1LEXINGTON CAMPUS - PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT Page 1 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - FALL 1997 TEACHER AND COURSE EVALUATION RESULTS LEXINGTON CAMPUS OVERALL EVALUATION RESULTS SECTION A - STUDENT INFORMATION Classification Number Percent Expected grade Number Percent Freshman 7,763 16.5 A 21,878 47.2 Sophomore 8,508 18.1 B 17,747 38.3 Junior 10,203 21.7 C 5,070 10.9 Senior 14,383 30.6 D 704 1.5 Graduate 5,541 11.8 E/Fail 100 0.2 Professional 141 0.3 I 26 0.1 Other 425 0.9 Pass or Audit 829 1.8 Reason for taking course Number Percent Hrs/week spent Number Percent Required by University 1 hour or less 11,045 23.7 Studies Program 9,898 21.3 2 hours 12,244 26.2 Required by my major 27,785 59.8 3 hours 10,682 22.9 Other (e.g. elective) 8,755 18.9 4 - 5 hours 7,650 16.4 6 - 7 hours 2,687 5.8 8 or more hours 2,363 5.1 % % Strongly % % Strongly N Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) SECTION B - COURSE ITEMS 1. Outlined course material and grading 49,835 0.8 2.9 50.7 45.6 3.4 0.59 2. Textbook contributed to understandin 46,358 4.5 12.1 50.9 32.5 3.1 0.78 3. Suppl read & assign helped understan 47,911 1.9 7.4 54.1 36.6 3.3 0.67 4. Exams reflected what was taught 45,542 2.5 8.1 49.6 39.7 3.3 0.71 5. Grading was fair and consistent 49,297 2.2 6.9 49.4 41.6 3.3 0.69 6. Assignments were distributed evenly 47,859 1.4 4.9 53.2 40.6 3.3 0.63 7. Graded assignments returned promptly 48,772 1.9 6.4 49.4 42.3 3.3 0.68 8. Graded assignments included comments 45,460 3.8 16.6 46.6 32.9 3.1 0.80 SECTION C - INSTRUCTOR ITEMS 9. Presented material effectively 49,850 3.3 10.4 44.1 42.2 3.3 0.77 10. Had good knowledge of subject matte 50,082 0.6 2.0 36.3 61.1 3.6 0.57 11. Was available for consultation 45,862 0.9 3.2 48.4 47.5 3.4 0.60 12. Satisfact answered class questions 49,769 1.7 5.8 45.4 47.2 3.4 0.67 13. Stimulated interest of the subject 49,354 5.3 15.7 41.7 37.4 3.1 0.85 14. Encouraged class participation 49,249 2.0 8.8 43.8 45.3 3.3 0.72 SECTION D - LEARNING OUTCOMES 15. Learned respect different viewpoint 41,548 1.9 10.2 56.5 31.5 3.2 0.68 16. Inc my abil to analyze & evaluate 47,398 1.8 9.1 55.0 34.1 3.2 0.68 17. Course helped abil to solve problem 45,049 2.2 13.0 53.8 31.0 3.1 0.71 18. Gained undrstnd of concepts & prin. 49,034 1.7 5.2 54.6 38.6 3.3 0.64 19. Course stimulated me to read furthe 47,803 7.2 25.4 41.1 26.3 2.9 0.89 % % % % N Poor Fair Good Excellent Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) SECTION E - SUMMARY ITEMS 20. Overall value of the course 49,804 3.6 13.3 45.0 38.0 3.2 0.79 21. Overall quality of teaching 49,583 4.3 11.6 33.9 50.2 3.3 0.84 1LEXINGTON CAMPUS - PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT Page 2 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - FALL 1997 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 7,356 3.3 15.1 56.7 24.9 3.0 0.73 23. Saw how discipline relates to other 9,324 2.9 14.3 58.3 24.5 3.0 0.71 24. Writing assign helps understand sub 8,378 2.7 10.5 58.8 28.0 3.1 0.69 25. Cross-Cult/understand other culture 4,636 2.2 10.6 53.9 33.3 3.2 0.70 26. Cross-Discipline/ links were eviden 3,732 2.8 11.7 54.9 30.6 3.1 0.72 SECTION G - GRADUATE SEMINARS ONLY 27. Feedback on oral presentations 2,171 1.9 6.8 46.5 44.8 3.3 0.69 28. Guided student report preparation 2,192 1.8 6.8 47.7 43.8 3.3 0.68 29. Students free to express opinions 2,559 1.1 2.9 39.4 56.7 3.5 0.61 30. Discussions broadened my knowledge 2,505 1.4 5.4 42.6 50.7 3.4 0.66 31. Developed abil to conduct research 2,145 2.2 10.4 47.3 40.1 3.3 0.73 SECTION H - LABORATORY & DISCUSSION SECTIONS ONLY 32. Clarified lecture material 6,176 3.0 8.9 50.0 38.2 3.2 0.73 33. Amount of work appropriate 6,261 4.2 7.9 52.7 35.1 3.2 0.75 34. Instructor explained expectations 6,234 2.5 6.9 50.6 39.9 3.3 0.70 35. Instructor helped with my problems 6,009 2.6 8.2 50.6 38.6 3.3 0.71 36. Lab equipment use satis explained 4,608 2.6 6.6 54.1 36.6 3.2 0.69 % answering item N --------------------------------- Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) SECTION I - OPTIONAL ITEMS 37. Question 37 205 4.9 13.7 21.0 46.3 14.1 3.5 1.05 38. Question 38 196 6.6 17.3 28.6 33.2 14.3 3.3 1.12 39. Question 39 157 6.4 19.7 26.1 35.7 12.1 3.3 1.11 40. Question 40 134 10.4 11.2 34.3 27.6 16.4 3.3 1.18 41. Question 41 131 2.3 9.9 25.2 32.8 29.8 3.8 1.05 42. Question 42 110 10.0 6.4 25.5 38.2 20.0 3.5 1.18 43. Question 43 111 10.8 11.7 22.5 40.5 14.4 3.4 1.19 44. Question 44 110 12.7 18.2 28.2 30.0 10.9 3.1 1.20 45. Question 45 81 28.4 22.2 7.4 19.8 22.2 2.9 1.57 46. Question 46 78 12.8 11.5 38.5 28.2 9.0 3.1 1.13 47. Question 47 76 27.6 31.6 25.0 9.2 6.6 2.4 1.17 48. Question 48 59 25.4 40.7 13.6 10.2 10.2 2.4 1.26 49. Question 49 59 13.6 11.9 27.1 39.0 8.5 3.2 1.18 Number of forms preslugged = at least 71237 Number of forms scanned = 54931 Number of forms with at least one student response = 50563 Percent completed = 71.0 % 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".