STUDENTS' RATINGS ON TEACHER
Faculty Member:  MA LIN
Department:  COMPUTER SCIENCE Academic Year:  2004/2005
Faculty:  SCHOOL OF COMPUTING Semester:  2
Module:COMPUTER NETWORKS II - CS3103
Activity Type:LABORATORY
Class Size  /  Response Size  /  Response Rate :65  /  55  /  84.62%
QnItems EvaluatedFac. Member Avg ScoreFac. Member Avg Score Std. DevDept Avg ScoreFac. Avg Score
(a)     (b)(c)     (d)






1The teacher has enhanced my thinking ability. 3.745 0.700 3.436 ( 3.688) 3.449 ( 3.688)
2The teacher provides timely and useful feedback. 3.818 0.696 3.528 ( 3.778) 3.548 ( 3.778)
3The teacher is approachable for consultation. 3.873 0.695 3.633 ( 3.834) 3.661 ( 3.834)
4The teacher has helped me advance my research (if applicable). 3.775 0.800 3.401 ( 3.692) 3.396 ( 3.692)
5The teacher has increased my interest in the subject. 3.836 0.834 3.354 ( 3.667) 3.358 ( 3.667)
6The teacher has helped me acquire valuable/relevant knowledge in the field. 3.800 0.803 3.455 ( 3.779) 3.474 ( 3.779)
7The teacher has helped me understand complex ideas. 3.709 0.786 3.403 ( 3.661) 3.427 ( 3.661)
Average of Qn 1-7 3.795 0.755 3.462 ( 3.730) 3.478 ( 3.730)
8Overall the teacher is effective. 3.891 0.737 3.521 ( 3.844) 3.540 ( 3.844)

Frequency Distribution of responses for Qn 8

Nos. of Respondents(% of Respondents)


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ITEM\SCORE

|

5

4

3

2

1


|






Self

|

11 (20.00%)

28 (50.91%)

15 (27.27%)

1 (1.82%)

0 (.00%)

Teachers teaching all Modules of the Same Activity Type (Laboratory), at the same level within Department

|

41 (13.95%)

170 (57.82%)

79 (26.87%)

4 (1.36%)

0 (.00%)

Teachers teaching all Modules of the Same Activity Type (Laboratory), at the same level within Faculty

|

41 (13.95%)

170 (57.82%)

79 (26.87%)

4 (1.36%)

0 (.00%)

Note:
1. A 5-point scale is used for the scores. The higher the score, the better the rating.
2. Fac. Member Avg Score: The mean of all the scores for each question for the faculty member.
3. Fac. Member Avg Score Std. Dev: A measure of the range of variability. It measures the extent to which a faculty member's Average Score differs from all the scores in the faculty member's evaluation. The smaller the standard deviation, the greater the robustness of the number given as average.
4. Dept Avg Score :
 (a) the mean score of same activity type (Laboratory) within the department.
 (b) the mean score of same activity type (Laboratory), at the same module level ( level 3000 ) within the department.
5. Fac. Avg Score :
 (c) the mean score of same activity type (Laboratory) within the faculty.
 (d) the mean score of same activity type (Laboratory), at the same module level ( level 3000 ) within the faculty.

STUDENTS' COMMENTS ON FACULTY MEMBER

Faculty Member:  MA LIN
Department:  COMPUTER SCIENCE Academic Year:  2004/2005
Faculty:  SCHOOL OF COMPUTING Semester:  2
Module:COMPUTER NETWORKS II - CS3103
Activity Type:LABORATORY

Q9  What are the teacher's strengths?
1.NA
2.Patient
3.very nice guy
4.They are helpful.
5.Willness to teach outside tutorial questions.
6.helpful
7.na
8.Easy-going and helpful
9.No comment.
10.-he is patient -he is knowledgeable

Q10  What improvements would you suggest to the teacher?
1.NA
2.More out-spoken
3.good enough
4.Prepare more before lab starts.
5.nil
6.-
7.na
8.N/A
9.He should more approach to the students.
10.he speaks too soft, so sometimes students couldn't hear him well in the lab.

STUDENTS' RATINGS ON TEACHER
Faculty Member:  MA LIN
Department:  COMPUTER SCIENCE Academic Year:  2004/2005
Faculty:  SCHOOL OF COMPUTING Semester:  2
Module:COMPUTER NETWORKS II - CS3103
Activity Type:TUTORIAL
Class Size  /  Response Size  /  Response Rate :36  /  30  /  83.33%
QnItems EvaluatedFac. Member Avg ScoreFac. Member Avg Score Std. DevDept Avg ScoreFac. Avg Score
(a)     (b)(c)     (d)






1The teacher has enhanced my thinking ability. 3.867 0.730 3.843 ( 3.695) 3.868 ( 3.824)
2The teacher provides timely and useful feedback. 3.967 0.765 3.836 ( 3.698) 3.898 ( 3.855)
3The teacher is approachable for consultation. 4.000 0.743 3.913 ( 3.767) 3.967 ( 3.906)
4The teacher has helped me advance my research (if applicable). 3.895 0.937 3.665 ( 3.671) 3.704 ( 3.726)
5The teacher has increased my interest in the subject. 3.867 0.860 3.691 ( 3.587) 3.726 ( 3.716)
6The teacher has helped me acquire valuable/relevant knowledge in the field. 3.933 0.740 3.842 ( 3.704) 3.878 ( 3.841)
7The teacher has helped me understand complex ideas. 3.933 0.785 3.833 ( 3.685) 3.860 ( 3.808)
Average of Qn 1-7 3.925 0.778 3.812 ( 3.687) 3.851 ( 3.816)
8Overall the teacher is effective. 3.933 0.740 3.881 ( 3.738) 3.928 ( 3.877)

Frequency Distribution of responses for Qn 8

Nos. of Respondents(% of Respondents)


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ITEM\SCORE

|

5

4

3

2

1


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Self

|

5 (16.67%)

20 (66.67%)

3 (10.00%)

2 (6.67%)

0 (.00%)

Teachers teaching all Modules of the Same Activity Type (Tutorial), at the same level within Department

|

137 (16.61%)

412 (49.94%)

215 (26.06%)

45 (5.45%)

16 (1.94%)

Teachers teaching all Modules of the Same Activity Type (Tutorial), at the same level within Faculty

|

342 (19.59%)

956 (54.75%)

363 (20.79%)

61 (3.49%)

24 (1.37%)

Note:
1. A 5-point scale is used for the scores. The higher the score, the better the rating.
2. Fac. Member Avg Score: The mean of all the scores for each question for the faculty member.
3. Fac. Member Avg Score Std. Dev: A measure of the range of variability. It measures the extent to which a faculty member's Average Score differs from all the scores in the faculty member's evaluation. The smaller the standard deviation, the greater the robustness of the number given as average.
4. Dept Avg Score :
 (a) the mean score of same activity type (Tutorial) within the department.
 (b) the mean score of same activity type (Tutorial), at the same module level ( level 3000 ) within the department.
5. Fac. Avg Score :
 (c) the mean score of same activity type (Tutorial) within the faculty.
 (d) the mean score of same activity type (Tutorial), at the same module level ( level 3000 ) within the faculty.

STUDENTS' COMMENTS ON FACULTY MEMBER

Faculty Member:  MA LIN
Department:  COMPUTER SCIENCE Academic Year:  2004/2005
Faculty:  SCHOOL OF COMPUTING Semester:  2
Module:COMPUTER NETWORKS II - CS3103
Activity Type:TUTORIAL

Q9  What are the teacher's strengths?
1.NA
2.nothing
3.interesting
4.NA
5.made the effort to explain difficult concepts... thanks =)
6.Explain the problems carefully.

Q10  What improvements would you suggest to the teacher?
1.NA
2.nothing
3.none
4.It will be better if he could use 2-way communication during tutorial like suggesting questions to facilitate discussion and participation during tutorials, rather than solely voice his solution and illustrating on the board only.
5.English speaking, and arrangement of time
6.Should interact more with the class.
7.keep it up! =)
8.Nothing



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