UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - SPRING 2000 TEACHER AND COURSE EVALUATION RESULTS LEXINGTON CAMPUS OVERALL EVALUATION RESULTS SECTION A - STUDENT INFORMATION Classification Number Percent Expected grade Number Percent Freshman 5,507 14.2 A 19,252 50.2 Sophomore 7,239 18.7 B 14,154 36.9 Junior 9,018 23.2 C 3,720 9.7 Senior 12,148 31.3 D 475 1.2 Graduate 4,524 11.7 E/Fail 62 0.2 Professional 78 0.2 I 13 0.0 Other 299 0.8 Pass or Audit 696 1.8 Reason for taking course Number Percent Hrs/week spent Number Percent Required by University 1 hour or less 10,085 26.1 Studies Program 6,550 17.0 2 hours 10,438 27.0 Required by my major 23,993 62.4 3 hours 8,747 22.6 Other (e.g. elective) 7,883 20.5 4 - 5 hours 5,696 14.7 6 - 7 hours 1,900 4.9 8 or more hours 1,756 4.5 % % Strongly % % Strongly N Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) SECTION B - COURSE ITEMS 1. Outlined course material and grading 42,002 0.8 2.9 50.0 46.3 3.4 0.59 2. Textbook contributed to understandin 38,763 4.4 12.2 50.0 33.4 3.1 0.79 3. Suppl read & assign helped understan 40,545 1.9 7.4 52.5 38.2 3.3 0.68 4. Exams reflected what was taught 38,171 2.2 7.4 49.0 41.4 3.3 0.70 5. Grading was fair and consistent 41,385 2.1 6.8 48.6 42.5 3.3 0.69 6. Assignments were distributed evenly 40,693 1.3 5.3 51.9 41.4 3.3 0.64 7. Graded assignments returned promptly 40,978 1.9 6.2 48.9 43.0 3.3 0.68 8. Graded assignments included comments 38,798 3.2 15.1 46.7 35.0 3.1 0.78 SECTION C - INSTRUCTOR ITEMS 9. Presented material effectively 41,774 3.3 9.6 43.6 43.5 3.3 0.77 10. Had good knowledge of subject matte 41,841 0.8 2.1 36.5 60.7 3.6 0.58 11. Was available for consultation 38,504 1.1 3.3 47.6 48.1 3.4 0.61 12. Satisfact answered class questions 41,690 1.7 5.4 45.0 48.0 3.4 0.67 13. Stimulated interest of the subject 41,277 5.0 15.8 40.5 38.6 3.1 0.85 14. Encouraged class participation 41,346 2.1 8.0 43.4 46.5 3.3 0.71 SECTION D - LEARNING OUTCOMES 15. Learned respect different viewpoint 35,506 1.8 10.0 54.8 33.3 3.2 0.68 16. Inc my abil to analyze & evaluate 40,079 1.6 8.5 53.4 36.4 3.2 0.67 17. Course helped abil to solve problem 38,545 1.9 11.4 52.8 33.8 3.2 0.70 18. Gained undrstnd of concepts & prin. 41,257 1.5 5.1 52.9 40.5 3.3 0.64 19. Course stimulated me to read furthe 40,303 6.7 23.4 41.2 28.7 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 41,608 3.7 12.8 44.2 39.3 3.2 0.80 21. Overall quality of teaching 41,427 4.1 10.9 33.2 51.7 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 4,888 3.7 14.4 57.4 24.5 3.0 0.73 23. Saw how discipline relates to other 6,219 3.3 12.6 58.6 25.5 3.1 0.71 24. Writing assign helps understand sub 5,687 3.3 9.7 57.6 29.4 3.1 0.71 25. Cross-Cult/understand other culture 3,200 3.3 8.8 51.8 36.1 3.2 0.73 26. Cross-Discipline/ links were eviden 2,777 3.3 10.3 53.7 32.7 3.2 0.73 SECTION G - GRADUATE SEMINARS ONLY 27. Feedback on oral presentations 1,463 2.3 5.1 38.7 53.9 3.4 0.70 28. Guided student report preparation 1,499 2.6 4.9 42.4 50.0 3.4 0.70 29. Students free to express opinions 1,696 1.2 2.7 31.7 64.4 3.6 0.61 30. Discussions broadened my knowledge 1,685 1.8 4.2 33.8 60.2 3.5 0.67 31. Developed abil to conduct research 1,509 2.5 6.4 43.3 47.8 3.4 0.71 SECTION H - LABORATORY & DISCUSSION SECTIONS ONLY 32. Clarified lecture material 4,356 4.6 12.0 50.2 33.3 3.1 0.79 33. Amount of work appropriate 4,411 5.0 9.3 53.9 31.9 3.1 0.77 34. Instructor explained expectations 4,396 4.1 9.5 50.9 35.6 3.2 0.76 35. Instructor helped with my problems 4,262 4.2 11.4 47.6 36.8 3.2 0.79 36. Lab equipment use satis explained 3,489 3.6 7.9 52.5 36.1 3.2 0.73 % answering item N --------------------------------- Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) SECTION I - OPTIONAL ITEMS 37. Question 37 1,879 3.6 6.9 16.2 46.2 27.0 3.9 1.01 38. Question 38 1,865 2.1 5.4 14.3 43.1 35.2 4.0 0.95 39. Question 39 1,827 3.2 9.4 17.0 43.0 27.4 3.8 1.04 40. Question 40 1,814 2.7 6.9 17.4 41.9 31.0 3.9 1.00 41. Question 41 1,042 3.6 6.6 23.3 45.1 21.3 3.7 0.99 42. Question 42 808 4.5 9.4 25.2 42.8 18.1 3.6 1.03 43. Question 43 724 6.2 10.5 26.5 41.2 15.6 3.5 1.07 44. Question 44 616 4.4 9.4 23.9 42.0 20.3 3.6 1.04 45. Question 45 468 6.8 9.6 16.2 41.0 26.3 3.7 1.16 46. Question 46 343 5.0 11.7 23.3 45.5 14.6 3.5 1.04 47. Question 47 182 7.1 8.8 29.1 39.6 15.4 3.5 1.08 48. Question 48 144 9.7 20.1 25.7 34.0 10.4 3.2 1.15 49. Question 49 117 12.0 12.8 28.2 32.5 14.5 3.2 1.21 Number of forms preslugged = at least 63001 Number of forms scanned = 47065 Number of forms with at least one student response = 42516 Percent completed = 67.5 % 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. ****************************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************************