UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - SPRING 1999 TEACHER AND COURSE EVALUATION RESULTS LEXINGTON CAMPUS OVERALL EVALUATION RESULTS SECTION A - STUDENT INFORMATION Classification Number Percent Expected grade Number Percent Freshman 6,582 16.5 A 19,603 49.7 Sophomore 6,998 17.5 B 14,586 37.0 Junior 8,833 22.1 C 3,968 10.1 Senior 12,169 30.5 D 518 1.3 Graduate 4,893 12.2 E/Fail 72 0.2 Professional 148 0.4 I 26 0.1 Other 340 0.9 Pass or Audit 695 1.8 Reason for taking course Number Percent Hrs/week spent Number Percent Required by University 1 hour or less 9,849 24.8 Studies Program 7,157 18.1 2 hours 10,771 27.1 Required by my major 24,100 60.9 3 hours 9,023 22.7 Other (e.g. elective) 8,304 21.0 4 - 5 hours 6,207 15.6 6 - 7 hours 2,058 5.2 8 or more hours 1,859 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 42,784 0.7 2.7 50.3 46.3 3.4 0.58 2. Textbook contributed to understandin 39,867 4.6 11.8 50.6 33.1 3.1 0.79 3. Suppl read & assign helped understan 41,564 1.9 7.3 53.1 37.7 3.3 0.67 4. Exams reflected what was taught 38,757 2.5 7.8 48.4 41.4 3.3 0.71 5. Grading was fair and consistent 42,237 2.2 6.9 48.7 42.2 3.3 0.70 6. Assignments were distributed evenly 41,614 1.4 5.2 52.3 41.1 3.3 0.64 7. Graded assignments returned promptly 41,857 1.9 6.2 49.2 42.7 3.3 0.68 8. Graded assignments included comments 39,646 3.3 14.9 47.3 34.6 3.1 0.78 SECTION C - INSTRUCTOR ITEMS 9. Presented material effectively 42,430 2.8 9.5 44.3 43.4 3.3 0.75 10. Had good knowledge of subject matte 42,572 0.6 1.8 36.1 61.4 3.6 0.56 11. Was available for consultation 39,159 0.9 3.1 47.3 48.7 3.4 0.60 12. Satisfact answered class questions 42,391 1.4 5.1 45.0 48.4 3.4 0.66 13. Stimulated interest of the subject 42,046 4.8 15.4 41.4 38.4 3.1 0.84 14. Encouraged class participation 42,026 1.8 7.7 42.8 47.7 3.4 0.70 SECTION D - LEARNING OUTCOMES 15. Learned respect different viewpoint 36,137 1.9 9.8 55.7 32.6 3.2 0.68 16. Inc my abil to analyze & evaluate 40,897 1.6 8.2 54.4 35.8 3.2 0.67 17. Course helped abil to solve problem 39,168 2.0 11.5 53.3 33.3 3.2 0.70 18. Gained undrstnd of concepts & prin. 42,026 1.5 4.9 53.6 39.9 3.3 0.64 19. Course stimulated me to read furthe 41,179 7.0 23.7 41.1 28.2 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 42,411 3.6 12.8 44.5 39.1 3.2 0.79 21. Overall quality of teaching 42,191 4.0 10.4 34.2 51.5 3.3 0.82. % % 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 5,160 4.3 15.6 56.7 23.5 3.0 0.75 23. Saw how discipline relates to other 6,579 3.2 13.9 57.9 24.9 3.0 0.72 24. Writing assign helps understand sub 6,148 3.0 10.0 58.1 28.9 3.1 0.70 25. Cross-Cult/understand other culture 3,397 2.7 9.2 53.4 34.7 3.2 0.71 26. Cross-Discipline/ links were eviden 2,751 3.6 9.6 54.5 32.4 3.2 0.73 SECTION G - GRADUATE SEMINARS ONLY 27. Feedback on oral presentations 1,581 2.3 5.4 44.4 47.8 3.4 0.70 28. Guided student report preparation 1,617 1.7 6.3 45.8 46.2 3.4 0.68 29. Students free to express opinions 1,811 1.1 2.5 34.6 61.8 3.6 0.60 30. Discussions broadened my knowledge 1,780 1.4 3.8 38.3 56.6 3.5 0.64 31. Developed abil to conduct research 1,560 2.0 7.8 45.7 44.6 3.3 0.70 SECTION H - LABORATORY & DISCUSSION SECTIONS ONLY 32. Clarified lecture material 4,459 3.2 10.1 49.6 37.1 3.2 0.75 33. Amount of work appropriate 4,515 3.8 8.9 52.9 34.4 3.2 0.74 34. Instructor explained expectations 4,514 2.6 7.7 50.2 39.6 3.3 0.71 35. Instructor helped with my problems 4,360 2.6 9.2 49.4 38.8 3.2 0.73 36. Lab equipment use satis explained 3,365 2.6 6.5 52.4 38.5 3.3 0.69 % answering item N --------------------------------- Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) SECTION I - OPTIONAL ITEMS 37. Question 37 1,350 3.2 5.5 19.3 45.6 26.5 3.9 0.97 38. Question 38 1,361 3.1 5.1 19.9 41.6 30.3 3.9 0.99 39. Question 39 1,329 2.9 7.1 23.0 41.1 25.9 3.8 1.00 40. Question 40 1,277 3.2 6.1 22.4 39.6 28.7 3.8 1.01 41. Question 41 894 2.6 6.7 25.6 43.6 21.5 3.7 0.95 42. Question 42 739 2.8 7.3 29.5 43.6 16.8 3.6 0.94 43. Question 43 585 5.5 8.9 31.6 38.3 15.7 3.5 1.04 44. Question 44 510 7.8 6.3 28.4 41.8 15.7 3.5 1.08 45. Question 45 351 4.0 18.2 23.9 37.0 16.8 3.4 1.09 46. Question 46 285 9.5 11.9 27.4 36.8 14.4 3.3 1.15 47. Question 47 155 4.5 3.9 36.1 35.5 20.0 3.6 0.99 48. Question 48 107 5.6 6.5 39.3 31.8 16.8 3.5 1.03 49. Question 49 81 4.9 11.1 34.6 33.3 16.0 3.4 1.05 Number of forms preslugged = at least 63544 Number of forms scanned = 49013 Number of forms with at least one student response = 43322 Percent completed = 68.2 % 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. ****************************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************************