UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - SPRING 2001 TEACHER AND COURSE EVALUATION RESULTS LEXINGTON CAMPUS OVERALL EVALUATION RESULTS SECTION A - STUDENT INFORMATION Classification Number Percent Expected grade Number Percent Freshman 6,246 16.6 A 19,421 52.4 Sophomore 6,549 17.5 B 13,249 35.7 Junior 8,323 22.2 C 3,291 8.9 Senior 11,622 31.0 D 346 0.9 Graduate 4,353 11.6 E/Fail 59 0.2 Professional 89 0.2 I 21 0.1 Other 346 0.9 Pass or Audit 694 1.9 Reason for taking course Number Percent Hrs/week spent Number Percent Required by University 1 hour or less 10,105 27.1 Studies Program 6,456 17.3 2 hours 10,228 27.4 Required by my major 23,028 61.9 3 hours 8,356 22.4 Other (e.g. elective) 7,736 20.8 4 - 5 hours 5,292 14.2 6 - 7 hours 1,704 4.6 8 or more hours 1,656 4.4 % % Strongly % % Strongly N Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) SECTION B - COURSE ITEMS 1. Outlined course material and grading 40,466 0.7 2.9 48.4 48.0 3.4 0.59 2. Textbook contributed to understandin 37,010 4.7 12.2 48.5 34.7 3.1 0.80 3. Suppl read & assign helped understan 39,260 1.8 7.1 51.6 39.5 3.3 0.67 4. Exams reflected what was taught 36,695 1.9 6.8 48.1 43.2 3.3 0.69 5. Grading was fair and consistent 39,819 2.1 6.1 47.1 44.7 3.3 0.69 6. Assignments were distributed evenly 39,303 1.4 5.0 50.3 43.3 3.4 0.64 7. Graded assignments returned promptly 39,509 1.8 6.0 46.9 45.2 3.4 0.68 8. Graded assignments included comments 37,565 3.1 14.3 46.2 36.4 3.2 0.78 SECTION C - INSTRUCTOR ITEMS 9. Presented material effectively 40,592 2.9 9.0 42.8 45.3 3.3 0.75 10. Had good knowledge of subject matte 40,696 0.6 2.0 34.8 62.7 3.6 0.56 11. Was available for consultation 37,523 0.8 3.0 46.0 50.2 3.5 0.60 12. Satisfact answered class questions 40,479 1.4 4.9 43.6 50.1 3.4 0.65 13. Stimulated interest of the subject 40,240 4.6 14.4 40.6 40.4 3.2 0.84 14. Encouraged class participation 40,231 1.8 7.6 41.9 48.6 3.4 0.70 SECTION D - LEARNING OUTCOMES 15. Learned respect different viewpoint 34,532 1.9 9.2 53.8 35.2 3.2 0.68 16. Inc my abil to analyze & evaluate 38,711 1.7 7.9 53.0 37.3 3.3 0.67 17. Course helped abil to solve problem 37,184 2.0 11.0 52.0 35.1 3.2 0.71 18. Gained undrstnd of concepts & prin. 39,860 1.5 4.5 52.1 41.9 3.3 0.64 19. Course stimulated me to read furthe 39,085 6.3 22.0 41.3 30.5 3.0 0.88 % % % % N Poor Fair Good Excellent Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) SECTION E - SUMMARY ITEMS 20. Overall value of the course 40,095 3.3 12.0 43.0 41.7 3.2 0.79 21. Overall quality of teaching 39,956 3.8 9.9 32.1 54.2 3.4 0.81. % % 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 4,766 3.5 13.2 54.8 28.6 3.1 0.74 23. Saw how discipline relates to other 5,954 3.6 12.1 55.5 28.8 3.1 0.74 24. Writing assign helps understand sub 5,446 3.1 9.7 56.1 31.1 3.2 0.71 25. Cross-Cult/understand other culture 3,088 3.0 9.1 50.5 37.5 3.2 0.73 26. Cross-Discipline/ links were eviden 2,679 3.2 9.7 51.3 35.8 3.2 0.74 SECTION G - GRADUATE SEMINARS ONLY 27. Feedback on oral presentations 1,514 1.4 5.0 45.2 48.4 3.4 0.65 28. Guided student report preparation 1,534 1.6 5.3 45.5 47.6 3.4 0.66 29. Students free to express opinions 1,708 0.8 2.4 35.7 61.1 3.6 0.59 30. Discussions broadened my knowledge 1,691 1.7 4.2 38.1 56.0 3.5 0.66 31. Developed abil to conduct research 1,503 2.5 6.2 44.5 46.8 3.4 0.71 SECTION H - LABORATORY & DISCUSSION SECTIONS ONLY 32. Clarified lecture material 4,239 3.5 10.6 49.5 36.4 3.2 0.76 33. Amount of work appropriate 4,303 5.1 9.9 50.5 34.5 3.1 0.79 34. Instructor explained expectations 4,302 2.8 9.0 49.4 38.8 3.2 0.73 35. Instructor helped with my problems 4,170 3.0 10.0 47.1 40.0 3.2 0.75 36. Lab equipment use satis explained 3,448 2.4 7.5 52.6 37.5 3.3 0.69 % answering item N --------------------------------- Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) SECTION I - OPTIONAL ITEMS 37. Question 37 1,539 2.8 5.8 19.9 45.0 26.6 3.9 0.96 38. Question 38 1,544 2.3 4.8 18.8 42.7 31.4 4.0 0.95 39. Question 39 1,532 2.9 7.4 21.0 41.7 27.0 3.8 1.01 40. Question 40 1,464 2.9 7.2 21.0 39.6 29.3 3.9 1.01 41. Question 41 1,103 2.9 7.1 24.5 44.7 20.9 3.7 0.96 42. Question 42 875 2.4 6.7 26.7 44.1 20.0 3.7 0.94 43. Question 43 721 3.1 6.1 25.8 47.6 17.5 3.7 0.93 44. Question 44 613 3.4 7.7 25.6 45.2 18.1 3.7 0.97 45. Question 45 416 4.3 8.7 21.6 44.7 20.7 3.7 1.03 46. Question 46 281 2.8 7.8 19.6 49.8 19.9 3.8 0.95 47. Question 47 163 5.5 10.4 23.3 39.3 21.5 3.6 1.10 48. Question 48 123 9.8 10.6 16.3 39.8 23.6 3.6 1.24 49. Question 49 56 3.6 12.5 14.3 48.2 21.4 3.7 1.06 Number of forms preslugged = at least 60628 Number of forms scanned = 43695 Number of forms with at least one student response = 41227 Percent completed = 68.0 % 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 at our UK web page for Assessment & Instituttional Data. ****************************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************************