Faculty-Course Student Rating Form

OVERALL RESULTS
ALL TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE COURSES - 2009-10 School Year 

 ITEM  
Not at all Seldom Some-times Often Very Often Mean St.Dev. Count
How often did the instructor make effective use of class time?                                                                          .7% 2.9% 9.0% 30.1% 57.3% 4.40 .82 9463
How often did the instructor encourage interaction between students to accomplish course goals? 2.4% 7.1% 16.3% 29.7% 44.5% 4.07 1.05 9455
How often did the instructor provide opportunities for contact with students outside of class? 3.3% 8.7% 20.6% 31.9% 35.5% 3.88 1.09 9432
How often did the instructor use a variety of strategies, types of assignments, and activities to appeal to different learning styles? 4.1% 11.1% 21.3% 29.6% 34.0% 3.78 1.15 9431
How often did the instructor give timely written or oral feedback as defined in the course syllabus? 2.6% 7.0% 15.2% 33.3% 42.0% 4.05 1.04 9423
How often were you, the student, involved in the learning process via reflection, discussion, and application of learning to real life? 2.1% 6.8% 17.6% 30.6% 43.0% 4.06 1.03 9406
How often did the instructor encourage and communicate high expectations toward success in the classroom? 1.5% 4.2% 14.0% 34.5% 45.8% 4.19 .93 9438
How often did the instructor use technology to support course activities? 4.8% 9.1% 17.7% 26.9% 41.5% 3.91 1.18 9438

 

On a scale of 5 (a lot) to 1 (very little), how much did this course prepare you for service to Christ, the Church, and/or the world?

 

  Frequency Percent
1-Very Little 978 10.5
2 1163 12.4
3 2289 24.5
4 2537 27.1
5-A Lot 2381 25.5
Total 9348 100.0

 

N 9348
Mean 3.45
Median 3.58a
Std. Deviation 1.278

a-Calculated from grouped data

 

 

MEAN ITEM RATINGS BY CUW SCHOOL (5-point Rating Scale)

 

ITEM Business Education Arts and Science Human Services
Time on Task 4.30 4.13 4.47 4.33
Cooperation Among Students 4.04 4.23 4.07 4.14
Student Instructor Contact 3.93 3.94 3.86 4.09
Respect for Diverse Learners 3.70 3.89 3.80 3.93
Prompt Feedback 4.00 3.99 4.07 4.09
Active Learning 4.03 4.31 4.07 4.17
Communicate High Expectations 4.17 4.20 4.16 4.33
Technology Utilization  3.83 4.10 3.94 4.35
Integration of Faith and Learning 3.47 3.69 3.66 3.91
Amount of Learning 3.98 3.90 3.98 4.08
CUW Service Mission 3.26 3.66 3.39 3.83
Course Workload 3.32 3.58 3.37 3.68
TOTALS 3.84 3.97 3.90 4.08

IMPORTANCE* / SATISFACTION ANALYSIS

 ITEM Corrected Item-Total Correlation

IMPORT

RANK

 Mean SATISFY RANK GAP
How often did the instructor make effective use of class time?                                                                          .613 7 4.40 1 6
How often did the instructor encourage interaction between students to accomplish course goals? .683 4 4.07 3 1
How often did the instructor provide opportunities for contact with students outside of class? .629 6 3.86 6 0
How often did the instructor use a variety of strategies, types of assignments, and activities to appeal to different learning styles? .737 1 3.78 7 -6
How often did the instructor give timely written or oral feedback as defined in the course syllabus? .680 5 4.05 5 0
How often were you, the student, involved in the learning process via reflection, discussion, and application of learning to real life? .711 3 4.06 4 -1
How often did the instructor encourage and communicate high expectations toward success in the classroom? .724 2 4.18 2 0
On a scale of 5 (a lot) to 1 (very little), how much did this course prepare you for service to Christ, the Church, and/or the world? .576 8 3.44 8 0

*-Importance is derived/inferred from the correlation between each item score and a scale score comprised of the sum of all items.  The overall scale has a reliability (alpha) of .889.

Note: Data source is all undergraduate course evaluations collected since the Spring 2009.

LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF SELECT ITEMS

  N Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Significance (p-value)
On a scale of 5 (a lot) to 1 (very little), how much did you learn in this course? Spring 2009 1781 3.96 1.13 .027
Fall 2009 5302 4.01 1.10 .015
Spring 2010 4080 3.98 1.11 .017
Total 11163 3.99 1.11 .010 0.233
On a scale of 5 (a lot) to 1 (very little), how much did this course prepare you for service to Christ, the Church, and/or the world? Spring 2009 1782 3.41 1.28 .030
Fall 2009 5286 3.46 1.27 .018
Spring 2010 4062 3.43 1.27 .020
Total 11130 3.44 1.28 .012 0.204
Scale comprised of the sum of the "7 Principles" items plus the CUW Service Mission item. Spring 2009 1801 35.56 6.96 .164
Fall 2009 5358 35.5 6.99 .095
Spring 2010 4127 35.6 6.89 .107
Total 11286 35.6 6.95 .065 0.888

Note: No significant differences were found between any of the rating periods.