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Summary Data - Undergraduate Small Group Teaching (Tutoring/demonstrating) 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 on this page is for surveys using the form designed for small group teaching such as in tutorials or laboratories (Form B, Small Group Teaching). It has been combined across 2005 to 2007 and summarises 2,198 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 (B form) Questionnaire

Students were asked asked to rate a set of aspects of the small group teaching (e.g., tutoring) in their courses (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 Small Group Teaching

Item

1. Organisation of class time and activities - Tutor/demonstrator organised and managed class time and activities effectively.

2. Communication about course (unit) content and requirements - Tutor/demonstrator communicated clearly with students about subject matter, materials, class (learning) activities, expectations and requirements.

3. Stimulation of interest in subject matter - Tutor/demonstrator 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. Facilitation of student participation - Tutor/demonstrator enabled students to influence the form of class activities, critically evaluate content, and interact in ways that assisted learning.

5. Demonstration of concern and respect for students - Tutor/demonstrator 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 - Tutor/demonstrator provided helpful (including timely) feedback concerning tasks, assignments, contributions, performances 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 tutor/demonstrator?

The Australian National University Student Evaluation of Small Group Teaching (Tutoring / Demonstrating, Form B)

Aggregated over 2005-2007 showing Means of Course Means, Standard Deviations of the Means, 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	Facilitation of Participation	Demonstration of Concern & Respect	Feedback	Overall Teaching Effectiveness
First Year	n<21	Mean	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.6
		N	135	135	135	135	135	135	135
		Std. Deviation	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9
	n=21+	Mean	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.9	5.6	5.8
		N	195	195	195	195	195	195	195
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.9	5.6	5.7
		N	330	330	330	330	330	330	330
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7
Later Year	n<21	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	6.0	5.6	5.7
		N	232	232	232	232	232	232	232
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.9	5.5	5.7
		N	229	229	229	229	229	229	229
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	6.0	5.6	5.7
		N	461	461	461	461	461	461	461
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6
Total	n<21	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	6.0	5.6	5.7
		N	367	367	367	367	367	367	367
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8
	n=21+	Mean	5.6	5.7	5.6	5.7	5.9	5.5	5.7
		N	424	424	424	424	424	424	424
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.9	5.6	5.7
		N	791	791	791	791	791	791	791
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7

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	Facilitation of Participation	Demonstration of Concern & Respect	Feedback	Overall Teaching Effectiveness
First Year	n<21	Mean	5.7	5.7	5.9	6.0	6.3	5.8	5.9
		N	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5
	n=21+	Mean	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	6.1	5.8	5.9
		N	40	40	40	40	40	40	41
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
	Total	Mean	5.8	5.7	5.9	6.0	6.2	5.8	5.9
		N	90	90	90	90	90	90	91
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5
Later Year	n<21	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.9	6.0	5.6	5.7
		N	95	95	95	95	95	95	95
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5
	n=21+	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.8
		N	72	72	72	72	72	72	72
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5
	Total	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.8	6.0	5.6	5.8
		N	167	167	167	167	167	167	167
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Total	n<21	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.9	6.1	5.6	5.8
		N	145	145	145	145	145	145	145
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5
	n=21+	Mean	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	6.0	5.6	5.8
		N	112	112	112	112	112	112	113
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5
	Total	Mean	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.9	6.1	5.6	5.8
		N	257	257	257	257	257	257	258
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	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	Facilitation of Participation	Demonstration of Concern & Respect	Feedback	Overall Teaching Effectiveness
First Year	n<21	Mean	5.3	5.2	5.0	5.2	5.5	5.3	5.3
		N	160	160	160	160	160	160	160
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.4	5.4	5.1	5.3	5.5	5.3	5.4
		N	147	147	147	147	147	147	147
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.1	5.2	5.5	5.3	5.4
		N	307	307	307	307	307	307	307
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7
Later Year	n<21	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.4	5.6	5.2	5.4
		N	174	174	174	174	174	174	174
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
	n=21+	Mean	5.3	5.2	5.0	5.2	5.5	5.2	5.3
		N	224	224	224	224	224	224	224
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7
	Total	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.1	5.3	5.5	5.2	5.3
		N	398	398	398	398	398	398	398
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Total	n<21	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.1	5.3	5.5	5.3	5.3
		N	334	334	334	334	334	334	334
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.1	5.3	5.5	5.2	5.3
		N	371	371	371	371	371	371	371
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7
	Total	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.1	5.3	5.5	5.2	5.3
		N	705	705	705	705	705	705	705
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	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	Facilitation of Participation	Demonstration of Concern & Respect	Feedback	Overall Teaching Effectiveness
First Year	n<21	Mean	5.1	4.8	4.7	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.1
		N	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.8
	Total	Insufficient Surveys Conducted.
Later Year	n<21	Mean	5.1	4.9	4.8	4.9	5.4	4.9	5.0
		N	48	48	48	48	48	48	48
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.2	5.4	5.8	5.5	5.6
		N	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
	Total	Mean	5.2	5.1	4.9	5.1	5.5	5.1	5.2
		N	72	72	72	72	72	72	72
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9
Total	n<21	Mean	5.1	4.9	4.7	4.9	5.3	4.9	5.0
		N	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
	n=21+	Mean	5.4	5.4	5.2	5.4	5.7	5.5	5.5
		N	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.2	5.1	4.9	5.1	5.5	5.1	5.2
		N	80	80	80	80	80	80	80
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.8	0.8	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	Facilitation of Participation	Demonstration of Concern & Respect	Feedback	Overall Teaching Effectiveness
First Year	n<21	Mean	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.9	6.2	5.9	6.0
		N	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
	n=21+	Mean	5.7	5.7	5.4	5.7	5.9	5.4	5.8
		N	44	44	44	44	44	44	44
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.7	5.8	5.5	5.8	6.0	5.6	5.8
		N	74	74	74	74	74	74	74
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6
Later Year	n<21	Mean	5.6	5.8	5.8	6.0	6.2	5.7	5.9
		N	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.7	5.8	5.3	5.6
		N	39	39	39	39	39	39	39
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.8	5.9	5.4	5.7
		N	59	59	59	59	59	59	59
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6
Total	n<21	Mean	5.7	5.9	5.7	6.0	6.2	5.8	5.9
		N	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6
	n=21+	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.4	5.7	5.8	5.3	5.7
		N	83	83	83	83	83	83	83
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.6	5.7	5.5	5.8	6.0	5.5	5.8
		N	133	133	133	133	133	133	133
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.6

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	Facilitation of Participation	Demonstration of Concern & Respect	Feedback	Overall Teaching Effectiveness
First Year	n<21	Mean	5.7	5.6	5.4	5.6	6.0	5.7	5.8
		N	64	64	64	64	64	64	64
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.8	5.7	5.5	5.6	6.1	5.7	5.9
		N	47	47	47	47	47	47	47
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5
	Total	Mean	5.7	5.6	5.4	5.6	6.0	5.7	5.8
		N	111	111	111	111	111	111	111
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
Later Year	n<21	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.7	6.0	5.4	5.6
		N	72	72	72	72	72	72	72
		Std. Deviation	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8
	n=21+	Mean	5.6	5.5	5.2	5.5	5.9	5.5	5.6
		N	48	48	48	48	48	48	48
		Std. Deviation	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.6	5.9	5.4	5.6
		N	120	120	120	120	120	120	120
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7
Total	n<21	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.6	6.0	5.5	5.7
		N	136	136	136	136	136	136	136
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.7	5.6	5.3	5.5	6.0	5.6	5.7
		N	95	95	95	95	95	95	95
		Std. Deviation	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5
	Total	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.4	5.6	6.0	5.6	5.7
		N	231	231	231	231	231	231	231
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6

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	Facilitation of Participation	Demonstration of Concern & Respect	Feedback	Overall Teaching Effectiveness
First Year	n<21	Mean	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.6
		N	444	444	444	444	444	444	444
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8
	n=21+	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.7
		N	476	476	476	476	476	476	477
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.6
		N	920	920	920	920	920	920	921
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7
Later Year	n<21	Mean	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.9	5.4	5.6
		N	641	641	641	641	641	641	641
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.4	5.5
		N	636	636	636	636	636	636	636
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.6	5.8	5.4	5.6
		N	1277	1277	1277	1277	1277	1277	1277
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Total	n<21	Mean	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.6
		N	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.8	5.4	5.6
		N	1112	1112	1112	1112	1112	1112	1113
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.6
		N	2197	2197	2197	2197	2197	2197	2198
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	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.