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Student Surveys of Teaching

Division of BITL

Results for External Students

Semester 2, 1999


Numerical Analysis - Percentages

Number of units = 13

Response Rate = 37% (127 responses)

Unit

The unit resources (print materials, tapes, on-line, etc) were available

before the beginning of semester

during week 1

week 2 or later

unsure

missing response

37%

38%

7%

9%

9%

 

 

SA#

A

D

SD

Mean*

Std.Dev*

UJ

MR

1

It was clear what I was expected to learn in this unit.

 27

53

16

2

 3.06

 0.73

1

1

2

The assessed work was appropriate to the learning objectives.

 23

62

11

1

 3.11

 0.61

2

2

3

The work I submitted was marked and returned in a reasonable time.

 32

46

9

7

 3.10

 0.86

5

1

4

The feedback on my marked work was useful.

 22

54

9

9

 2.95

 0.84

5

-

5

Activities in this unit enhanced my knowledge and/or skills subject area.

 32

51

6

4

 3.19

 0.74

6

-

6

The assessment tasks tested my understanding of the subject area, rather than just my memory.

 25

62

10

2

 3.12

 0.64

1

-

7

The workload was reasonable.

 14

61

14

8

 2.84

 0.77

1

2

8

The unit resources directed me to other information sources, eg books, journals, web pages, etc.

 18

60

15

2

 2.98

 0.67

4

1

9

The unit resources were well organised and easy to follow.

 24

51

16

7

 2.94

 0.84

1

1

10

Staff were adequately accessible outside classes/to external students.

 25

45

5

4

 3.15

 0.75

20

1

11

During the unit I was given an opportunity to provide feedback on the unit to staff.

 9

32

29

5

 2.60

 0.80

22

2

12

I was given information on changes made to the unit in response to feedback from (past or current) students.

 2

12

34

15

 2.00

 0.73

36

2

13

Overall, I was satisfied with the quality of teaching in this unit.

 20

55

10

8

 2.93

 0.81

6

1

14

Overall, I was satisfiedwith the quality of this unit.

 22

52

13

9

 2.89

 0.87

2

1

# SA - strongly agree, A - agree, D - disagree, SD - strongly disagree, UJ - unable to judge, MR - missing response.

* When calculating the mean and standard deviation, the anchors are SA=4, A=3, D=2, SD=1. 'Unable to judge' and 'missing response' are not included.

A high mean value indicates higher student satisfaction.


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