Truman Faculty Evaluation Administration
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Introduction to Astronomy - PHYS 131
Gokhale, Vayujeet
457 Students Enrolled
The instructor was an effective communicator.
| Strongly disagree: 5 | Disagree: 2 | Neutral: 7 | Agree: 32 | Strongly Agree: 62 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Strongly disagree | 5% |  5 |
| Disagree | 2% | 2 |
| Neutral | 6% | 7 |
| Agree | 30% | 32 |
| Strongly Agree | 57% | 62 |
The instructor was approachable.
| Strongly disagree: 1 | Disagree: 6 | Neutral: 10 | Agree: 28 | Strongly Agree: 62 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Strongly disagree | 1% | 1 |
| Disagree | 6% | 6 |
| Neutral | 9% | 10 |
| Agree | 26% | 28 |
| Strongly Agree | 58% | 62 |
Grading was fair.
| Strongly disagree: 3 | Disagree: 3 | Neutral: 9 | Agree: 36 | Strongly Agree: 57 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Strongly disagree | 3% | 3 |
| Disagree | 3% | 3 |
| Neutral | 8% | 9 |
| Agree | 33% | 36 |
| Strongly Agree | 53% | 57 |
I learned a lot in this course.
| Strongly disagree: 3 | Disagree: 2 | Neutral: 4 | Agree: 40 | Strongly Agree: 58 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Strongly disagree | 3% | 3 |
| Disagree | 2% | 2 |
| Neutral | 4% | 4 |
| Agree | 37% | 40 |
| Strongly Agree | 54% | 58 |
The concepts in this class were predominately presented in... (check up to two):
| Lecture: 106 | External readings: 12 | Laboratory assignments/activities: 80 | Other: 1 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 53% | 106 |
| External readings | 6% | 12 |
| Laboratory assignments/activities | 40% | 80 |
| Other | 1% | 1 |
On average, the number of hours I spent on coursework outside of class, per week:
| 2 or less: 21 | 3-4: 55 | 5-6: 19 | 7-8: 8 | 9 or more: 5 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| 2 or less | 19% | 21 |
| 3-4 | 51% | 55 |
| 5-6 | 18% | 19 |
| 7-8 | 7% | 8 |
| 9 or more | 5% | 5 |
My grade was based primarily on...
| Exams: 59 | Quizzes: 2 | Homework: 28 | Individual projects: 1 | Other: 2 | No primary component: 16 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Exams | 55% | 59 |
| Quizzes | 2% | 2 |
| Homework | 26% | 28 |
| Individual projects | 1% | 1 |
| Other | 2% | 2 |
| No primary component | 15% | 16 |
Most of the test material in this class came from... (check up to two)
| Readings: 22 | Lecture notes: 100 | Laboratory assignments/activities: 72 | Other: 1 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Readings | 11% | 22 |
| Lecture notes | 51% | 100 |
| Laboratory assignments/activities | 37% | 72 |
| Other | 1% | 1 |