Truman Faculty Evaluation Administration
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Senior Seminar in Economics - ECON 479
Olson, Terry
6 Students Enrolled
The instructor was an effective communicator.
| Disagree: 6 | Neutral: 9 | Agree: 18 | Strongly Agree: 15 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Disagree | 12% |  6 |
| Neutral | 19% | 9 |
| Agree | 38% | 18 |
| Strongly Agree | 31% | 15 |
The instructor was approachable.
| Disagree: 1 | Neutral: 4 | Agree: 18 | Strongly Agree: 25 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Disagree | 2% | 1 |
| Neutral | 8% | 4 |
| Agree | 38% | 18 |
| Strongly Agree | 52% | 25 |
Grading was fair.
| Disagree: 1 | Neutral: 1 | Agree: 13 | Strongly Agree: 33 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Disagree | 2% | 1 |
| Neutral | 2% | 1 |
| Agree | 27% | 13 |
| Strongly Agree | 69% | 33 |
I learned a lot in this course.
| Strongly disagree: 4 | Disagree: 5 | Neutral: 9 | Agree: 16 | Strongly Agree: 14 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Strongly disagree | 8% | 4 |
| Disagree | 10% | 5 |
| Neutral | 19% | 9 |
| Agree | 33% | 16 |
| Strongly Agree | 29% | 14 |
The concepts in this class were predominately presented in... (check up to two):
| Lecture: 42 | External readings: 10 | Laboratory assignments/activities: 10 | Other: 8 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 60% | 42 |
| External readings | 14% | 10 |
| Laboratory assignments/activities | 14% | 10 |
| Other | 11% | 8 |
On average, the number of hours I spent on coursework outside of class, per week:
| 2 or less: 13 | 3-4: 20 | 5-6: 7 | 7-8: 5 | 9 or more: 3 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| 2 or less | 27% | 13 |
| 3-4 | 42% | 20 |
| 5-6 | 15% | 7 |
| 7-8 | 10% | 5 |
| 9 or more | 6% | 3 |
My grade was based primarily on...
| Exams: 1 | Homework: 1 | Individual projects: 20 | Papers (0-9 pages): 2 | Papers (less than 10 pages): 8 | Papers (10 or more pages): 20 | Papers (10+ pages): 3 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Exams | 2% | 1 |
| Homework | 2% | 1 |
| Individual projects | 36% | 20 |
| Papers (0-9 pages) | 4% | 2 |
| Papers (less than 10 pages) | 15% | 8 |
| Papers (10 or more pages) | 36% | 20 |
| Papers (10+ pages) | 5% | 3 |
Most of the test material in this class came from... (check up to two)
| Readings: 8 | Lecture notes: 22 | Laboratory assignments/activities: 8 | Other: 1 | There were no tests administered in this course.: 22 |
| Answer | % | Number of Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Readings | 13% | 8 |
| Lecture notes | 36% | 22 |
| Laboratory assignments/activities | 13% | 8 |
| Other | 2% | 1 |
| There were no tests administered in this course. | 36% | 22 |