TEACHER ASSESSMENT REPORT SYSTEM (TEACHER ONLY)

STUDENTS' RATINGS ON TEACHER

Faculty Member:	LEONG WING LUP, BEN
Department:	COMPUTER SCIENCE	Academic Year:	2010/2011
Faculty:	SCHOOL OF COMPUTING	Semester:	1
Module:	PROGRAMMING METHODOLOGY - CS1101S
Activity Type:	LECTURE

Class Size/Response Size/Response Rate/Contact Session/Teaching Hour :

58 / 43 / 74.14% / 26 / 39

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.	4.744	0.082	3.995 ( 4.121)	3.976 ( 3.994)
2	The teacher provides timely and useful feedback.	4.698	0.078	3.961 ( 4.085)	3.976 ( 3.991)
3	The teacher is approachable for consultation.	4.581	0.089	4.044 ( 4.148)	4.050 ( 4.031)
4	The teacher has helped me develop relevant research skills.*	NA	NA	NA	NA
5	The teacher has increased my interest in the subject.	4.581	0.112	3.839 ( 3.956)	3.845 ( 3.855)
6	The teacher has helped me acquire valuable/relevant knowledge in the field.	4.674	0.086	4.019 ( 4.158)	4.014 ( 4.052)
7	The teacher has helped me understand complex ideas.	4.488	0.112	3.916 ( 4.077)	3.909 ( 3.956)
	Average of Qn 1-7**	4.628	0.079	3.959 ( 4.091)	3.960 ( 3.979)
8	Overall the teacher is effective.	4.674	0.086	4.021 ( 4.178)	4.018 ( 4.060)

* This includes skills in research methodology, research problems/questions, literature search/evaluation, oral presentation and manuscript preparation.

** If Qn 4 is NA, it will not be included in the computation of average score (Average of Qn 1-7).

Frequency Distribution of responses for Qn 8

Nos. of Respondents(% of Respondents)

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ITEM\SCORE	\|	5	4	3	2	1
	\|
Self	\|	31 (72.09%)	10 (23.26%)	2 (4.65%)	0 (.00%)	0 (.00%)
Teachers teaching all Modules of the Same Activity Type (Lecture), at the same level within Department	\|	312 (33.26%)	508 (54.16%)	95 (10.13%)	19 (2.03%)	4 (.43%)
Teachers teaching all Modules of the Same Activity Type (Lecture), at the same level within Faculty	\|	503 (25.68%)	1129 (57.63%)	279 (14.24%)	38 (1.94%)	10 (.51%)

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 (Lecture) within the department.
(b) the mean score of same activity type (Lecture), at the same module level ( level 1000 ) within the department.
5. Fac. Avg Score :
(c) the mean score of same activity type (Lecture) within the faculty.
(d) the mean score of same activity type (Lecture), at the same module level ( level 1000 ) within the faculty.

STUDENTS' COMMENTS ON TEACHER

Faculty Member:	LEONG WING LUP, BEN
Department:	COMPUTER SCIENCE	Academic Year:	2010/2011
Faculty:	SCHOOL OF COMPUTING	Semester:	1
Module:	PROGRAMMING METHODOLOGY - CS1101S
Activity Type:	LECTURE

Q9	What are the teacher's strengths?
1.	-engaging
2.	Funny and able to teach complex concepts with ease.
3.	-
4.	His strengths lies in the fact that he is able to explain concepts clearly during lectures, while not compromising the understanding of the students during the lecture. Also, he insists on clarifying the students' doubts during the lecture if the students do not understand any part of the lecture. The examples that were used to illustrate the concepts were also pretty good, and it helped in understanding certain abstract concepts which is not very easy to comprehend at first. Finally, one good point about him is that he would also show some motivational videos during the lecture to allow us to have a good break in between.
5.	He cares a lot about his students, even taking the effort to remember each and every student's name. Teaches more than just on academic stuff, also dispenses useful advice on other things such as how to succeed in life. Very fast in replying to any questions posted to him.
6.	Pushes limit of student's learning
7.	One Word: Awesome.
8.	Demanding, expects the best from us. Makes sure to capture the audiences' attention and checks for understanding. Looks like he's having fun. Very convicted in what he does.
9.	Interactive, engaging and passionate. Always trying to improve the course and add more fun elements to the course.
10.	Very engaging Delivers lectures well Approachable Interacts with students
11.	He is clear in what he teaches
12.	Very efficient and helpful
13.	Strong leadership, courage and drive to pull off many things not done before.
14.	Persistent in encouraging students.
15.	Provokes thinking.
16.	creative and able to converse with students.
17.	Very approachable, friendly, and humourous
18.	Lectures are always interesting. Teacher always willing to slow down for the students.
19.	PROF SO SHUAI!!! But honestly though, Prof, you are the most awesome lecturer/teacher I've had ever =D
20.	He is so good, friendly and passion. Unlike other lecturers, Prof. Leong is very close to his students. He always takes care of his students and gives the best to his students. So far, he is the best professor in NUS I have seen. He has successfully transferred the notion of programming in Scheme at least to me.
21.	- Passionate for teaching, have effective teaching method - guide on nature of matters. - inspire students
22.	Energetic, enthusiastic.
23.	Humorous, makes the subject very interesting, sets very high standards of education. Very practical.
24.	Prof Ben is good-humoured and he has a magic ability to not let any one sleep during the lecture.
25.	Energetic and interesting
26.	humorous, give personal attention to every student
27.	Pushing students into hard and critical thinking as well as relating philosophical ideas in working and studying.
28.	speak fast
29.	Perfect.
30.	Very strong and creative teaching skills.
31.	Interesting and able to force students to work hard
32.	He has cyclopaedic knowledge about programming and thus we have touched a absolutely different world of programming.Also his passing about teaching makes us enjoy learning of this module.
33.	Brilliant, humorous and approachable
34.	Handsome , passionate and patient.
35.	Never fail to have passion about his work. Provide us with a very intereting learing environment.
36.	too handsome

Q10	What improvements would you suggest to the teacher?
1.	Keep doing what he's doing.
2.	-
3.	I think he should really slow down a little bit, and he should cut down on the amount of time being spent on adminstrative matters at the start of the lecture, so that he could spend more time on the content that is to be covered during the lecture.
4.	Nothing much. Excellent teacher.
5.	Pace of lectures can be slower
6.	Nothing. Just stay awesome.
7.	Maybe more hands-on demonstration rather than just verbally explaining code. May be easier for students to follow if the code is typed and explained at the same time.
8.	nil
9.	-
10.	Be less evil.
11.	nil
12.	Needs to listen and self-indulge less. And life is really not always that complicated. To infuse lessons with philosophies of life is not a bad thing, but one can do it with more humility. It's not selling common sense really, because these "common sensical" stuff that can be derived at logically can go either ways. And no, majority of the people / singaporeans do not lack "common sense" / are not "stupid" / "cannot think for themselves". Just cause one think one knows something "common sensical" that another doesn't, has little telling on the character or wisdom of one over the other. And if shove comes to push, where are the statistics/evidences for making these rather obnoxious statements? Or is it simply a tendency to think oneself greater than others, in character and in intelligence?
13.	-nil
14.	nil
15.	Not be so elitist
16.	More hours of lecture a week!!!!
17.	DON'T QUIT SCHEME NEXT YEAR!!! IT'LL BE THE DOWNFALL OF SCHEMERS FACULTY-WIDE!!!
18.	N/A
19.	speakings skills.
20.	Teach more modules!
21.	I will suggest Prof. Ben to slow his pace of teaching just a little.
22.	maybe should go through lecture notes in a slower manner and let student to digest for a while
23.	N.A.
24.	no
25.	Slow down some time in the lecture, give students more time to read code and think!
26.	Keep up! :)
27.	Better time management
28.	I think it may be better if he can give more attraction to those students who are not brilliant but work very hard in the module.
29.	He's already excellent!
30.	Maybe slow the speaking speed.
31.	Reduce some learning stuff.
32.	be more humble

STUDENTS' RATINGS ON TEACHER

Faculty Member:	LEONG WING LUP, BEN
Department:	COMPUTER SCIENCE	Academic Year:	2010/2011
Faculty:	SCHOOL OF COMPUTING	Semester:	1
Module:	PROGRAMMING METHODOLOGY - CS1101S
Activity Type:	RECITATION

Class Size/Response Size/Response Rate/Contact Session/Teaching Hour :

58 / 42 / 72.41% / 36 / 36

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.	4.643	0.095	4.564 ( 4.564)	4.006 ( 4.564)
2	The teacher provides timely and useful feedback.	4.667	0.081	4.564 ( 4.564)	4.070 ( 4.564)
3	The teacher is approachable for consultation.	4.548	0.091	4.519 ( 4.519)	4.175 ( 4.519)
4	The teacher has helped me develop relevant research skills.*	NA	NA	NA	NA
5	The teacher has increased my interest in the subject.	4.571	0.109	4.582 ( 4.582)	3.959 ( 4.582)
6	The teacher has helped me acquire valuable/relevant knowledge in the field.	4.667	0.088	4.636 ( 4.636)	4.047 ( 4.636)
7	The teacher has helped me understand complex ideas.	4.524	0.114	4.473 ( 4.473)	3.977 ( 4.473)
	Average of Qn 1-7**	4.603	0.085	4.556 ( 4.556)	4.039 ( 4.556)
8	Overall the teacher is effective.	4.667	0.088	4.636 ( 4.636)	4.076 ( 4.636)

Nos. of Respondents(% of Respondents)

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ITEM\SCORE	\|	5	4	3	2	1
	\|
Self	\|	30 (71.43%)	10 (23.81%)	2 (4.76%)	0 (.00%)	0 (.00%)
Teachers teaching all Modules of the Same Activity Type (Recitation), at the same level within Department	\|	38 (69.09%)	14 (25.45%)	3 (5.45%)	0 (.00%)	0 (.00%)
Teachers teaching all Modules of the Same Activity Type (Recitation), at the same level within Faculty	\|	38 (69.09%)	14 (25.45%)	3 (5.45%)	0 (.00%)	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 (Recitation) within the department.
(b) the mean score of same activity type (Recitation), at the same module level ( level 1000 ) within the department.
5. Fac. Avg Score :
(c) the mean score of same activity type (Recitation) within the faculty.
(d) the mean score of same activity type (Recitation), at the same module level ( level 1000 ) within the faculty.

STUDENTS' COMMENTS ON TEACHER

Faculty Member:	LEONG WING LUP, BEN
Department:	COMPUTER SCIENCE	Academic Year:	2010/2011
Faculty:	SCHOOL OF COMPUTING	Semester:	1
Module:	PROGRAMMING METHODOLOGY - CS1101S
Activity Type:	RECITATION

Q9	What are the teacher's strengths?
1.	Funny and able to teach complex concepts with ease.
2.	-
3.	Professor Ben makes it a point to cover key concepts in the lecture prior to the recitation, and also, cover some concepts not covered in the lecture. Similar to what he does during lectures, he would also use some simple yet important examples to illustrate certain concepts, and explains again to the students if they do not understand them. He is also very approachable for consultation after the recitation.
4.	Same as above
5.	Engages students
6.	Commando style programming.
7.	As mentioned above.
8.	Same as above
9.	He is clear in what he teaches
10.	nil
11.	NA
12.	As above.
13.	Provokes thinking.
14.	creative and able to converse with students.
15.	Same as above
16.	-
17.	As above
18.	The recitation sessions really review things and discuss the topics more detail. I can understand more by attending the recitation sessions. Compared to tutorials in other modules, I found out that the recitation in this module is the most effective. I hope other tutorials can mimic the teaching process in CS1101S recitation.
19.	- have suitable teaching method - guide on nature of matters. - inspire students
20.	Energetic, enthusiastic.
21.	Same as above
22.	Prof goes through each and every question meticulously and develops our thinking in each question.
23.	Energetic and interesting
24.	humorous, give personal attention to every student
25.	Pushing students into hard and critical thinking.
26.	speak fast
27.	Perfect.
28.	Humorous, creative, patient and professional.
29.	Interesting and able to force students to work hard
30.	He has cyclopaedic knowledge about programming and thus we have touched a absolutely different world of programming.Also his passing about teaching makes us enjoy learning of this module.
31.	repeated question? pls refer to my previous answer:)
32.	Handsome , passionate and patient.
33.	Never fail to have passion about his work. Provide us with a very intereting learing environment.

Q10	What improvements would you suggest to the teacher?
1.	Keep doing what he's doing.
2.	-
3.	I think there is hardly any room for improvements in this aspect.
4.	Mai kan cheong.
5.	As mentioned above.
6.	-
7.	Be less evil.
8.	nil
9.	NA
10.	-nil
11.	nil
12.	Same as above
13.	Recitations are always very rushed, have two hours a week instead of one?
14.	As above
15.	N/A
16.	speakings skills.
17.	Same as above
18.	The teacher is perfect.
19.	maybe should go through lecture notes in a slower manner and let student to digest for a while
20.	N.A.
21.	no
22.	Keep up the good job.
23.	Interesting and able to force students to work hard
24.	I think it may be better if he can give more attraction to those students who are not brilliant but work very hard in the module.
25.	repeated question? pls refer to my previous answer:)
26.	Maybe slow the speaking speed.
27.	Reduce some learning stuff.

STUDENTS' NOMINATIONS FOR BEST TEACHING

Faculty Member:	LEONG WING LUP, BEN
Department:	COMPUTER SCIENCE	Academic Year:	2010/2011
Faculty:	SCHOOL OF COMPUTING	Semester:	1

Module Code:

CS1101S

No of Nominations:

1.	Just awesome...
2.	He is a caring teacher who makes sure that no students are left behind. Besides that, he sent a personal and heartfelt to us after our midterm quiz and the practical examination, to give us his personal assessment of our progress in the class, as well as giving us more encouragement and motivation to do even better and strive to even higher heights. As such, I was even more motivated to do well in this module.
3.	1) Creative use of game system to engage students and promote students' consistency in subject 2) Engaging teaching style, helping the weaker students and challenging the stronger ones
4.	Because we need more teachers like this who will inspire the next generation of outstanding students.
5.	He is very passionate about teaching and ensuring that his students learn. He makes it a point to know who all the students are and students know that he cares about how well we are doing. He constantly tries to make the module more enjoyable. Prof Ben is very approachable, knowledgeable and dedicated. He believes that he can make a difference in student's lives and actively seeks to get us to challenge ourselves.
6.	His module is the coolest!
7.	He is an excellent lecturer and teacher who really engages all students, makes a (successful) effort to get to know all his students and is able to make this module exciting. He uses many interesting teaching methods such as game-based learning and incorporates fun activities into the course content such as competitions to make it even more challenging and motivating. He also goes beyond course content to inspire his students to work hard and have passion for what they do.
8.	Best lecturer and tutor ever. Strives to bring the best out of the students and push his students hard to achieve excellence.
9.	Professor Ben is a highly effective teacher, able to communicate complex concepts in a simple manner so that students can understand him. Furthermore, his teaching style encourages students to think for themselves, rather than providing them with the answers, this makes students better thinkers, and have more initiative.
10.	very concientious and attempts to address and fufil every students needs. creative and able to get ideas across well
11.	He is a very concerned teacher, and is always willing to help students outside class time. He also pays extra attention to weak students like myself, and does not give up on us. He also manages to make homework seem interesting. He is always very encouraging.
12.	Prof is simply too awesome. He always looks into the ideas of other people and see how he can use these ideas to improve the way he teaches. He is also somehow able to make a personal connection with each of his students ensuring that each of us make the best out of the course. And of course, PROF SO SHUAI!
13.	He is awesome, great, passion and very creative during the teaching process. He is the best Professor I have ever had in this semester. I'm lucky to be the part of CS1101S, the place where I get many new things and concepts in programming especially Scheme.
14.	He is passionate for teaching, creative (especially in his exams), very approachable. In addition he also inspires students and so on
15.	Very enthusiastic and energetic professor.
16.	Deserves it.
17.	He delivers lectures in a interesting and humourous manner. He taught us more than the knowledge we need. He can provide instant help to every individul. His class is well organized.
18.	like his teaching style
19.	Very informative teaching with relating to philosophies in working and studying. Creative in pushing students to work hard and think hard.
20.	class is funny and he makes students like this module
21.	This teacher is perfect. I love computer science much more after taking this module. He not only teaches us programming, but also tell us how to learn and how to behave. Brilliant.
22.	Interesting lecturing style and successful teaching effect
23.	he is really brilliant and strictly requires us, which benefits us a lot.
24.	He's an excellent lecturer. He not only knows much about the Scheme, but also is a very handsome, patient and passionate man. He spent lots of time in this module!
25.	Never fail to have passion to teach.
26.	The idea of a meta-game on top of a relatively tough module is just brilliant. Now all of us are truly motivated to pursue this wonderful world of Computing Science!
27.	Excellent and dedicated teacher.