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Summary Data - Undergraduate Large Group Teaching (Lecturing) Form (2005 - 2007)

Introduction

The Australian National University has a standardised process of gathering student feedback on courses and teaching as part of improving and monitoring its programs. The data from the evaluation of teaching using the form designed for use in lecture type teaching situations, (Large Group Teaching, Form A), has been combined across 2005 to 2007 and summarises 1,328 surveys to examine possible trends and patterns. For links to the aggregated (summary) data for the other form types and older data, please return to the RIGS homepage.

Other surveys which the University uses to gather student feedback include a first year experience survey and similar surveys of postgraduate students. The data in these tables refer only to undergraduate courses other than honours courses. See the note at the end of this page for more detail on the data.

Links to Results for each College

College of Arts and Social Sciences
College of Asia and the Pacific
College of Business and Economics
College of Engineering andComputer Science
College of Law
College of Science
All of ANU

About the Student Evaluation of Teaching (Large Group, e.g. lecturing) Questionnaire

Students were asked asked to rate a set of aspects of the large group teaching (e.g., lecturing) in their courses (formerly called units). There was a 'not applicable' option and the scale used was:

(1) Very Poor (2) Unsatisfactory (3) Borderline (4) Satisfactory (5) Good (6) Very Good (7) Excellent.
Means (averages) were calculated for each course and then these were combined into averages across a set of categories.

Question Wording on the Aspects of Large Group Teaching

Item

1. Organisation of class time and activities - Lecturer organised and managed class time and activities effectively

2. Communication about course content and requirements - Lecturer communicated course content and requirements clearly (through speech, print or internet etc)

3. Stimulation of interest in subject matter - Lecturer stimulated student interest in subject content (through approach to and methods of teaching; activities and tasks set; materials and media used; enthusiasm for teaching etc.)

4. Encouragement of student participation - In so far as the nature of the subject and the composition of the class allowed, the lecturer provided encouragement for student participation in class (e.g., to ask or answer questions, or engage in brief discussions).

5. Demonstration of concern and respect for students - Lecturer had a positive attitude to students; showed concern and respect for individual student learning problems and needs.

6. Provision/facilitation of feedback to assist learning - Lecturer provided helpful (including timely) feedback for student learning (e.g., through assignments, exercises, during class, in informal interactions, etc)

7. Overall effectiveness of the teaching - All things considered, and allowing for any perceived limitations of the course (unit) or subject matter, how would you rate the effectiveness of the teaching of this lecturer?

ANU Student Evalution of Large Group Teaching (Lecturing, Form A)

Aggregated over 2005-2007 showing Means of Course Means, Standard Deviations and Numbers of Surveys

College of Arts and Social Sciences Scale: (1) Very Poor (2) Unsatisfactory (3) Borderline (4) Satisfactory (5) Good (6) Very Good (7) Excellent.
Level	Size		Organisation	Course Content & Requirements Communication	Stimulation of Interest	Encouragement of Participation	Demonstration of Concern & Respect	Provision of Feedback	Overall Teaching Effectiveness
First Year	n<21	Mean	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	6.0	5.7	5.8
		N	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6
	n=21+	Mean	5.6	5.7	5.5	5.4	5.8	5.4	5.7
		N	87	87	87	87	87	87	87
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.4	5.8	5.5	5.7
		N	110	110	110	110	110	110	110
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Later Year	n<21	Mean	5.4	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.9	5.5	5.6
		N	86	86	86	86	86	86	86
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.6	6.0	5.6	5.8
		N	160	160	160	160	160	160	160
		Std. Deviation	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5
	Total	Mean	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.6	5.9	5.6	5.8
		N	246	246	246	246	246	246	246
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6
Total	n<21	Mean	5.5	5.7	5.6	5.6	6.0	5.6	5.7
		N	109	109	109	109	109	109	109
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.5	5.9	5.5	5.8
		N	247	247	247	247	247	247	247
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.6	5.9	5.5	5.7
		N	356	356	356	356	356	356	356
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6

College of Asia and the Pacific Scale: (1) Very Poor (2) Unsatisfactory (3) Borderline (4) Satisfactory (5) Good (6) Very Good (7) Excellent.
Level	Size		Organisation	Course Content & Requirements Communication	Stimulation of Interest	Encouragement of Participation	Demonstration of Concern & Respect	Provision of Feedback	Overall Teaching Effectiveness
First Year	n<21	Mean	5.2	5.1	5.3	5.6	5.7	5.2	5.4
		N	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.4
	n=21+	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.4	5.6
		N	17	17	17	17	17	17	22
		Std. Deviation	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.3	5.6
		N	22	22	22	22	22	22	28
		Std. Deviation	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4
Later Year	n<21	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.9	5.4	5.7
		N	52	52	52	52	52	52	52
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.5
	n=21+	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.4	5.7
		N	55	55	55	55	55	55	57
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.9	5.4	5.7
		N	107	107	107	107	107	107	109
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5
Total	n<21	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.9	5.4	5.6
		N	57	57	57	57	57	57	58
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.5
	n=21+	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.4	5.7
		N	72	72	72	72	72	72	79
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.8	5.4	5.7
		N	129	129	129	129	129	129	137
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5

College of Business and Economics Scale: (1) Very Poor (2) Unsatisfactory (3) Borderline (4) Satisfactory (5) Good (6) Very Good (7) Excellent.
Level	Size		Organisation	Course Content & Requirements Communication	Stimulation of Interest	Encouragement of Participation	Demonstration of Concern & Respect	Provision of Feedback	Overall Teaching Effectiveness
First Year	n<21	Mean	5.4	5.5	5.3	5.3	5.6	5.3	5.6
		N	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.6	1.2	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.8
	n=21+	Mean	5.3	5.2	4.8	4.8	5.2	5.0	5.1
		N	64	64	64	64	64	64	64
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.8
	Total	Mean	5.3	5.3	4.9	4.8	5.2	5.0	5.2
		N	71	71	71	71	71	71	71
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8
Later Year	n<21	Mean	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.6	5.1	5.3
		N	62	62	62	62	62	62	62
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.0	5.0	5.3	5.1	5.2
		N	209	209	209	209	209	209	209
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7
	Total	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.1	5.0	5.4	5.1	5.3
		N	271	271	271	271	271	271	271
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7
Total	n<21	Mean	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.6	5.1	5.3
		N	69	69	69	69	69	69	69
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.0	4.9	5.3	5.1	5.2
		N	273	273	273	273	273	273	273
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8
	Total	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.1	5.0	5.3	5.1	5.2
		N	342	342	342	342	342	342	342
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7

College of Engineering and Computer Science Scale: (1) Very Poor (2) Unsatisfactory (3) Borderline (4) Satisfactory (5) Good (6) Very Good (7) Excellent.
Level	Size		Organisation	Course Content & Requirements Communication	Stimulation of Interest	Encouragement of Participation	Demonstration of Concern & Respect	Provision of Feedback	Overall Teaching Effectiveness
First Year	n<21	N	Insufficient courses surveyed
	n=21+	Mean	5.1	5.1	4.7	4.7	5.1	4.8	4.9
		N	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.9
Later Year	n<21	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.1	5.1	5.4	5.0	5.2
		N	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
	n=21+	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.1	5.1	5.4	4.9	5.2
		N	45	45	45	45	45	45	45
		Std. Deviation	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.9
	Total	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.1	5.1	5.4	4.9	5.2
		N	74	74	74	74	74	74	74
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9
Total	n<21	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.1	5.1	5.4	5.0	5.3
		N	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
	n=21+	Mean	5.2	5.2	5.0	5.0	5.3	4.8	5.2
		N	57	57	57	57	57	57	57
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9
	Total	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.0	5.0	5.4	4.9	5.2
		N	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9

College of Law Scale: (1) Very Poor (2) Unsatisfactory (3) Borderline (4) Satisfactory (5) Good (6) Very Good (7) Excellent.
Level	Size		Organisation	Course Content & Requirements Communication	Stimulation of Interest	Encouragement of Participation	Demonstration of Concern & Respect	Provision of Feedback	Overall Teaching Effectiveness
First Year	n<21	Mean	5.0	5.2	4.8	5.3	5.6	4.7	5.2
		N	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
		Std. Deviation	1.2	1.0	1.1	0.8	0.6	1.5	1.2
	n=21+	Mean	5.4	5.5	5.3	5.5	5.6	5.0	5.5
		N	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.7
	Total	Mean	5.3	5.4	5.2	5.4	5.6	5.0	5.5
		N	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
		Std. Deviation	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.8
Later Year	n<21	Mean	5.2	5.3	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.3	5.3
		N	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
		Std. Deviation	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.1
	n=21+	Mean	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.0	5.4
		N	82	82	82	82	82	82	82
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.7
	Total	Mean	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.0	5.4
		N	104	104	104	104	104	104	104
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.9	0.8
Total	n<21	Mean	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.6	5.8	5.1	5.3
		N	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
		Std. Deviation	1.0	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.1
	n=21+	Mean	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.0	5.5
		N	109	109	109	109	109	109	109
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.7
	Total	Mean	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.0	5.4
		N	137	137	137	137	137	137	137
		Std. Deviation	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.8

College of Science Scale: (1) Very Poor (2) Unsatisfactory (3) Borderline (4) Satisfactory (5) Good (6) Very Good (7) Excellent.
Level	Size		Organisation	Course Content & Requirements Communication	Stimulation of Interest	Encouragement of Participation	Demonstration of Concern & Respect	Provision of Feedback	Overall Teaching Effectiveness
First Year	n<21	Mean	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.7	5.3	5.7
		N	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.2	0.9	0.8	1.1
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.4	5.7	5.2	5.5
		N	58	59	59	59	59	55	59
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.7
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.3	5.5
		N	72	73	73	73	73	69	73
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.8
Later Year	n<21	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.7	6.0	5.3	5.6
		N	86	93	93	93	93	80	93
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.8	5.3	5.6
		N	93	95	95	95	95	92	95
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.9	5.3	5.6
		N	179	188	188	188	188	172	188
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.6
Total	n<21	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.9	5.3	5.6
		N	100	107	107	107	107	94	107
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.7	5.3	5.6
		N	151	154	154	154	154	147	154
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.3	5.6
		N	251	261	261	261	261	241	261
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7

All of ANU Scale: (1) Very Poor (2) Unsatisfactory (3) Borderline (4) Satisfactory (5) Good (6) Very Good (7) Excellent.
Level	Size		Organisation	Course Content & Requirements Communication	Stimulation of Interest	Encouragement of Participation	Demonstration of Concern & Respect	Provision of Feedback	Overall Teaching Effectiveness
First Year	n<21	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.4	5.5	5.8	5.4	5.6
		N	58	58	58	58	58	58	59
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8
	n=21+	Mean	5.4	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.5	5.2	5.4
		N	268	269	269	269	269	265	274
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.3	5.3	5.6	5.2	5.5
		N	326	327	327	327	327	323	333
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.8
Later Year	n<21	Mean	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.8	5.3	5.5
		N	337	344	344	344	344	331	344
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.6	5.2	5.5
		N	647	649	649	649	649	646	651
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
	Total	Mean	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.7	5.3	5.5
		N	984	993	993	993	993	977	995
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Total	n<21	Mean	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.8	5.3	5.5
		N	395	402	402	402	402	389	403
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.6	5.2	5.5
		N	915	918	918	918	918	911	925
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
	Total	Mean	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.7	5.3	5.5
		N	1310	1320	1320	1320	1320	1300	1328
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7

More detail on the data:

Surveys with less than 5 respondents were excluded from this analysis. In addition, to increase the reliability of the figures, 5 or more surveys were necessary in any single category for the figures to be presented. Note that the means are aggregated by courses rather than by students. An implication of this is that courses with small enrolments and those with large enrolments contribute equally to the calculations. In addition, the data was screened using a variety of processes to increase its reliability and validity, for example, duplicate surveys were eliminated.

This data has been updated on 14/07/08.