Truman Faculty Evaluation Administration
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Introduction to Astronomy - PHYS 131
Beaky, Matthew
100 Students Enrolled
The instructor was an effective communicator.
| Agree: 9 | Strongly Agree: 10 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Agree | 47% |  9 |
| Strongly Agree | 53% | 10 |
The instructor was approachable.
| Neutral: 1 | Agree: 7 | Strongly Agree: 11 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Neutral | 5% | 1 |
| Agree | 37% | 7 |
| Strongly Agree | 58% | 11 |
Grading was fair.
| Disagree: 1 | Agree: 7 | Strongly Agree: 11 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Disagree | 5% | 1 |
| Agree | 37% | 7 |
| Strongly Agree | 58% | 11 |
I learned a lot in this course.
| Neutral: 1 | Agree: 8 | Strongly Agree: 10 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Neutral | 5% | 1 |
| Agree | 42% | 8 |
| Strongly Agree | 53% | 10 |
The concepts in this class were predominately presented in... (check up to two):
| Lecture: 19 | External readings: 2 | Laboratory assignments/activities: 12 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 58% | 19 |
| External readings | 6% | 2 |
| Laboratory assignments/activities | 36% | 12 |
On average, the number of hours I spent on coursework outside of class, per week:
| 2 or less: 7 | 3-4: 8 | 5-6: 2 | 7-8: 2 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| 2 or less | 37% | 7 |
| 3-4 | 42% | 8 |
| 5-6 | 11% | 2 |
| 7-8 | 11% | 2 |
My grade was based primarily on...
| Exams: 18 | Quizzes: 10 | Individual projects: 1 | Group projects: 1 | Papers (less than 10 pages): 1 | Other: 1 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Exams | 56% | 18 |
| Quizzes | 31% | 10 |
| Individual projects | 3% | 1 |
| Group projects | 3% | 1 |
| Papers (less than 10 pages) | 3% | 1 |
| Other | 3% | 1 |
Most of the test material in this class came from... (check up to two)
| Readings: 4 | Lecture notes: 19 | Laboratory assignments/activities: 6 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Readings | 14% | 4 |
| Lecture notes | 66% | 19 |
| Laboratory assignments/activities | 21% | 6 |