1LEXINGTON CAMPUS - PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT Page 1 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - FALL 1996 TEACHER AND COURSE EVALUATION RESULTS COLLEGE = Arts and Sciences DEPARTMENT = Philosophy SECTION A - STUDENT INFORMATION Classification Number Percent Expected grade Number Percent Freshman 235 18.4 A 504 40.4 Sophomore 355 27.8 B 542 43.4 Junior 307 24.0 C 158 12.7 Senior 311 24.3 D 27 2.2 Graduate 60 4.7 E/Fail 4 0.3 Professional 1 0.1 I 0 0.0 Other 9 0.7 Pass or Audit 13 1.0 Reason for taking course Number Percent Hrs/week spent Number Percent Required by University 1 hour or less 295 23.3 Studies Program 712 56.7 2 hours 377 29.8 Required by my major 199 15.8 3 hours 317 25.0 Other (e.g. elective) 345 27.5 4 - 5 hours 210 16.6 6 - 7 hours 43 3.4 8 or more hours 25 2.0 % % Strongly % % Strongly N Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) SECTION B - COURSE ITEMS 1. Outlined course material and grading 1,405 0.4 2.8 51.2 45.6 3.4 0.57 2. Textbook contributed to understandin 1,358 3.3 9.5 51.0 36.2 3.2 0.74 3. Suppl read & assign helped understan 1,378 1.3 6.9 51.0 40.8 3.3 0.66 4. Exams reflected what was taught 1,334 1.2 3.7 46.0 49.1 3.4 0.63 5. Grading was fair and consistent 1,386 1.7 7.6 46.0 44.7 3.3 0.69 6. Assignments were distributed evenly 1,374 0.9 4.3 51.7 43.0 3.4 0.61 7. Graded assignments returned promptly 1,383 2.2 8.0 49.0 40.9 3.3 0.71 8. Graded assignments included comments 1,365 1.6 9.4 49.3 39.7 3.3 0.69 SECTION C - INSTRUCTOR ITEMS 9. Presented material effectively 1,404 1.8 9.0 43.7 45.5 3.3 0.71 10. Had good knowledge of subject matte 1,405 0.4 1.1 31.4 67.0 3.7 0.53 11. Was available for consultation 1,319 1.0 1.7 46.8 50.5 3.5 0.59 12. Satisfact answered class questions 1,401 1.4 5.2 43.5 50.0 3.4 0.66 13. Stimulated interest of the subject 1,388 4.5 16.4 41.5 37.5 3.1 0.84 14. Encouraged class participation 1,399 1.0 4.3 42.7 52.0 3.5 0.63 SECTION D - LEARNING OUTCOMES 15. Learned respect different viewpoint 1,256 1.6 5.7 55.8 36.9 3.3 0.64 16. Inc my abil to analyze & evaluate 1,357 2.1 6.9 51.6 39.4 3.3 0.68 17. Course helped abil to solve problem 1,261 2.1 12.2 51.8 33.9 3.2 0.72 18. Gained undrstnd of concepts & prin. 1,382 1.9 5.3 55.4 37.4 3.3 0.65 19. Course stimulated me to read furthe 1,349 10.0 31.1 36.4 22.5 2.7 0.92 % % % % N Poor Fair Good Excellent Mean SD (1) (2) (3) (4) SECTION E - SUMMARY ITEMS 20. Overall value of the course 1,395 4.4 14.3 45.4 35.8 3.1 0.81 21. Overall quality of teaching 1,385 1.8 10.8 33.4 54.1 3.4 0.75