College of Engineering

Class20-261-636-001
Class NamePOLYMER CHAR
InstructorBEAUCAGE
QuarterWinter, 1999 (99-02)
Respondent Size7
Class Size8
Pilot Size (Students)215
Pilot Size (Classes)27

#QuestionExcellent
 		ABCDEPoor
 		N/APilot AverageClass Average
1Planning and organization of course. 23200 0 4.33 4.00
2Conveying ideas and concepts in an understandable manner. 24100 0 4.06 4.14
3Teaching in a style that holds my attention. 24010 0 3.79 4.00
4Encouraging interactive class participation when appropriate. 60100 0 4.21 4.71
5Motivating and challenging me to learn course material. 61000 0 4.05 4.86
6Communicating relevance of course content to my engineering education. 42100 0 4.09 4.43
7Answering students' questions thoroughly. 52000 0 4.24 4.71
8Emphasizing analytical thinking skills as opposed to memorizing information. 43000 0 4.34 4.57
9Using examples of practical engineering application to facilitate learning. 61000 0 4.01 4.86
10Approachability and availability to assist me. 42100 0 4.52 4.43
11Willingness to discuss and review difficult points during lectures. 51100 0 4.47 4.57
12Creating exams and quizzes of appropriate length. 12001 3 4.08 3.50
13Speaking skills. 24100 0 4.41 4.14

#QuestionStrongly
Agree		ABCDEStrongly
Disagree		N/APilot AverageClass Average
14The text helped me to learn the material. 40100 2 4.05 4.60
15The instructor's lectures increased my understanding of material beyond what I gained from the text. 31100 2 4.14 4.40
16The instructor's learning aids (text supplements, handouts, etc.) helped me learn the material. 60100 0 4.13 4.71
17The assigned homework helped me to learn the material. 22100 2 4.32 4.20

The number of times the instructor started class late or ended class early.0-12-34-56-78 or moreAverage
Class Responses70000 5.00
Pilot Responses16140815 4.63

The number of times the instructor canceled class without attempting to reschedule.01234 or moreAverage
Class Responses70000 5.00
Pilot Responses19123010 4.88

The instructor announced exams at least one week in advance.YesNoAverage
Class Responses70 5.00
Pilot Responses2123 4.94


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Free Response Questions

1) Describe at least one thing you like about this course or professor


  • 1. Relative notes available anytime on line. 2. learn a systematic knowlege of polymer characterization and enhance the basic conceptes learned from texts.

  • According to this course, I learned lots of experiment skills. It will be very useful to my research and later work.

  • The guy knows much.

  • The professor is always ready to answer student'questions.

  • This class was fairly well organized. I appreciate all of the notes he provided on the web to help us write the labs.

    2) Describe at least one improvement you feel would benefit this course or professor.


  • 1. Too many experiments and reports in one quarter.

  • Better lab equipment would make the course more interesting.

  • If the professor can arrange a time to evaluate the experiment we have done after each experiment.

  • It will be better if the experiment equipment can be organized better. But genrally, it is good.

  • the work is too heavy.

    3) If your answer to any question between #1 and #17 was `D' or `E', please identify the question number and explain why.