COURSE EVALUATION REPORT

MICHAEL NELSON

200620

1 STRONGLY DISAGREE

2 DISAGREE

3 NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE

4 AGREE

5 STRONGLY AGREE

n/a NOT APPLICABLE

NR NO RESPONSE

CS 791/CS 891 - Aggregate

	QUESTIONS FOR EVALUATION:	RESPONSE FREQUENCY
	QUESTIONS FOR EVALUATION:	RESPONSE FREQUENCY
		1	2	3	4	5	n/a	NR	n	MEAN	INSTR MEAN	STD. DEV.	DEPT MEAN	COLL MEAN
1	IN THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASS, THE INSTRUCTOR PROVIDED DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION THAT CLEARLY EXPLAINED THE COURSE CONTENT, ASSIGNMENTS, GRADING AND OTHER IMPORTANT POLICIES.	0	0	0	1	17	0	0	18	4.94	4.80	0.48	4.29	4.57
2	THE COURSE MATERIALS, EXAMS, PROJECTS AND/OR PAPERS IN THE CLASS REQUIRED ME TO THINK CRITICALLY.	0	0	0	1	16	1	1	18	4.94	4.79	0.45	4.18	4.48
3	THE INSTRUCTOR WELCOMED QUESTIONS AND OTHER CLASS PARTICIPATION.	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	18	5.00	4.84	0.41	4.23	4.47
4	THE INSTRUCTOR WAS ENTHUSIASTIC WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER.	0	0	0	1	17	0	0	18	4.94	4.84	0.53	4.09	4.43
5	THE INSTRUCTOR WAS AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION AND HELPFUL DURING OFFICE HOURS.	0	0	0	1	17	0	0	18	4.94	4.80	0.70	4.03	4.54
6	THE INSTRUCTOR ARRIVED ON TIME FOR CLASS AND USED THE FULL CLASS PERIOD ALLOTED.	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	18	5.00	4.84	0.97	4.33	4.63
7	IN ORDER TO GET GOOD GRADES ON TESTS AND ASSIGNMENTS, I HAD TO KNOW THE COURSE MATERIALS OUTLINED IN THE SYLLABUS AND DISCUSSED IN CLASS.	0	0	0	0	15	3	3	18	5.00	4.82	0.50	4.23	4.54
8	THE INSTRUCTOR'S PRESENTATIONS WERE INFORMATIVE.	0	0	0	0	17	1	1	18	5.00	4.83	0.70	3.94	4.29
9	OVERALL, I HAVE LEARNED OR BENEFITED FROM THIS CLASS.	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	18	5.00	4.80	0.55	3.91	4.20
10	OVERALL, THE INSTRUCTOR IS AN EFFECTIVE TEACHER.	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	18	5.00	4.84	0.72	3.94	4.24

GENERAL INFORMATION:
APPROXIMATE CLASS STANDING		PRESENT GPA		HRS PER WEEK SPENT PREPARING FOR CLASS
FRESHMAN	0	LESS THAN 2.00	0	0 TO 2	3
SOPHOMORE	0	2.00 TO 2.49	1	3 TO 5	7
JUNIOR	0	2.50 TO 2.99	4	6 TO 8	3
SENIOR	0	3.00 TO 3.49	10	9 TO 11	2
GRADUATE	17	3.50 +	1	12 OR MORE	2
OTHER	0	DO NOT KNOW	1

SEX		AGE		FULL OR PART TIME STUDENT
MALE	14	20 & UNDER	0	FULL-TIME	14
FEMALE	3	21 - 25	13	PART-TIME	2
		26 +	4

REASON FOR TAKING COURSE		EXPECTED COURSE GRADE		EMPLOYED WHILE TAKING COURSE
REQUIRED FOR MAJOR	6	A	17	NOT EMPLOYED	3
GEN. ED. REQUIREMENT	3	B	0	PART-TIME JOB	10
ELECTIVE	4	C	0	FULL-TIME JOB	3
OTHER	4	D	0
		F	0
		P	0
		Q	0

I ATTENDED ---- CLASS
ALL	16
MOST	1
FEW	0

NR :	No response. Student did not rate the instructor on this question.
*n :*	Number of responses for this question (does not include �no response�.)
Mean:	The mean for this call number/CRN. In the case of aggregate reports, the mean for all session cross-listed together for this course.
Instr Mean:	The mean for all courses taught by this instructor for a college. This number is the same on all reports for this instructor for a college.
Std. Deviation:	The standard deviation for instructors means in this department.
Dept Mean:	The mean for all courses taught by this department, including any course cross-listed to a course taught by this department. This number is the same on all reports for this department.
Coll Mean:	The mean for all courses taught by this college, including any course cross-listed to a course taught by this college. This number is the same on all reports for this college.
ENROLLMENT:	Total number of students enrolled for this call number/CRN. In the case of aggregate reports, the total number of students enrolled for all call numbers cross-listed together with at least one completed evaluation.

ENROLLMENT:	21
TOTAL RESPONSES:	18

GENERAL WRITTEN COMMENTS:

WHAT FACTORS ABOUT THIS CLASS CONTRIBUTED THE MOST TO YOUR LEARNING? WHAT ASPECTS OF THIS CLASS HELPED YOU TO LEARN THINK CRITICALLY?

The presentations given each week were helpful in better understanding of the concepts.
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Generally this course is graduate seminar and it helped me alot to think how the dgoogle operations are performes
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This is an interesting subject peeping through the technologies of google. Interaction in the class helped me to think critically.
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IT was a very challenging class which motivated me to research on the topic and find out some interesting aspects of the topic.
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mastering the papers, looking to the left ad right of the topic, findig external resources about the topics covered in class
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WHAT DID YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT THE CLASS AND YOUR INSTRUCTOR?

Instrucutor was very helpful, and the classes were informative.
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The class is really very good and the students are very co-operative. Instructor is really helpful in clearing all the doubts.
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i like Huge interaction in the class. Instructor's examples and his way of explanation of concepts.
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He was very interactive and there was a full class participation
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great variety of papers assigned, nice read line throughout the class great discussion from time to time (if topic permitted)
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WHAT CHANGES IF ANY, COULD BE MADE TO THE CLASS THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED YOU TO LEARN MORE? WHAT COULD THE INSTRUCTOR HAVE DONE TO MAKE THE COURSE AN EVEN BETTER LEARNING EXPERIENCE?

No changes.
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This is fine.
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not much, the format of these seminar classes is good, its up to the students to make something out of it
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WHAT FACTORS ABOUT YOUR OWN PERFORMANCE HELPED YOU LEARN THE MOST? WHAT DID YOU DO TO FACILITATE YOUR LEARNING?

SHould have studuie din detail about the presentations given.
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I am basically very poor at giving presentations and i learned alot from the class
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Reading the material given for the subject. Finding examples for the concepts.
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read the papers and also look at the references think about what fellow students would be able to understand from my presentation
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WHAT COULD YOU HAVE DONE TO MAKE THE COURSE AN EVEN BETTER LEARNING EXPERIENCE?

No changes the class is at its best
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This is fine.
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invest more time in preparing for class
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