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Teaching Evaluations and Examples of Praise
Yang XiePh.D. Candidate in Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of California, Berkeley
August 3, 2015
This document includes the summary pages of Yang’s teaching evaluations and some
examples of praise from students in these evaluations or thank-you notes. Yang’s teaching
experience is as follows:
• Graduate Student Instructor (GSI, equivalent to Teaching Assistant) for Professor
Larry S. Karp in Natural Resource Economics (undergraduate) at the University of
California, Berkeley. Fall 2013. Evaluation: 6.14/7.
• GSI for Professor Sofia B. Villas-Boas in Industrial Organization with Applications to
Agriculture and Natural Resources (undergraduate) at the University of California,
Berkeley. Spring 2014. Evaluation: 6.09/7.
• GSI for Professor Larry S. Karp in Natural Resource Economics (undergraduate) at
the University of California, Berkeley. Fall 2014. Evaluation: 6.04/7.
1 Examples of praise from students
1.1 Praise on Yang’s teaching effectiveness
• “Make problems simple.”
• “Going through examples. Booklet to fill out during class. Clear and well-prepared
explanations.”
• “He always teaches us the ‘clue’ to let us try to solve by ourselves.”
• “Brief, clean, and efficient. I love it!”
• “He provides another perspective to the problems and explains them much more
clearly.”
• “Explains lecture material slightly different than presented in class, which helps stu-
dents understand lecture material more efficiently.”
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1.2 More general praise
• “Thank you so much for your assistance during the last semester. It was a quite hard
class; without your help, I would have lost and would have been very discouraged.
I hope that you continue to teach so more and more people will be encouraged and
blessed by your teaching.”
• “I would like [to] say thank you for all [of] your help and support. You explained to
me in [detail] and I learned [a] lot from you.”
• “Thanks for showing me what a good team looks like!”1
• “He really cared about getting our questions answered and would even stay over time.
Well prepared section meetings. He is a sweetheart.”
• “I like the handouts. Yang took the time to answer every question clearly. He was
REALLY helpful in office hours. Really great GSI! Was my savior in this class.”
• “Yang is like the uncle I never had.”
• “Great attitude toward teaching. Best non-native-English-speaking GSI I have ever
had. Language was never an issue at all.”
• “I hope Yang becomes a professor one day. I would have failed this class without his
instruction. He cares about students’ success.”
• “Not enough of Yang in one week.”
• “Great guy, good sense of humor.”
• “He actually cared if students understand material.”
• “He was direct and very clear. Complemented the lecture very well. One of the Best
GSIs I’ve had at Berkeley.”
• “Very clear sections. Yang is an amazing GSI!”
• “He is very clear and precise. Seriously one of the best GSIs I had at Berkeley.”
• “Good communicator. Patient and respect for students.”
• “Sense of responsibility.”
1The note was sent to Yang and the other GSI for the class, Zhen Sun, who is a Ph.D. Candidate inAgricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
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• “Intelligent, genuine interest for students.”
• “Very encouraging.”
• “Very helpful. Understands the difficulty of the class. Very friendly.”
• “Very friendly and interactive GSI.”
• “Even though I am not in his class, he always teach me nicely.”
• “He was able to have patience to help the students.”
• “Very patient, well organized, and makes every steps in a difficult process easy to
understand.”
• “He was very clear in explaining things and genuinely wanted to help us understand
the material.”
2 Summary pages of the three teaching evaluations
Please see the following nine pages.
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1. Consider both the limitations and the possibilities of the subject matter and course, how would you ratethe overall teaching effectiveness of the section leader named above?
Value Frequency PercentResponse
Mean: 6.04
Graph
No Response 3 10.0027
30 100.00
90.00Total Valid
Total
0.001.001 00.002.002 03.333.003 13.334.004 1
13.335.005 436.676.006 1133.337.007 10
2a. Please rate the section leader and section on each of the following characteristic: Attitude toward andconcern for the student.
Value Frequency PercentResponse
Mean: 5.97
Graph
3030 100.00
100.00Total ValidTotal
0.001.001 00.002.002 03.333.003 1
13.334.004 410.005.005 330.006.006 943.337.007 13
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Semester Fall 2014
GSI Yang Xie
Course EEP C102
Detailed Item Analysis Report
Detailed Item Analysis Report Page 12/11/2015
2b. Please rate the section leader and section on each of the following characteristic: Preparation andorganization of section meetings.
Value Frequency PercentResponse
Mean: 6.37
Graph
3030 100.00
100.00Total ValidTotal
0.001.001 00.002.002 00.003.003 03.334.004 1
13.335.005 426.676.006 856.677.007 17
2b. Please rate the section leader and section on each of the following characteristic: Knowledge of subjectmatter.
Value Frequency PercentResponse
Mean: 6.50
Graph
3030 100.00
100.00Total ValidTotal
0.001.001 00.002.002 00.003.003 00.004.004 06.675.005 2
36.676.006 1156.677.007 17
Detailed Item Analysis Report Page 22/11/2015
2d. Please rate the section leader and section on each of the following characteristic: Ability tocommunicate and to explain difficult material clearly.
Value Frequency PercentResponse
Mean: 5.80
Graph
3030 100.00
100.00Total ValidTotal
0.001.001 03.332.002 16.673.003 26.674.004 2
16.675.005 523.336.006 743.337.007 13
2e. Please rate the section leader and section on each of the following characteristic: Willingness to answerquestions and treat opposing views.
Value Frequency PercentResponse
Mean: 6.00
Graph
3030 100.00
100.00Total ValidTotal
3.331.001 10.002.002 03.333.003 1
10.004.004 33.335.005 1
30.006.006 950.007.007 15
Detailed Item Analysis Report Page 32/11/2015
2f. Please rate the section leader and section on each of the following characteristic: Provides intellectualchallenge.
Value Frequency PercentResponse
Mean: 5.83
Graph
3030 100.00
100.00Total ValidTotal
0.001.001 00.002.002 00.003.003 0
16.674.004 513.335.005 440.006.006 1230.007.007 9
2g. Please rate the section leader and section on each of the following characteristic: Provides breath ofperspective.
Value Frequency PercentResponse
Mean: 5.50
Graph
3030 100.00
100.00Total ValidTotal
0.001.001 00.002.002 06.673.003 2
20.004.004 620.005.005 623.336.006 730.007.007 9
Detailed Item Analysis Report Page 42/11/2015
2h. Please rate the section leader and section on each of the following characteristic: Speaks well andclearly (mannerisms in class).
Value Frequency PercentResponse
Mean: 5.50
Graph
3030 100.00
100.00Total ValidTotal
0.001.001 03.332.002 16.673.003 2
20.004.004 616.675.005 513.336.006 440.007.007 12
2i. Please rate the section leader and section on each of the following characteristic: Usefulness ofassignments, projects, homework, exams, etc.
Value Frequency PercentResponse
Mean: 5.55
Graph
No Response 1 3.3329
30 100.00
96.67Total Valid
Total
0.001.001 03.332.002 16.673.003 2
16.674.004 510.005.005 326.676.006 833.337.007 10
Detailed Item Analysis Report Page 52/11/2015
2j. Please rate the section leader and section on each of the following characteristic: Provides for feedbackon assignments, exams, etc.
Value Frequency PercentResponse
Mean: 5.23
Graph
3030 100.00
100.00Total ValidTotal
3.331.001 10.002.002 0
10.003.003 316.674.004 520.005.005 626.676.006 823.337.007 7
2k. Please rate the section leader and section on each of the following characteristic: Availability andusefulness of office hours.
Value Frequency PercentResponse
Mean: 5.83
Graph
No Response 1 3.3329
30 100.00
96.67Total Valid
Total
0.001.001 00.002.002 06.673.003 2
13.334.004 410.005.005 326.676.006 840.007.007 12
Detailed Item Analysis Report Page 62/11/2015
2l. Please rate the section leader and section on each of the following characteristic: Effectiveness ofdiscussion sections in relation to lectures.
Value Frequency PercentResponse
Mean: 6.17
Graph
3030 100.00
100.00Total ValidTotal
0.001.001 00.002.002 03.333.003 16.674.004 26.675.005 2
36.676.006 1146.677.007 14
1. Course Evaluation: How do you rate the overall effectiveness of this section? Value Frequency PercentResponse
Mean: 6.00Graph
No Response 6 20.0024
30 100.00
80.00Total Valid
Total
0.001.001 03.332.002 10.003.003 03.334.004 1
16.675.005 520.006.006 636.677.007 11
Detailed Item Analysis Report Page 72/11/2015
