1LEXINGTON CAMPUS - ASSESSMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL DATA Page 1 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - Fall 1998 TEACHER AND COURSE EVALUATION RESULTS LEXINGTON CAMPUS OVERALL EVALUATION RESULTS SECTION A - STUDENT INFORMATION Classification Number Percent Expected grade Number Percent Freshman 7,975 17.1 A 22,118 48.0 Sophomore 8,154 17.5 B 17,100 37.1 Junior 9,923 21.3 C 5,073 11.0 Senior 14,215 30.5 D 830 1.8 Graduate 5,886 12.6 E/Fail 194 0.4 Professional 161 0.3 I 29 0.1 Other 364 0.8 Pass or Audit 757 1.6 Reason for taking course Number Percent Hrs/week spent Number Percent Required by University 1 hour or less 11,113 23.9 Studies Program 9,741 21.0 2 hours 12,167 26.2 Required by my major 27,859 60.1 3 hours 10,890 23.4 Other (e.g. elective) 8,693 18.8 4 - 5 hours 7,377 15.9 6 - 7 hours 2,575 5.5 8 or more hours 2,244 4.8 % % Strongly % % Strongly N Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) SECTION B - COURSE ITEMS 1. Outlined course material and grading 49,974 0.7 3.0 50.5 45.7 3.4 0.59 2. Textbook contributed to understandin 46,244 4.4 12.1 50.8 32.7 3.1 0.78 3. Suppl read & assign helped understan 48,077 1.8 7.8 53.6 36.8 3.3 0.67 4. Exams reflected what was taught 45,096 2.3 7.8 49.6 40.3 3.3 0.70 5. Grading was fair and consistent 49,343 1.9 6.9 49.4 41.7 3.3 0.68 6. Assignments were distributed evenly 48,243 1.3 5.2 52.6 40.9 3.3 0.63 7. Graded assignments returned promptly 48,884 1.6 6.6 49.2 42.7 3.3 0.67 8. Graded assignments included comments 45,816 3.6 16.6 46.4 33.4 3.1 0.80 SECTION C - INSTRUCTOR ITEMS 9. Presented material effectively 50,001 3.2 10.5 44.2 42.1 3.3 0.77 10. Had good knowledge of subject matte 50,161 0.6 2.0 36.3 61.1 3.6 0.57 11. Was available for consultation 46,252 0.9 3.4 48.2 47.5 3.4 0.61 12. Satisfact answered class questions 49,866 1.7 6.0 45.3 47.0 3.4 0.67 13. Stimulated interest of the subject 49,509 5.0 16.4 41.4 37.3 3.1 0.85 14. Encouraged class participation 49,334 2.0 8.9 43.8 45.2 3.3 0.72 SECTION D - LEARNING OUTCOMES 15. Learned respect different viewpoint 42,451 1.8 10.1 56.6 31.5 3.2 0.68 16. Inc my abil to analyze & evaluate 47,816 1.8 9.5 54.5 34.3 3.2 0.68 17. Course helped abil to solve problem 45,527 2.0 13.3 53.5 31.2 3.1 0.71 18. Gained undrstnd of concepts & prin. 49,244 1.6 5.4 54.2 38.7 3.3 0.64 19. Course stimulated me to read furthe 48,104 6.8 25.4 41.4 26.4 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 49,756 3.5 13.4 44.4 38.7 3.2 0.79 21. Overall quality of teaching 49,171 4.0 11.8 33.9 50.3 3.3 0.83 1LEXINGTON CAMPUS - ASSESSMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL DATA Page 2 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - Fall 1998 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 7,465 3.4 15.9 56.4 24.3 3.0 0.73 23. Saw how discipline relates to other 9,346 3.6 14.3 57.6 24.6 3.0 0.73 24. Writing assign helps understand sub 8,340 2.9 11.4 58.3 27.3 3.1 0.70 25. Cross-Cult/understand other culture 4,495 3.4 11.1 53.5 32.0 3.1 0.74 26. Cross-Discipline/ links were eviden 3,630 3.3 11.5 55.5 29.8 3.1 0.73 SECTION G - GRADUATE SEMINARS ONLY 27. Feedback on oral presentations 2,297 1.9 6.4 48.2 43.5 3.3 0.68 28. Guided student report preparation 2,378 2.4 7.6 48.4 41.6 3.3 0.71 29. Students free to express opinions 2,737 1.1 3.3 38.3 57.4 3.5 0.62 30. Discussions broadened my knowledge 2,701 1.8 5.2 42.4 50.6 3.4 0.68 31. Developed abil to conduct research 2,379 2.6 9.4 49.7 38.3 3.2 0.72 SECTION H - LABORATORY & DISCUSSION SECTIONS ONLY 32. Clarified lecture material 5,673 2.7 9.5 49.2 38.6 3.2 0.73 33. Amount of work appropriate 5,762 4.3 7.2 51.7 36.8 3.2 0.75 34. Instructor explained expectations 5,736 2.3 7.2 49.6 41.0 3.3 0.70 35. Instructor helped with my problems 5,496 2.8 9.3 49.8 38.1 3.2 0.73 36. Lab equipment use satis explained 3,950 2.6 7.3 53.2 36.9 3.2 0.70 % answering item N --------------------------------- Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) SECTION I - OPTIONAL ITEMS 37. Question 37 2,804 4.5 10.3 20.9 38.7 25.6 3.7 1.09 38. Question 38 2,951 2.9 6.2 18.3 32.1 40.5 4.0 1.05 39. Question 39 2,779 4.7 11.8 24.2 35.2 24.1 3.6 1.11 40. Question 40 2,912 5.5 9.0 21.6 32.4 31.5 3.8 1.15 41. Question 41 1,065 4.0 12.3 40.8 28.9 13.9 3.4 1.00 42. Question 42 725 2.1 10.9 39.2 32.8 15.0 3.5 0.95 43. Question 43 509 3.9 10.2 37.5 29.5 18.9 3.5 1.03 44. Question 44 433 4.2 14.1 38.1 29.8 13.9 3.4 1.02 45. Question 45 277 6.9 14.1 35.7 30.0 13.4 3.3 1.08 46. Question 46 202 5.4 13.4 45.5 27.7 7.9 3.2 0.96 47. Question 47 153 8.5 13.7 33.3 32.7 11.8 3.3 1.10 48. Question 48 131 8.4 27.5 27.5 26.7 9.9 3.0 1.13 49. Question 49 119 3.4 16.0 41.2 31.1 8.4 3.3 0.94 Number of forms preslugged = at least 72432 Number of forms scanned = 55403 Number of forms with at least one student response = 50527 Percent completed = 69.8 % 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.