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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - Spring 1995 TEACHER AND COURSE EVALUATION RESULTS
COLLEGE = Arts and Sciences                DEPARTMENT = Philosophy


                            SECTION A - STUDENT INFORMATION

Classification    Number    Percent           Expected grade      Number    Percent
Freshman              72      14.4             A                     208      42.6
Sophomore             80      16.0             B                     207      42.4
Junior               113      22.6             C                      52      10.7
Senior               175      35.1             D                       2       0.4
Graduate              44       8.8             E/Fail                  0       0.0
Professional           5       1.0             I                       0       0.0
Other                 10       2.0             Pass or Audit          19       3.9

Reason for taking course    Number    Percent         Hrs/week spent    Number    Percent
Required by University                                less than 1 hour      56      11.4
    Studies Program             185      37.2          1 - 3 hours          256      52.0
Required by my major            99      19.9          4 - 6 hours          155      31.5
Other (e.g. elective)          213      42.9          7 - 10 hours          19       3.9
                                                       over 10 hours          6       1.2

                                                  %                      %
                                              Strongly     %      %   Strongly
                                           N  Disagree Disagree Agree  Agree   Mean  SD
                                                  (1)     (2)    (3)    (4)
SECTION B - COURSE ITEMS
1. Outlined course material and grading    539    0.6    2.8   55.3   41.4    3.4  0.57
2. Textbook contributed to understandin    529    2.3    8.1   49.9   39.7    3.3  0.70
3. Suppl read & assign helped understan    518    1.4    5.0   57.1   36.5    3.3  0.62
4. Exams reflected what was taught         422    2.1    6.2   50.9   40.8    3.3  0.68
5. Grading was fair and consistent         522    1.9    9.4   53.8   34.9    3.2  0.69
6. Assignments were distributed evenly     520    2.1    6.9   52.1   38.8    3.3  0.68
7. Graded assignments returned promptly    520    1.3    6.5   53.7   38.5    3.3  0.65
8. Graded assignments included comments    513    1.9    9.9   48.5   39.6    3.3  0.71

SECTION C - INSTRUCTOR ITEMS
9. Presented material effectively          538    2.2    9.1   49.3   39.4    3.3  0.71
10. Had good knowledge of subject matte    538    0.6    0.9   31.6   66.9    3.6  0.53
11. Was available for consultation         490    0.6    3.5   51.2   44.7    3.4  0.59
12. Satisfact answered class questions     537    2.0    7.4   45.6   44.9    3.3  0.70
13. Stimulated interest of the subject     529    4.9   16.4   38.2   40.5    3.1  0.86
14. Encouraged class participation         535    1.1    5.6   42.4   50.8    3.4  0.65

SECTION D - LEARNING OUTCOMES
15. Learned respect different viewpoint    494    1.6    6.1   55.9   36.4    3.3  0.65
16. Inc my abil to analyze & evaluate      507    1.2    8.1   51.3   39.4    3.3  0.66
17. Course helped abil to solve problem    453    1.8   15.7   51.7   30.9    3.1  0.72
18. Gained undrstnd of concepts & prin.    525    1.1    5.5   54.3   39.0    3.3  0.63
19. Course stimulated me to read furthe    525    7.2   21.0   38.7   33.1    3.0  0.91


                                                    %      %      %      %
                                           N      Poor   Fair   Good Excellent Mean  SD
                                                   (1)    (2)    (3)    (4)
SECTION E - SUMMARY ITEMS
20. Overall value of the course            534    4.7   15.0   37.8   42.5    3.2  0.85
21. Overall quality of teaching            534    2.8   11.0   34.1   52.1    3.4  0.79