 3.2 0.68 4. Exams reflected what was taught 45,802 2.6 8.1 50.5 38.8 3.3 0.71 5. Grading was fair and consistent 49,504 2.3 7.5 50.8 39.4 3.3 0.70 6. Assignments were distributed evenly 48,167 1.5 5.5 54.5 38.4 3.3 0.64 7. Graded assignments returned promptly 49,031 2.0 6.9 50.6 40.5 3.3 0.68 8. Graded assignments included comments 45,817 3.7 16.7 48.3 31.3 3.1 0.79 SECTION C - INSTRUCTOR ITEMS 9. Presented material effectively 50,143 3.1 10.9 45.1 40.9 3.2 0.77 10. Had good knowledge of subject matte 50,281 0.7 1.9 36.9 60.6 3.6 0.57 11. Was available for consultation 46,074 0.9 3.2 49.4 46.4 3.4 0.60 12. Satisfact answered class questions 49,904 1.7 6.1 46.5 45.8 3.4 0.67 13. Stimulated interest of the subject 49,627 5.1 16.5 42.0 36.3 3.1 0.85 14. Encouraged class participation 49,495 2.1 9.3 44.4 44.2 3.3 0.72 SECTION D - LEARNING OUTCOMES 15. Learned respect different viewpoint 41,513 1.9 10.1 58.1 29.9 3.2 0.67 16. Inc my abil to analyze & evaluate 47,415 1.9 9.7 56.2 32.3 3.2 0.68 17. Course helped abil to solve problem 44,793 2.4 13.7 54.7 29.3 3.1 0.72 18. Gained undrstnd of concepts & prin. 49,172 1.6 5.5 55.6 37.3 3.3 0.64 19. Course stimulated me to read furthe 47,927 7.4 26.6 41.4 24.7 2.8 0.88 % % % % N Poor Fair Good Excellent Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) SECTION E - SUMMARY ITEMS 20. Overall value of the course 49,969 3.7 14.0 44.6 37.7 3.2 0.80 21. Overall quality of teaching 49,781 4.1 12.3 34.3 49.4 3.3 0.83 1LEXINGTON CAMPUS - PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT Page 2 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - FALL 1996 TEACHER AND COURSE EVALUATION RESULTS LEXINGTON CAMPUS OVERALL EVALUATION RESULTS % % 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 7,175 3.8 16.5 57.0 22.7 3.0 0.74 23. Saw how discipline relates to other 9,236 3.4 14.2 59.4 23.0 3.0 0.71 24. Writing assign helps understand sub 8,488 4.0 11.5 58.3 26.2 3.1 0.73 25. Cross-Cult/understand other culture 4,698 3.0 10.9 54.4 31.6 3.1 0.72 26. Cross-Discipline/ links were eviden 3,704 3.8 12.6 55.6 28.1 3.1 0.74 SECTION G - GRADUATE SEMINARS ONLY 27. Feedback on oral presentations 1,990 2.4 8.8 47.7 41.1 3.3 0.72 28. Guided student report preparation 1,998 2.5 9.3 49.5 38.7 3.2 0.72 29. Students free to express opinions 2,338 1.4 3.5 42.4 52.7 3.5 0.63 30. Discussions broadened my knowledge 2,330 2.1 5.3 45.3 47.2 3.4 0.69 31. Developed abil to conduct research 1,950 3.8 12.8 48.4 35.0 3.1 0.78 SECTION H - LABORATORY & DISCUSSION SECTIONS ONLY 32. Clarified lecture material 6,278 3.2 9.9 50.6 36.3 3.2 0.74 33. Amount of work appropriate 6,350 4.2 8.5 53.4 33.9 3.2 0.75 34. Instructor explained expectations 6,340 2.5 7.9 50.0 39.6 3.3 0.71 35. Instructor helped with my problems 6,093 2.9 9.5 50.9 36.8 3.2 0.73 36. Lab equipment use satis explained 4,398 3.7 7.8 52.5 36.1 3.2 0.74 % answering item N --------------------------------- Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) SECTION I - OPTIONAL ITEMS 37. Question 37 140 10.7 18.6 21.4 26.4 22.9 3.3 1.30 38. Question 38 139 10.1 13.7 35.3 23.0 18.0 3.3 1.20 39. Question 39 105 17.1 11.4 23.8 33.3 14.3 3.2 1.30 40. Question 40 104 5.8 17.3 32.7 27.9 16.3 3.3 1.12 41. Question 41 102 18.6 10.8 26.5 32.4 11.8 3.1 1.29 42. Question 42 102 16.7 11.8 28.4 27.5 15.7 3.1 1.30 43. Question 43 104 18.3 13.5 25.0 29.8 13.5 3.1 1.31 44. Question 44 98 10.2 21.4 27.6 26.5 14.3 3.1 1.21 45. Question 45 82 14.6 20.7 31.7 22.0 11.0 2.9 1.21 46. Question 46 66 13.6 10.6 31.8 28.8 15.2 3.2 1.23 47. Question 47 48 16.7 27.1 31.3 16.7 8.3 2.7 1.18 48. Question 48 45 15.6 17.8 33.3 22.2 11.1 3.0 1.22 49. Question 49 36 25.0 2.8 38.9 25.0 8.3 2.9 1.28 Number of forms preslugged = at least 71893 Number of forms scanned = 55544 Number of forms with at least one student response = 50731 Percent completed = 70.6 % 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 from VIEW on the IBM mainframe by typing "VIEW CAMPUS LCINFO".