Mid-Semester Course Evaluation Form

Elizabeth Meadows, Ph.D.

PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THIS FORM. So that you feel free to be as honest as possible in your answers, you should not put your name on this form.

Course Name/Number: __________________________________________

Semester/Year: ________________________________

Date: ______________________

Indicate your evaluation of the characteristics below, using the numbers based on the following scale:

1. “Superior” 2. “Very Good” 3. “Good” 4. “Fair” 5. “Poor”

1. Please rate the instructor’s teaching effectiveness .

2. Please rate the value of the reading materials .

3. Please rate the quality of assistance during office hours/appointments .

4. Please rate the value of the course as a whole .

Information on textbook and website.

1. To what extent do you keep up with the readings throughout the semester? ______________

1 = read every chapter before class

2 = read each chapter during the week we cover it

3 = read most chapters during the weeks in which they’re covered

4 = rarely read chapters while we’re covering them, but read them all before the night before the exam

5 = read the chapters only as I’m first studying for the exams

6 = don’t read the chapters much at all.

2. Please comment on the textbook (if you have them, please also comment on the published study guide and, if applicable, case studies book (i.e., Did you find them easy/hard? Were the readings valuable? Etc.)

3. Have you used the website for this class? ______________________

1 = No, not at all

2 = Yes, but only to download the study guides

3 = Yes, I looked through other things on there briefly

4 = Yes, I have browsed through a number of things from the website.

4. Please comment on the website. (For example, what do you find most/least useful about it? What types of things would you find helpful that aren’t currently on the website? What would make you more likely to use the website more often, if you do not currently use it? Do you like having a website for this class?)

Please complete the following sentence so as to best express the way you feel:

1. The best thing about this course so far is:

2. The worst thing about this course so far is:

3. The thing that bothers me the most about my instructor is:

4. The thing I like best about my instructor is:

5. I would recommend this course to another student because:

6. I wouldn’t recommend this course to another student because:

For each of the questions below, circle the alternative that best fits your judgment:

1. How would you rate the instructor as a whole (all around) teaching ability.

a. superior

b. very good

c. good

d. fair

e. poor

2. How would you rate the overall value of this course to your educational and professional goals?

a. superior

b. very good

c. good

d. fair

e. poor

3. Would you take another course with this professor?

a. yes

b. no

4. Would your recommend this course to another student?

a. yes

b. no

5. Would you recommend this instructor to another student?

a. yes

b. no

6. The exams in this course have been:

a. fair

b. so-so

c. unreasonable

d. outrageously unfair

7. The assignments in this course have been:

a. fair

b. so-so

c. unreasonable

d. outrageously unfair

Six attributes of instruction are listed below. For each, please circle the word or phrase which is nearest to your impression of the course (i.e., which best describes that aspect of the course for you personally).

1. The use of class time for lectures and discussion has been:

very effective satisfactory unsatisfactory

2. The pace of classroom presentation of material, for the most part, has been:

too slow too fast about right

3. The integration of lectures and discussion with other course material has been:

somewhat lacking good excellent

4. The assigned reading material was on the whole:

too difficult fine for me too easy

5. In my opinion, the class procedures have been:

well-organized moderately well-organized poorly planned

6. The instructor’s description, explanation, analysis or discussion of the subject matter has been:

seldom clear sometimes clear consistently clear

PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION (Fill in or circle):

Major ___________________________ Minor ________________________________

Sex: M F Year: Fr So Jr Sr Other

Estimated Final Grade in this course: ____________ Overall Grade Point Average: ______________

If you have additional comments, suggestions or criticism please take some time now to write them below. Please feel free to express your opinion on any topic not already covered in this evaluation form. I am eager to get feedback from you on all aspects of this class that I can use in the remainder of this course and in future courses that I will be teaching.

Thank you for your time and interest,

Elizabeth Meadows