Final course evaluations Sociology 740   Advanced Social Psychology II    Spring 2002

With the exception of the last question, scores range from 1 = Instructor is below average to 5 = Instructor is superior. On the last question, the range is 1 = YES, 0 = NO.

	Mean
Instructor demonstrates enthusiasm for the subject	5.0000
Instructor is effective in stimulating interest in the subject	4.7143
Instructor communicates a genuine desire to help students learn	4.8571
Instructor is willing to help students outside the classroom	5.0000
Instructor is always present in class and arranges a substitute presentation	4.7143
Instructor is prepared for each class meeting	5.0000
Instructor explains the material clearly and understandably	4.8571
Instructor's lectures are well organized	4.7143
Instructor gives directions for assignments that are clearly understood	5.0000
Instructor fully explains his or her grading standards and implements them accordingly	4.8571
Overall, how would you grade this instructor as an effective teacher	5.0000
Would you want to take another course from this instructor	1.0000

Valid N = 7

Evaluation of Lecturing Performance

n Great

n Excellent -- good at handling diversions and tangents

n Outstanding. The instructor is very enthusiastic, always prepared and clearly states the main points of his arguments

n Stimulates discussion and interest

n Excellent (2)

n Spiffy!

Evaluation of Reading Materials

n Good, logical selection

n Very interesting

n Excellent (2)

n Interesting, thought provoking

n Sometimes good, sometimes not so good, but overall very helpful

n Mostly excellent

Level of Teaching Sophistication

n High! (3)

n Much improvement in focus even from already good teaching in Fall 2001

n Great

n Excellent (2)

Rapport with Students

n Good

n Excellent (3)

n The best (2)

n Great

Overall Evaluation of Instructor

n Makes class interesting - is enthusiastic and involved with student success

n A

n Great (2)

n Excellent (3)

Overall Evaluation of Class

n Loved it!

n Great class - a little too quick through topics though

n Interesting. I learned a lot, the topics were stimulating and interesting

n Great experience

n Excellent (2)

n Very good sequence of topics. I take a lot out of classes like this and there is always something to come back to review later