Numerical Summaries and Student Comments — Loyola Marymount University
Appendix H includes numerical summaries for each semester I have taught at Loyola Marymount University, Fall 2019-Spring 2022. In some cases, there are two sets of numerical summaries for semesters during which I taught more than one section.
The numerical summaries below use a five-point scale, with five being the highest.
The summary for Fall 2019 is divided into two files because Rhetorical Arts students formerly filled out end-term evaluations by hand. The first Fall 2019 file provides a summary sheet for the one section taught that semester. The second contains all the scanned, handwritten responses from each student who participated in filling out an evaluation. In Spring 2020, the University Core necessarily shifted to electronically administering Student Evaluations of Teaching (SET) because of the pandemic. Accordingly, the results from Spring 2020 onward are formatted differently than the Fall 2019 evaluations.
Despite formatting differences, the following assessment categories apply to all Student Evaluations of Teaching (SETs) from Fall 2019-Spring 2022
- Learning Outcomes Clearly Stated
- Learning Outcomes Effectively Addressed
- Constructive Student/Instructor Interactions
- Instructor Accessibility
- Feedback Improved Learning
- Course Challenged Student to Do Best Work
- Course Increased Interest in Subject Matter *
- Overall Effectiveness of Instruction
The course title, number of students enrolled in the section, and number of respondents are indicated at the top of the summary sheets. The maximum number of students in each section of Rhetorical Arts 1000 at LMU is 19. Students are not obligated to fill out course evaluations at the end of the term but are strongly encouraged to do so.
*I emphasize data from this category less than the others, as Rhetorical Arts is a required Core course, and students select their own social justice research topics for the semester. Although I consistently emphasize rhetoric, writing, and speaking throughout the semester, it is unusual for undeclared first-year students to take a keen liking to Quintilian and Cicero.
1. Numerical Summaries (Fall 2019-Spring 2022)
2. Summary of Student Comments, Fall 2020
3. Summary of Student Comments, Fall 2021
1. Numerical Summaries (Fall 2019-Spring 2022)
Adjusted Collected Evals for Spring 2022
2. Summary of Student Comments, Fall 2020
Student Comments and Self-Evaluation, LMU F20
3. Summary of Student Comments, Fall 2021
Student Comments and Feedback Fall 2021