SOC TEACHER ASSESSMENT REPORT SYSTEM

STUDENTS' RATINGS ON TEACHER

Faculty Member:	STEVEN HALIM
Department:	DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF COMPUTING)	Academic Year:	2005/2006
Faculty:	SCHOOL OF COMPUTING	Semester:	2

Module:	DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS - CS1102C
Activity Type:	TUTORIAL

Class Size / Response Size / Response Rate :

94 / 60 / 63.83%

Qn	Items Evaluated	Fac. Member Avg Score	Fac. Member Avg Score Std. Dev	Dept Avg Score	Fac. Avg Score
				(a) (b)	(c) (d)

1	The teacher has enhanced my thinking ability.	4.333	0.572	3.981 ( 4.005)	3.917 ( 3.950)
2	The teacher provides timely and useful feedback.	4.203	0.805	3.991 ( 4.003)	3.964 ( 4.001)
3	The teacher is approachable for consultation.	4.190	0.805	4.043 ( 4.060)	4.023 ( 4.080)
4	The teacher has helped me advance my research (if applicable).	4.160	0.800	3.757 ( 3.737)	3.756 ( 3.756)
5	The teacher has increased my interest in the subject.	4.017	0.792	3.807 ( 3.802)	3.761 ( 3.776)
6	The teacher has helped me acquire valuable/relevant knowledge in the field.	4.288	0.617	3.960 ( 3.973)	3.912 ( 3.947)
7	The teacher has helped me understand complex ideas.	4.350	0.633	3.969 ( 4.004)	3.897 ( 3.935)
	Average of Qn 1-7	4.226	0.719	3.943 ( 3.957)	3.899 ( 3.932)
8	Overall the teacher is effective.	4.350	0.709	4.030 ( 4.061)	3.981 ( 4.038)

Frequency Distribution of responses for Qn 8

Nos. of Respondents(% of Respondents)

	\|
ITEM\SCORE	\|	5	4	3	2	1
	\|
Self	\|	28 (46.67%)	26 (43.33%)	5 (8.33%)	1 (1.67%)	0 (.00%)
Teachers teaching all Modules of the Same Activity Type (Tutorial), at the same level within Department	\|	468 (30.85%)	742 (48.91%)	248 (16.35%)	49 (3.23%)	10 (.66%)
Teachers teaching all Modules of the Same Activity Type (Tutorial), at the same level within Faculty	\|	770 (26.66%)	1567 (54.26%)	460 (15.93%)	72 (2.49%)	19 (.66%)

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 1000 ) 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 1000 ) within the faculty.

STUDENTS' COMMENTS ON FACULTY MEMBER

Faculty Member:	STEVEN HALIM
Department:	DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF COMPUTING)	Academic Year:	2005/2006
Faculty:	SCHOOL OF COMPUTING	Semester:	2

Module:	DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS - CS1102C
Activity Type:	TUTORIAL

Q9	What are the teacher's strengths?
1.	N.A.
2.	He makes the lectures more understandable.
3.	He is a good TA. He makes his points clear and easier to understand. The idea of going throught the topics from the previous lecture helps a lot in the understanding of the subject.
4.	i like him as well as his teaching style... it's enjoyable to be under his tutorial class... i esp. love the overall review of every chapter at the beginning of every tutorial session...
5.	Very approachable and structured in his way of teaching. Concepts that were not expalined well in lectures were made clear by him
6.	Reviewing a lecture before tackling the tutorial questions.
7.	He can teach well. More students will benefit if he was our lecturer.
8.	Very resourceful and always ready to explain concepts.
9.	HE IS JUST TOO GOOD. HE IS THE BEST.HE HAS MADE ME UNDERSTAND ALL THAT I WANTED.
10.	He gives a quick recap of the lecture and then starts with the tutorials. Also he gives us turns to present the answers and then questions further. His style of teaching is excellent and very easy to fathom. He is the best tutor i have ever had!!
11.	comprehensive
12.	Have very good summaries of the tutorial topics.
13.	He always reviews the lecture notes.
14.	Tries to make his lessons as interesting as possible, even doing live demonstrations... Explains the concepts very clearly... Able to guide a student to come up with the solution without revealing too much...
15.	Enthusiasm
16.	super good!!=)
17.	Thanks for explaining concepts that are not well explained in lecture!
18.	Take time to revise the lecture
19.	Mr Halim has put in his best effort in explaining complex matters to the students.
20.	revise the previous lecture first, it's good
21.	have the ability to make us understand the difficult questiones
22.	Apart from tutorial questions, the teacher also presented a summary for the lectures and sent me emails in advance which prompted me to prepare carefully before attending tutorials. Besides, he also helped me to understand lecture notes.
23.	his effort in trying to teach
24.	i like your method of teaching this module. giving a brief outline of the lecture topics before tutorial is indeed very helpful for me. the website you set up is very timely for our exams. thank you.
25.	help clarify my doubts and make difficult concept simple.
26.	Willingly to take extra effort to explain concepts to students. Very approachable.
27.	Very enthusiastic about his teaching. Well prepared lessons. And very approachable. His lessons are more enriching than the lectures. Probably one of the best tutors I have encountered so far in NUS.
28.	He is very good. He is very capable in making us understand all the complex ideas in a many different ways. ONe of the best tutors that i have seen.
29.	His teaching is clear, at least clearer than the lecturers. The approach he used is easy for me to grasp the concept.
30.	He exlains the concepts during every tutorial. He knows his work well. professional.
31.	Outstanding
32.	pays attention to students
33.	He tries his best to clear our doubts during tutorial. Able to explain effectively.
34.	i)Able to allow students to understand complex ideas even better then lectures. ii) Friendly and approachable.
35.	Revision for each lecture especially when lectures are not uninformative!
36.	he is clear concise and enthusuastic when teaching alien concepts to us.
37.	He is able to pick out key points of the topic and explain it sufficiently.
38.	approachable, friendly, concerned in our studies, good teaching methods.
39.	dedication to his work, he makes every student in his class understand every single concept. By far he s among the best !

Q10	What improvements would you suggest to the teacher?
1.	N.A.
2.	Give more examples during class
3.	I suggest he set up a website that gives examples, for various levels of difficulty, for students to practice on.
4.	you are doing great!!!! you should become a lecturer someday... as u are such a gifted teacher!!!
5.	Keep up the Good Work!
6.	Help us spot exam, PE questions =P
7.	HE IS TOO TOO GOOD.
8.	can make things more understandable in tutorials
9.	He should give more time to answer the questions.
10.	There are much more improvement if compare to the tut 1 to the last few tutorial.The teacher's attitude improve much in the later tutorials.If teacher is willing to teach, students will be willing to learn too..
11.	give more hints or interesting involved the lessons
12.	command of english and explanation to the pseudo code could be more.
13.	communication skills.
14.	maybe on your website you can include some worked examples like how to use stl, common mistakes made by students so all of us can learn from them. overall performance very good
15.	maybe less interactive lesson like the linked list demostration
16.	NIL
17.	NIL.
18.	Keep it up!
19.	provide us with summarise notes rather than discussion in class
20.	more interaction
21.	Needs to clear up any confusion he has b4 attending class. Sometimes, he is also unsure, not tt he is not good, but becoz he has not learnt it himself.
22.	Some students are unable to express their ideas well to the class. Try to clarify.
23.	NA
24.	none.
25.	nothing... Cheers to Steve

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