UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - FALL 1999 TEACHER AND COURSE EVALUATION RESULTS LEXINGTON CAMPUS OVERALL EVALUATION RESULTS SECTION A - STUDENT INFORMATION Classification Number Percent Expected grade Number Percent Freshman 7,590 16.9 A 21,230 47.8 Sophomore 8,410 18.7 B 16,892 38.0 Junior 9,803 21.8 C 4,773 10.7 Senior 13,535 30.1 D 618 1.4 Graduate 5,169 11.5 E/Fail 83 0.2 Professional 109 0.2 I 14 0.0 Other 324 0.7 Pass or Audit 814 1.8 Reason for taking course Number Percent Hrs/week spent Number Percent Required by University 1 hour or less 10,916 24.4 Studies Program 9,496 21.3 2 hours 11,936 26.7 Required by my major 26,594 59.8 3 hours 10,378 23.2 Other (e.g. elective) 8,401 18.9 4 - 5 hours 7,008 15.7 6 - 7 hours 2,392 5.3 8 or more hours 2,083 4.7 % % Strongly % % Strongly N Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) SECTION B - COURSE ITEMS 1. Outlined course material and grading 48,256 0.8 2.9 49.8 46.4 3.4 0.59 2. Textbook contributed to understandin 44,857 4.9 12.5 50.2 32.5 3.1 0.80 3. Suppl read & assign helped understan 46,590 1.7 8.0 53.3 37.0 3.3 0.67 4. Exams reflected what was taught 44,005 2.2 7.5 49.4 40.9 3.3 0.70 5. Grading was fair and consistent 47,699 2.1 7.1 48.8 42.0 3.3 0.69 6. Assignments were distributed evenly 46,770 1.4 5.2 52.5 41.0 3.3 0.64 7. Graded assignments returned promptly 47,163 1.8 6.3 48.5 43.4 3.3 0.67 8. Graded assignments included comments 44,410 3.6 16.2 46.5 33.8 3.1 0.79 SECTION C - INSTRUCTOR ITEMS 9. Presented material effectively 48,199 3.2 10.4 43.5 43.0 3.3 0.77 10. Had good knowledge of subject matte 48,341 0.7 1.9 36.3 61.1 3.6 0.57 11. Was available for consultation 44,539 0.9 3.1 47.8 48.2 3.4 0.60 12. Satisfact answered class questions 48,031 1.6 5.7 44.8 48.0 3.4 0.67 13. Stimulated interest of the subject 47,746 5.1 16.3 40.8 37.8 3.1 0.86 14. Encouraged class participation 47,651 2.1 8.9 43.7 45.2 3.3 0.72 SECTION D - LEARNING OUTCOMES 15. Learned respect different viewpoint 40,914 1.8 10.3 56.1 31.8 3.2 0.68 16. Inc my abil to analyze & evaluate 46,143 1.8 9.4 54.2 34.6 3.2 0.68 17. Course helped abil to solve problem 44,064 2.1 13.1 53.2 31.7 3.1 0.71 18. Gained undrstnd of concepts & prin. 47,527 1.6 5.4 54.0 39.0 3.3 0.64 19. Course stimulated me to read furthe 46,544 7.1 24.9 41.0 27.0 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 48,003 3.7 13.5 44.2 38.7 3.2 0.80 21. Overall quality of teaching 47,832 4.1 11.5 33.7 50.7 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 6,923 3.5 16.0 56.3 24.2 3.0 0.74 23. Saw how discipline relates to other 8,846 3.1 14.2 58.5 24.2 3.0 0.71 24. Writing assign helps understand sub 8,090 2.9 11.8 56.3 29.0 3.1 0.71 25. Cross-Cult/understand other culture 4,620 2.8 11.4 53.5 32.3 3.2 0.72 26. Cross-Discipline/ links were eviden 3,834 3.3 11.7 55.5 29.6 3.1 0.73 SECTION G - GRADUATE SEMINARS ONLY 27. Feedback on oral presentations 2,299 1.8 7.1 46.6 44.5 3.3 0.69 28. Guided student report preparation 2,387 1.8 7.9 48.6 41.8 3.3 0.69 29. Students free to express opinions 2,714 0.8 2.9 38.7 57.6 3.5 0.59 30. Discussions broadened my knowledge 2,680 1.4 5.4 40.9 52.2 3.4 0.66 31. Developed abil to conduct research 2,366 2.3 10.1 48.1 39.6 3.2 0.72 SECTION H - LABORATORY & DISCUSSION SECTIONS ONLY 32. Clarified lecture material 5,822 3.3 10.0 50.0 36.8 3.2 0.75 33. Amount of work appropriate 5,888 4.6 8.1 51.3 35.9 3.2 0.77 34. Instructor explained expectations 5,855 2.9 8.8 49.4 39.0 3.2 0.73 35. Instructor helped with my problems 5,633 2.9 10.2 49.9 37.0 3.2 0.74 36. Lab equipment use satis explained 4,309 3.5 7.5 53.2 35.8 3.2 0.73 % answering item N --------------------------------- Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) SECTION I - OPTIONAL ITEMS 37. Question 37 2,680 3.7 8.3 17.4 43.3 27.4 3.8 1.04 38. Question 38 2,639 2.0 5.2 15.6 39.3 37.9 4.1 0.96 39. Question 39 2,533 3.6 9.5 20.3 40.6 26.0 3.8 1.05 40. Question 40 2,411 3.3 5.7 17.7 42.0 31.3 3.9 1.01 41. Question 41 1,345 4.1 11.7 23.8 39.9 20.5 3.6 1.06 42. Question 42 980 3.6 12.0 24.7 41.0 18.7 3.6 1.04 43. Question 43 886 5.2 10.8 25.1 40.4 18.5 3.6 1.07 44. Question 44 716 2.5 8.7 30.6 40.2 18.0 3.6 0.96 45. Question 45 635 2.5 4.9 28.5 44.3 19.8 3.7 0.92 46. Question 46 512 16.8 12.3 19.5 33.2 18.2 3.2 1.34 47. Question 47 386 7.8 16.6 31.9 30.6 13.2 3.2 1.12 48. Question 48 374 3.7 6.7 41.4 35.8 12.3 3.5 0.92 49. Question 49 316 13.0 18.7 38.3 17.7 12.3 3.0 1.17 Number of forms preslugged = at least 70301 Number of forms scanned = 53980 Number of forms with at least one student response = 48825 Percent completed = 69.5 % 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. ****************************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************************