MIT 8.558 -
Summer 1996

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Quality of Teaching
2.9/5.0
Difficulty
3.0/5.0
Time Spent
40.0/40 hrs

Response Rate: 20/171

Results by Category


Quality of Teaching

Alyssa P. Hacker Ben Bitdiddle Felix Mendelssohn J.S. Bach Robert Schumann
Relevant presentations 3.1 2.6 3.2 2.9 3.0
Explains clearly 3.1 3.2 3.4 2.6 3.1
Uses blackboard well 2.8 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.7
Speaks clearly 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.9
Arouses interest in subject 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.8 3.1
Available outside class 3.3 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.8
Overall rating 2.6 3.2 3.2 3.0 2.9

Alyssa P. Hacker J.S. Bach John Doe
Relevant presentations 2.8 3.3 3.3
Explains clearly 3.4 2.8 3.0
Uses blackboard well 2.8 2.7 2.9
Speaks clearly 2.4 2.5 2.5
Arouses interest in subject 2.6 3.6 2.4
Available outside class 3.0 3.5 3.1
Overall rating 3.0 2.9 2.8


Text and Other Readings

Useful

Yes 61 (31.0%)
No 67 (34.0%)
N/A 69 (35.0%)

Too easy/difficult (1=too easy, 5=too difficult)

Average:
3.1

1 52 (16.6%)
2 60 (19.2%)
3 47 (15.0%)
4 68 (21.7%)
5 60 (19.2%)
N/A 26 (8.3%)


Exams

Relevant

Yes 26 (22.4%)
No 52 (44.8%)
N/A 38 (32.8%)

Too few/many (1=too few, 5=too many)

Average:
2.8

1 48 (19.8%)
2 65 (26.7%)
3 28 (11.5%)
4 40 (16.5%)
5 34 (14.0%)
N/A 28 (11.5%)

Too easy/difficult (1=too easy, 5=too difficult)

Average:
3.0

1 56 (17.3%)
2 67 (20.7%)
3 35 (10.8%)
4 54 (16.7%)
5 65 (20.1%)
N/A 47 (14.5%)


Problem Sets

Relevant

Yes 76 (30.9%)
No 99 (40.2%)
N/A 71 (28.9%)

Too few/many (1=too few, 5=too many)

Average:
3.2

1 24 (7.9%)
2 73 (23.9%)
3 46 (15.1%)
4 45 (14.8%)
5 61 (20.0%)
N/A 56 (18.4%)

Too easy/difficult (1=too easy, 5=too difficult)

Average:
2.9

1 80 (22.4%)
2 56 (15.7%)
3 42 (11.8%)
4 55 (15.4%)
5 64 (17.9%)
N/A 60 (16.8%)


Subject Overall

Pace too slow/fast (1=too slow, 5=too fast)

Average:
2.8

1 70 (26.9%)
2 40 (15.4%)
3 61 (23.5%)
4 38 (14.6%)
5 51 (19.6%)

Hours in class per week

Average: 14.0

Hours in lab per week

Average: 15.2

Hours on homework per week

Average: 9.7

Overall rating poor/excellent (1=very poor, 5=excellent)

Average:
2.9

1 70 (29.7%)
2 23 (9.7%)
3 59 (25.0%)
4 30 (12.7%)
5 54 (22.9%)

Graded fairly

Yes 59 (54.1%)
No 50 (45.9%)

Organized

Yes 52 (47.7%)
No 57 (52.3%)

Appropriate technology

Yes 69 (76.7%)
No 21 (23.3%)


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