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2006-2007 Fall Course Evaluations
Introduction In the past, reporting the results of the student course evaluations was very limited. The collection process produced a paper summary for each course which did not allow any type of summary information to be produced easily. The University purchased the Scantron Class Climate® system in July of 2006 and began using the system in the 2006-2007 fall semester. This system allows summary information not only by course but also by school/department and university wide. The University began the implementation of this new system by producing paper surveys for all traditional in-seat courses offered. This included some of the in-seat courses offered at the branch campus locations. The remainder of the online, independent study, cohort and branch campus courses were evaluated under their existing systems. These other methods of instructional delivery will be phased into the Class Climate system in the near future. The standard course evaluation is divided into three sections: 1) About the Instructor; 2) About the Course; and 3) About the Facilities. There are 13 questions about the instructor, 16 questions about the course and 3 questions about the facilities. The responses to each question are based on a Likert scale from 1 to 5 where 1 indicates Always and 5 indicates Never. Based on this criteria the perfect score would be an average of 1. Analysis Information from the course evaluations was exported from the Class Climate system to provide an overall university wide distribution of responses for trend analysis. This is entitled the Course Evaluation Trend Analysis in the links listed below. As new semesters are entered the trend will become more apparent. There were 3,518 responses entered into the course evaluations for the fall 2006-2007 semester. There were quite a few "No Response" to questions in that the percentage of "No Response" ranged from 30% to 46% for each question. Upon closer examination of the detail information it appears that there were at least 176 blank surveys entered. While this does not affect the mean, median or standard deviation shown in the Class Climate results future efforts should be made to persuade students to complete the survey. The information provided in the Class Climate information includes an executive summary with histogram of responses along with the overall mean, median, standard deviation and abstention for the each group overall, by section and by question. There are four executive summaries provided: 1) University Wide; 2) School of Arts and Sciences; 3) School of Business and Technology; and 4) School of Health Sciences. The 2006-2007 Fall Class Climate University Wide Executive Summary link shows the information provided by the Class Climate system. We see that the overall average for all questions for every course was 1.58. The average for the instructor was 1.52, the course was 1.59 and the facilities was 1.65. Thus, according to the students' opinions, the ranking order based on the responses show that overall the instructors (1.53) had the best score followed by the course (1.58) and finally the facilities (1.65). The 2006-2007 Fall Class Climate School of Health Sciences Executive Summary link shows the information provided by the Class Climate system. We see that the overall average for all questions for every course was 1.55. The average for the instructor was 1.44, the course was 1.51 and the facilities was 1.71. These are ranked in the same order as the university wide averages and are slightly higher than the university wide averages. Thus, according to the students' opinions, the School of Health Sciences was ranked at number one for instructors and courses and number three for facilities. The 2006-2007 Fall Class Climate School of Arts and Sciences Executive Summary link shows the information provided by the Class Climate system. We see that the overall average for all questions for every course was 1.57. The average for the instructor was 1.49, the course was 1.58 and the facilities was 1.62. These are ranked in the same order as the university wide averages and are slightly higher than the university wide averages. Thus, according to the students' opinions, the School of Arts and Sciences was ranked at number two for instructors and courses and number one for facilities. The 2006-2007 Fall Class Climate School of Business and Technology Executive Summary link shows the information provided by the Class Climate system. We see that the overall average for all questions for every course was 1.64. The average for the instructor was 1.61, the course was 1.65 and the facilities was 1.66. These are ranked in the same order as the university wide averages and are slightly lower than the university wide averages. Thus, according to the students' opinions, the School of Business and Technology was ranked at number three for instructors and courses and number two for facilities.
Please review the detail information in the links provided below.
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