Class	20-261-625-001
Class Name	POLYMER PROC
Instructor	BEAUCAGE
Quarter	Winter, 1999 (99-02)
Respondent Size	9
Class Size	10
Pilot Size (Students)	215
Pilot Size (Classes)	27

#	Question	Excellent	A	B	C	D	E	Poor	N/A	Pilot Average	Class Average
1	Planning and organization of course.		3	4	1	1	0		0	4.33	4.00
2	Conveying ideas and concepts in an understandable manner.		4	2	3	0	0		0	4.06	4.11
3	Teaching in a style that holds my attention.		7	1	1	0	0		0	3.79	4.67
4	Encouraging interactive class participation when appropriate.		9	0	0	0	0		0	4.21	5.00
5	Motivating and challenging me to learn course material.		5	4	0	0	0		0	4.05	4.56
6	Communicating relevance of course content to my engineering education.		7	1	1	0	0		0	4.09	4.67
7	Answering students' questions thoroughly.		5	3	1	0	0		0	4.24	4.44
8	Emphasizing analytical thinking skills as opposed to memorizing information.		9	0	0	0	0		0	4.34	5.00
9	Using examples of practical engineering application to facilitate learning.		7	2	0	0	0		0	4.01	4.78
10	Approachability and availability to assist me.		9	0	0	0	0		0	4.52	5.00
11	Willingness to discuss and review difficult points during lectures.		7	2	0	0	0		0	4.47	4.78
12	Creating exams and quizzes of appropriate length.		6	3	0	0	0		0	4.08	4.67
13	Speaking skills.		5	3	1	0	0		0	4.41	4.44

#	Question	Strongly Agree	A	B	C	D	E	Strongly Disagree	N/A	Pilot Average	Class Average
14	The text helped me to learn the material.		2	3	1	0	0		3	4.05	4.17
15	The instructor's lectures increased my understanding of material beyond what I gained from the text.		5	2	0	0	0		2	4.14	4.71
16	The instructor's learning aids (text supplements, handouts, etc.) helped me learn the material.		7	0	0	0	0		2	4.13	5.00
17	The assigned homework helped me to learn the material.		4	1	0	1	0		3	4.32	4.33

The number of times the instructor started class late or ended class early.	0-1	2-3	4-5	6-7	8 or more	Average
Class Responses	9	0	0	0	0	5.00
Pilot Responses	161	40	8	1	5	4.63

The number of times the instructor canceled class without attempting to reschedule.	0	1	2	3	4 or more	Average
Class Responses	9	0	0	0	0	5.00
Pilot Responses	191	23	0	1	0	4.88

The instructor announced exams at least one week in advance.	Yes	No	Average
Class Responses	9	0	5.00
Pilot Responses	212	3	4.94

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Free Response Questions

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

He is very concerned with the students' learning and general wellfare. He is the type of teacher to bend over backwards to encourage a student to learn the material, and to be generally successful. Knowing what a great professor he was from prevous classes was my primary reason for taking his cource.

I liked his teaching style and course materials.

I liked the labs associated with the class. I felt that they helped me understand the concepts taught during the lectures. I felt that the Dr. Becauge knew the material of the course and presented it in an understandible manor.

The quiz format pressured me to study the class materials from week to week. Plant tours were used to supplement the inadequate lab tools to obtain a comprehensive view of polymer processing.

The text is a great reference guide for industry.

We went to plants to see the way the companies proceesed plastic. I liked that.

the ease and flow of presentation, willingness to listen and be open, weekly quizzes, his knowledge of the material

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

Go see more plants, when I can actually attend.

I have two suggestions:#1) make the text required. This subject is too complex to learn from the handouts alone, and I felt like I had been missing out when I finally borrowed a copy of the text. #2) More complicated concepts need to be explained more throughly. Generally, in other cources, Dr. Beaucage does this well. The labs helped, but I still felt like I was drowning in a sea of meaningless equations.

I think that the rheology should be removed from this course and taught in a differnt class in more detail. I think that purhaps a crash course only lasting a week in rheology would be better for this processing class. Purhaps have the labs start earlier in the quarter so they can be parelled to class material while they are being taught.

The course is supposed to be strictly processing so I don't think that the information given that didn't pertain to processing was helpful.

labs worth more credit

Free Response Questions

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

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

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