1LEXINGTON CAMPUS - PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT                                         Page 1
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - Fall 1995 TEACHER AND COURSE EVALUATION RESULTS                 
COLLEGE = Arts and Sciences                DEPARTMENT = Philosophy                       
                                                                                          
                            SECTION A - STUDENT INFORMATION                               
                                                                                          
Classification    Number    Percent           Expected grade      Number    Percent      
Freshman              76      10.7             A                     254      36.3       
Sophomore            128      18.0             B                     334      47.8       
Junior               177      24.9             C                      75      10.7       
Senior               263      37.0             D                      14       2.0       
Graduate              57       8.0             E/Fail                  3       0.4       
Professional           1       0.1             I                       0       0.0       
Other                  8       1.1             Pass or Audit          19       2.7       
                                                                                          
Reason for taking course    Number    Percent         Hrs/week spent    Number    Percent
Required by University                                1 hour or less       164      23.3 
    Studies Program             305      43.4          2 hours              202      28.7 
Required by my major           143      20.3          3 hours              172      24.5 
Other (e.g. elective)          255      36.3          4 - 5 hours          121      17.2 
                                                       6 - 7 hours           32       4.6 
                                                       8 or more hours       12       1.7 
                                                                                          
                                                  %                      %                
                                              Strongly     %      %   Strongly            
                                           N  Disagree Disagree Agree  Agree   Mean  SD   
                                                  (1)     (2)    (3)    (4)               
SECTION B - COURSE ITEMS                                                                 
1. Outlined course material and grading    769    1.2    5.5   54.2   39.1    3.3  0.63  
2. Textbook contributed to understandin    764    3.8   10.6   51.7   33.9    3.2  0.76  
3. Suppl read & assign helped understan    747    2.1   10.3   55.3   32.3    3.2  0.69  
4. Exams reflected what was taught         677    2.2    5.5   54.4   38.0    3.3  0.67  
5. Grading was fair and consistent         750    4.1   10.4   52.0   33.5    3.1  0.76  
6. Assignments were distributed evenly     738    2.3    7.6   55.4   34.7    3.2  0.68  
7. Graded assignments returned promptly    746    5.4   13.1   48.9   32.6    3.1  0.82  
8. Graded assignments included comments    737    5.3   16.1   45.6   33.0    3.1  0.84  
                                                                                          
SECTION C - INSTRUCTOR ITEMS                                                             
9. Presented material effectively          768    4.4   11.1   47.4   37.1    3.2  0.79  
10. Had good knowledge of subject matte    772    0.6    1.2   34.1   64.1    3.6  0.55  
11. Was available for consultation         685    1.2    3.1   52.3   43.5    3.4  0.61  
12. Satisfact answered class questions     772    2.5    7.6   49.1   40.8    3.3  0.71  
13. Stimulated interest of the subject     759    7.4   16.5   41.4   34.8    3.0  0.90  
14. Encouraged class participation         764    2.2    6.0   44.5   47.3    3.4  0.70  
                                                                                          
SECTION D - LEARNING OUTCOMES                                                            
15. Learned respect different viewpoint    704    1.7    9.9   52.7   35.7    3.2  0.69  
16. Inc my abil to analyze & evaluate      736    1.9   11.1   53.4   33.6    3.2  0.70  
17. Course helped abil to solve problem    647    2.5   18.2   52.2   27.0    3.0  0.74  
18. Gained undrstnd of concepts & prin.    756    2.1    7.4   52.9   37.6    3.3  0.68  
19. Course stimulated me to read furthe    749   10.1   26.7   39.1   24.0    2.8  0.93  
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                    %      %      %      %                
                                           N      Poor   Fair   Good Excellent Mean  SD   
                                                   (1)    (2)    (3)    (4)               
SECTION E - SUMMARY ITEMS                                                                
20. Overall quality of the course          763    6.6   15.9   43.6   33.9    3.0  0.87  
21. Overall quality of teaching            762    5.0   14.8   34.4   45.8    3.2  0.87