Student Evaluation of Instructor Summer Semester 2004

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Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Student Evaluation of Instructor
Course:	51846 ECON 2106 PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
Instructor:	Shelby D. Frost
Distribution:	Online
Enrollment:	46
Respondents:	41
Percentage:	89.1%

	5 - Strongly Agree
	1 - Strongly Disagree
	0 - N/A
		5	4	3	2	1	0	Inst	Sect	Crse	Dept	Coll	StdD	Deci
1.	The instructor followed the plan for the course as established in the syllabus.	25	7	2	1	2	0	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.4	1.1	0
2.	The instructor gave assignments relevant to the goals of this course.	24	8	1	0	4	0	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.3	1.3	0
3.	The instructor explained the course grading system clearly.	23	11	1	1	1	0	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.3	4.3	.9	0
4.	The instructor was willing and able to answer students' questions.	26	8	1	0	2	0	4.5	4.5	4.2	4.2	4.3	1	0
5.	The instructor was receptive to students' and others' opinions.	26	7	2	0	2	0	4.5	4.5	4.2	4.2	4.3	1	0
6.	I learned a lot in this course.	21	10	1	3	2	0	4.2	4.2	4	4	4.1	1.2	0
7.	The overall structuring and sequencing of topics in this course facilitated learning.	23	7	5	0	2	0	4.3	4.3	4	4	4.1	1.1	0
8.	Tests in this course required creative and original thinking beyond mere memorization of material.	22	9	2	0	3	1	4.3	4.3	4.1	4.1	4.1	1.2	0
9.	Test questions clearly related to course content.	21	9	4	1	1	0	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.3	1	0
10.	The instructor communicates effectively.	23	8	4	0	2	0	4.4	4.4	4	4	4.1	1.1	0
11.	The instructor was well prepared.	24	8	2	1	2	0	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	1.1	0
12.	The instructor demonstrated extensive knowledge of the subject.	25	7	3	0	2	0	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	1	0
13.	The instructor stimulated me to intellectual effort beyond that required by most courses.	23	6	3	2	2	0	4.3	4.3	3.9	3.9	4	1.2	0
14.	The instructor's teaching methods aid students in understanding the material.	25	5	4	1	2	0	4.4	4.4	3.9	3.9	4	1.1	0
15.	The instructor was accessible to students outside of class.	25	5	5	0	2	0	4.4	4.4	4.1	4.1	4.2	1.1	0
16.	I am pleased with how much I learned in the course.	22	7	3	3	2	0	4.2	4.2	3.9	3.9	4.1	1.2	0
17.	I would recommend this instructor to anyone who is planning to take this course.	23	8	2	0	2	1	4.4	4.4	3.9	3.9	4.1	1	0
18.	All things considered, the instructor was very effective.	23	8	3	1	2	0	4.3	4.3	4	4	4.1	1.1	0
19.	Generally, how many hours per week did you spend outside of class preparing for class?	Total	%
	0-2	3	8.1
	3-4	18	48.6
	4-8	12	32.4
	9-14	3	8.1
	15 or more	1	2.7
20.	What is your expected course grade?	Total	%
	A	10	27.0
	B	17	45.9
	C	8	21.6
	D	2	5.4
	F	0	0
21.	What is your grade point average at GSU?	Total	%
	3.75-4.00	3	8.1
	3.50-3.74	6	16.2
	3.00-3.49	11	29.7
	2.5-2.99	13	35.1
	below 2.5	4	10.8
22.	For undergraduates only, which best applies to you?	Total	%
	freshman	1	2.9
	sophomore	9	26.5
	junior	18	52.9
	senior	4	11.8
	other	2	5.9
Course strengths.
1.	It is very detailed...meaning you have a lot of resouces available.
2.	n/a
3.	Shelby was excellent, the book was great, Web CT was extreamly useful as was the text website, reviews and online quizes were nice also
4.	easy to apply to real life situations
5.	The book and Frost were effective in helping to understand the role of economics in the world.
6.	overall concept
7.	Instuctor knew the material
8.	excellent teacher, really made sure you understood info
Instructor strengths.
1.	Makes the material fun and easy to understand. Very animated.
2.	I love the way that she uses effective examples, communicates to her students, gets us involved, and tries to make such an awful subject fun!
3.	She loves the subject and loves teaching-it is very apparent! I would love to have professors like her in all my classes.
4.	She explains topics pretty clearly, better than others.
5.	great communication skills and made it easy as well as fun to learn
6.	The lectures were really great, Shelby explained things in a way that was really clear and simple, took lots of questions and never moved on until everyone understood
7.	the best professor i've ever had.
8.	OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTOR, Dr. Frost really inspired her class to get involved. She really enjoy her job. THANKS, Dr. Frost
9.	She has great enthusiasm and is willing to get to know the students and their names. She is very knowledgable on the subject of microeconomics and is very good at trying to contrast ideas to help students understand the subject.
10.	Shelby really loves teaching and it shows in her lectures.
11.	explaining graphs
12.	Instructor knew the material
13.	Really was able to get me thinking. She was able to break it down where you could understand it in more simple terms
Course weaknesses.
1.	I, personally, find Economics boring. Nothing anyone can do about that.
2.	The questions are a little too ambiguous to me. When your dealing with multiple choice and you have answers, which could all be answers, if you make a minor mistake or something, then the questions need to be MORE direct.
3.	boring
4.	none
5.	x
6.	Some of the test questions are little perplexing.
7.	the graphs
8.	The book was not affordable
9.	None
Instructor weaknesses.
1.	NONE!!
2.	Her weakness, not teaching every Economics class that GSU offers. We need teachers like her!!!
3.	I can't really think of any.
4.	n/a
5.	noe
6.	x
7.	none
8.	none
9.	Needs more flexible office hours.
10.	None
Course suggestions for improvement.
1.	Let the instructor create their own exams, They probably could create exams, which aren't so confusing.
2.	make tests more definitions than graphs
3.	none
4.	x
5.	Keep the extra credit it did help in understanding the subject better.
6.	More attention to understanding the course subject.
7.	You need more professiors like her, she made learning fun. She made all the the quizzes extra credit, so you could take them as many times as you wanted to get an A, this was a great way to get students to know what's going on that day in class. The questions were different every time, so it was a great way to study, since to make a 100 it sometimes will take you 10+ times. This was a excellent teacher!!!! I sure appreciate someone who is eager for students to really grasp the concept and to understand. That's sometimes hard to find at a large public university.
Instructor suggestions for improvement.
1.	None. Just keep up your very inventive ways of teaching and using the "money" method as our grade scale. It's much more interesting that way.
2.	I can't really think of anything, but something that might help some students, who are not good test takers, maybe take some questions from the test bank and have like some IN CLASS practice quizzes and go over it.....It's different from doing the previous exams on your own. This might help us be able to deal with the exams a little bit better.
3.	n/a
4.	none
5.	xx
6.	none
7.	Allow more time on online quizes
8.	Good job Dr. Frost.
9.	Teach others your technique. I wish I was taking taking more econ classes with you
Comments on classroom environment (for example: temperature, audio/visual equipment, visibility, etc.).
1.	THE NOISES FROM THE BUILDING WERE ANNOYING. GSU should sue the construction company who made the error. Unless they can fix it.
2.	n/a
3.	THAT NOISE
4.	The noise needs to go. Very disturbing during tests.
5.	There's a loud noise that is distratcting
6.	there was an annoying noise caused by construction or something in the classroom that was very distracting and happened many times each class period
7.	The classroom temp was uncomfortable, the equipment made an annoying sound all semester long.
8.	OK, Always cold in aderhold classrooms