Summary Data - Graduate & 4th Year 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 481 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 undergraduate students. The data in these tables refer only to graduate and 4th year 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 and Computer 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?

Graduate and 4th Year 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
Postgraduate	n<21	Mean	5.8	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.4	6.1	6.1
		N	9	9	10	9	10	10	9
		Std. Deviation	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
	Total	Mean	5.8	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.4	6.1	6.1
		N	9	9	10	9	10	10	9
		Std. Deviation	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Total	n<21	Mean	5.8	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.4	6.1	6.1
		N	9	9	10	9	10	10	9
		Std. Deviation	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
	Total	Mean	5.8	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.4	6.1	6.1
		N	9	9	10	9	10	10	9
		Std. Deviation	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4

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
Postgraduate	n<21	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.7
		N	97	97	97	97	97	97	97
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.4	5.5
		N	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.6
		N	197	197	197	197	197	197	197
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6
Total	n<21	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.7
		N	97	97	97	97	97	97	97
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.4	5.5
		N	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.6
		N	197	197	197	197	197	197	197
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6

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
Honours	n<21	Mean	5.6	5.2	5.4	5.4	5.2	5.0	5.4
		N	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.5
	Total	Mean	5.6	5.2	5.4	5.4	5.2	5.0	5.4
		N	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.5
Postgraduate	n<21	Mean	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	6.0	5.7	5.8
		N	102	102	102	102	102	102	102
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.6
		N	109	109	109	109	109	109	109
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.6	5.7	5.6	5.7	5.9	5.6	5.7
		N	211	211	211	211	211	211	211
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Total	n<21	Mean	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.9	5.7	5.8
		N	107	107	107	107	107	107	107
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.6
		N	109	109	109	109	109	109	109
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.6	5.7	5.6	5.7	5.9	5.6	5.7
		N	216	216	216	216	216	216	216
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6

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
Honours	n<21	Mean	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	5.3	4.9	5.0
		N	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
		Std. Deviation	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8
	n=21+	Mean	5.0	4.9	5.4	5.3	5.7	5.0	5.1
		N	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
		Std. Deviation	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.4	5.0	5.1
		N	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
		Std. Deviation	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8
Postgraduate	n<21	Mean	5.6	5.7	5.5	5.7	5.9	5.6	5.6
		N	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7
	n=21+	N	Insufficient Surveys
	Total	Mean	5.6	5.7	5.5	5.7	5.9	5.5	5.6
		N	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7
Total	n<21	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.6	5.2	5.3
		N	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
		Std. Deviation	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8
	n=21+	Mean	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.2	5.4
		N	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
		Std. Deviation	0.7	0.9	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.2	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.6	5.2	5.3
		N	41	41	41	41	41	41	41
		Std. Deviation	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8

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
Postgraduate	n<21	N	Insufficient Surveys
	n=21+	N	Insufficient Surveys
	Total	Mean	5.1	5.6	5.8	5.4	5.6	4.8	5.6
		N	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.0	0.1
Total	n<21	N	Insufficient Surveys
	n=21+	N	Insufficient Surveys
	Total	Mean	5.1	5.6	5.8	5.4	5.6	4.8	5.6
		N	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.0	0.1

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
Honours	n<21	Mean	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	6.1	5.6	5.9
		N	8	10	10	10	10	6	10
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.4
	n=21+	N	Insufficient Surveys
	Total	Mean	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	6.1	5.5	5.9
		N	9	11	11	11	11	7	11
		Std. Deviation	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.3
Postgraduate	Total	N	Insufficient Surveys
Total	n<21	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	6.1	5.6	5.8
		N	9	11	11	11	11	7	11
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.3
	n=21+	N	Insufficient Surveys
	Total	Mean	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	6.1	5.6	5.9
		N	10	12	12	12	12	8	12
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.3

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
Honours	n<21	Mean	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.5	5.1	5.3
		N	32	34	34	34	34	30	34
		Std. Deviation	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7
	n=21+	Mean	5.1	5.1	5.4	5.4	5.8	5.0	5.3
		N	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
		Std. Deviation	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.7
	Total	Mean	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.2	5.6	5.1	5.3
		N	38	40	40	40	40	36	40
		Std. Deviation	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7
Postgraduate	n<21	Mean	5.6	5.7	5.8	5.8	6.0	5.7	5.8
		N	223	223	224	223	224	224	223
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.7	5.4	5.5
		N	217	217	217	217	217	217	217
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.8	5.6	5.7
		N	440	440	441	440	441	441	440
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Total	n<21	Mean	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.9	5.6	5.7
		N	255	257	258	257	258	254	257
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6
	n=21+	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.7	5.4	5.5
		N	223	223	223	223	223	223	223
		Std. Deviation	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
	Total	Mean	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.6
		N	478	480	481	480	481	477	480
		Std. Deviation	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6

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, more than 4 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 15/07/08.