Student evaluation of teaching for Kiarash Ahi

Student Evaluation of TeachingFall 2016

Individual Report for ECE-3201-001L-STORR-ElecCirc Design & Analysis

Instructor: Kiarash Ahi (SET Grad/Teaching Assistant)

Response Table

2016 Fall Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET)

Raters students

Responded 12

Invited 19

Response Ratio 63%

University of Connecticut: Student Evaluation of Teaching

Kiarash Ahi - SET Grad/Teaching Assistant 1/12

Section 1. Summary

Please respond to the following question about instructor Kiarash Ahi.

QuestionCourse

Department(ECE-

CourseLevel 3000-

FETA)

School(ENGR-CourseLevel3000-FETA)

University(Course

Level3000-FETA)

Median Median Median Median

The instructor presented the course material clearly. 5.0 4.6 4.4 4.4

The instructor was well prepared for class. 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.5

The instructor responded to questions adequately. 5.0 4.6 4.4 4.4

The instructor stimulated interest in the subject. 5.0 4.6 4.3 4.4

The instructor showed interest in helping students learn. 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.5

The instructor gave clear assignments. 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.5

The instructor was accessible to students. 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.5

The instructor gave useful feedback on my performance. 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.4

The instructor returned graded work in a reasonable amount of time. 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.5

The instructor used class time effectively. 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.4

The instructor treated all students with respect. 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.6

The instructor graded fairly. 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.5

The instructor's teaching methods promoted student learning. 5.0 4.6 4.3 4.4

What is your overall rating of Kiarash Ahi's teaching?

QuestionCourse

Department(ECE-

CourseLevel 3000-

FETA)


University(Course

Level3000-FETA)


What is your overall rating of the instructor's teaching? 5.0 4.3 4.1 4.0

Please respond to the following question about the course.

QuestionCourse

Department(ECE-

CourseLevel 3000-

FETA)


University(Course

Level3000-FETA)


The methods of evaluating student learning seemed appropriate. 5.0 4.5 4.3 4.3

The course content was well organized. 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4

The course objectives were clear. 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.4

The course objectives were met. 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4

The textbook made a valuable contribution. 5.0 4.3 4.2 3.9



The other course materials made a valuable contribution. 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3

The pace of the course seemed appropriate. 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3

What is your overall rating of the course?

QuestionCourse

Department(ECE-

CourseLevel 3000-

FETA)


University(Course

Level3000-FETA)


What is your overall rating of the course? 4.5 4.1 3.9 3.8



Options Count Percentage

Freshman 0 0%

Sophomore 0 0%

Junior 10 83%

Senior 2 17%

Graduate 0 0%

Other 0 0%


A 4 33%

B 7 58%

C 1 8%

D 0 0%

F 0 0%

Pass 0 0%

Fail 0 0%

Other 0 0%


3.5 and above 4 33%

3.0-3.4 5 42%

2.5-2.9 3 25%

2.0-2.4 0 0%

< 2.0 0 0%


0-2 12 100%

3-4 0 0%

5-6 0 0%

> 6 0 0%

Section 2. Student Information

What is your Academic Level?

What is your expected grade in this course?

What is your cumulative average (GPA)?

How many times did you miss this class?




0 0 0%

1-3 3 25%

4-6 5 42%

7-9 2 17%

10-14 2 17%

15+ 0 0%


Requirement for my major 12 100%

General Education Requirement 0 0%

Other Requirement 0 0%

Elective 0 0%

Elective for major 0 0%


Much more than most courses 2 17%

More than most courses 6 50%

About the same as most courses 4 33%

Less than most courses 0 0%

Much less than most courses 0 0%







Section 2. Student Information (continued)

On average, how many hours a week did you spend outside of class preparing for thiscourse?

Which best describes this course for you?

My desire to take this course was:

For me, the level of difficulty of the course content was:









Section 2. Student Information (continued)

Overall, how much do you feel you've learned in this course?



1. The instructor presented the course materialclearly.

2. The instructor was well prepared for class.

3. The instructor responded to questionsadequately.

4. The instructor stimulated interest in the subject.

5. The instructor showed interest in helpingstudents learn.

6. The instructor gave clear assignments.

7. The instructor was accessible to students. 8. The instructor gave useful feedback on myperformance.

Section 3. Questions About the Instructor

Please respond to the following question about instructor Kiarash Ahi.



9. The instructor returned graded work in areasonable amount of time.

10. The instructor used class time effectively.

11. The instructor treated all students with respect. 12. The instructor graded fairly.

13. The instructor's teaching methods promotedstudent learning.

Please respond to the following question about instructor Kiarash Ahi. (continued)



1. The methods of evaluating student learningseemed appropriate.

2. The course content was well organized.

3. The course objectives were clear. 4. The course objectives were met.

5. The textbook made a valuable contribution. 6. The other course materials made a valuablecontribution.

7. The pace of the course seemed appropriate.

Section 4. Questions About the Course

Please respond to the following question about the course.



1. What is your overall rating of the instructor'steaching?

2. What is your overall rating of the course?

Section 5. Aggregate Report on "Overall Questions"

Overall Rating

Overall Rating

Question

Good,Very

Good &Excellent

VeryGood &

ExcellentExcellent

What is your overall rating of the instructor's teaching? 100% 100% 83%

What is your overall rating of the course? 100% 92% 50%



Section 6. Comments

What was the most positive aspect of the way in which this instructor taught thiscourse?

Comment

kiarash explain everything clearly in the lab andalways be very patient. in the lab, I learnt more than in lecture

The instructor was very well prepared and if there was any confusion as to an assignment or problem, he would providevery clear explanations and examples

Attitude. Keeps me wanting to actually learn

Presented aspects in a clear and understandable methodWas able to make sure everyone understood what to do.

The lectures given before lab

The instructor was very open to questions, but didn't impede the class by going over materials unless necessary. Therewas a variety of ways to approach the material (simulated, hardware, theoretically) and we explored all approaches.

Kiarash is a pretty smart guy and I've noticed that he really cares about his students.

When answering questions, he would also explain the significance of certain results or what was the most importantpoint to take.

Kiarash is a very responsible TA, and really very helpful at all times!

Give clear explanation on the lab

What can this instructor do to improve teaching effectiveness in the classroom?

Comment

maybe he could teach pspice at the first few class because some of the students don't know this software well

Not regarding the instructor(who was excellent): I think it would be beneficial for future students if a different lab manualis used, the one we had for the course had quite a few errors

Its already good

Perhaps a bit more of an introduction to the material in the lab.

Honestly, Kiarash was a pretty good teacher. There was a few lab sections that I found a little frustrating like thetransformer lab (the one where only one group at a time could use the transformer) but I attribute that one more to lackof resources than anything else.

Lab time is limited, so there isn't much he can do about teaching since it will only take up more time to go over howeverything works. I think we walked into almost every lab session doing an experiment about something that was onlycovered in class the following week, which doesn't help much in my opinion. I think the professor for the class shouldhave made a schedule that would fit lab time more conveniently, but Kiarash did well in explaining most of theproblems we encountered in the experiments.

He is the best TA I have ever seen!

N/A

Please write any comments you have about the course or course materials.

Comment

this course （lab part is fun with kiarash and usefull in future study） the lab manual is pretty good

Very relaxed and very enjoyable. Good learning environment.

Not bad.

N/A



For courses with laboratory and/or discussion sections: were thelaboratory/discussion sections helpful to your learning?

Comment

lab is far more usefull than lecture because prof don't teach

Definitely

Yes

Instructor always available to help with questions.

I realize I already wrote this for the lecture section, but I felt that lab sections would have been much more helpful if thematerial followed the lecture. I remember there was a 3-4 week delay from the lecture to the lab, and this made labsincredibly frustrating because we essentially had to learn the material on the fly, and then immediately, we would forgetit. The structure for retention simply wasn't there.

They were somewhat helpful, but I think that they were too far ahead of the class material for the most part. We oftenwalked into something we had never seen before in every lab section.

Yes! it helps a lot! most of time I learn knowledge from lab instead of lecture.

Very helpful towards the study



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Student evaluation of teaching for Kiarash Ahi