8.987 Course Evaluation

8.987 -
Summer 1996

Quality of Teaching
2.9/5.0 Difficulty
3.2/5.0 Time Spent
36.7/40 hrs

Response Rate: 32/83

Results by Category

Quality of Teaching
Text and Other Readings
Exams
Problem Sets
Subject Overall

Quality of Teaching

	Ben Bitdiddle	Robert Schumann
Relevant presentations	2.2	3.7
Explains clearly	2.5	3.4
Uses blackboard well	3.6	1.9
Speaks clearly	3.1	2.9
Arouses interest in subject	2.5	2.9
Available outside class	3.5	3.6
Overall rating	2.7	3.6

Felix Mendelssohn

Relevant presentations 2.8

Explains clearly 3.7

Uses blackboard well 3.8

Speaks clearly 3.0

Arouses interest in subject 3.5

Available outside class 3.2

Overall rating 2.6

	Felix Mendelssohn
Relevant presentations	2.8
Explains clearly	3.7
Uses blackboard well	3.8
Speaks clearly	3.0
Arouses interest in subject	3.5
Available outside class	3.2
Overall rating	2.6

Text and Other Readings

Useful

Yes	17 (56.7%)
No	3 (10.0%)
N/A	10 (33.3%)

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

Average: 3.8	1	2 (3.3%)
	2	4 (6.6%)
	3	11 (18.0%)
	4	8 (13.1%)
	5	17 (27.9%)
	N/A	19 (31.1%)

Exams

Relevant

Yes	6 (60.0%)
No	1 (10.0%)
N/A	3 (30.0%)

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

Average: 3.3	1	5 (8.5%)
	2	9 (15.3%)
	3	8 (13.6%)
	4	9 (15.3%)
	5	12 (20.3%)
	N/A	16 (27.1%)

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

Average: 3.0	1	14 (21.2%)
	2	11 (16.7%)
	3	0 (0.0%)
	4	5 (7.6%)
	5	17 (25.8%)
	N/A	19 (28.8%)

Problem Sets

Relevant

Yes	17 (44.7%)
No	7 (18.4%)
N/A	14 (36.8%)

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

Average: 2.9	1	14 (24.6%)
	2	6 (10.5%)
	3	4 (7.0%)
	4	12 (21.1%)
	5	8 (14.0%)
	N/A	13 (22.8%)

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

Average: 3.2	1	17 (23.9%)
	2	6 (8.5%)
	3	3 (4.2%)
	4	19 (26.8%)
	5	18 (25.4%)
	N/A	8 (11.3%)

Subject Overall

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

Average: 2.8	1	11 (35.5%)
	2	8 (25.8%)
	3	0 (0.0%)
	4	0 (0.0%)
	5	12 (38.7%)

Hours in class per week

Average: 11.6

Hours in lab per week

Average: 12.6

Hours on homework per week

Average: 12.4

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

Average: 3.0	1	5 (10.9%)
	2	14 (30.4%)
	3	10 (21.7%)
	4	8 (17.4%)
	5	9 (19.6%)

Graded fairly

Yes	13 (76.5%)
No	4 (23.5%)

Organized

Yes	2 (20.0%)
No	8 (80.0%)

Appropriate technology

Yes	14 (43.8%)
No	18 (56.2%)

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