| Faculty Member: | KAN MIN-YEN | ||
| Department: | COMPUTER SCIENCE | Academic Year: | 2004/2005 |
| Faculty: | SCHOOL OF COMPUTING | Semester: | 1 |
| Module: | DIGITAL LIBRARIES - CS5244 | |||||
| Activity Type: | LECTURE |
| Class Size / Response Size / Response Rate : | 30 / 23 / 76.67% |
| Qn | Items Evaluated | Fac. Member Avg Score | Fac. Member Avg Score Std. Dev | Dept Avg Score (All Fac. Members) | Fac. Avg Score (All Fac. Members) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The teacher has enhanced my thinking ability. | 4.130 | 0.548 | 3.808 | 3.761 |
| 2 | The teacher provides timely and useful feedback. | 4.391 | 0.583 | 3.790 | 3.760 |
| 3 | The teacher is approachable for consultation. | 4.435 | 0.590 | 3.823 | 3.798 |
| 4 | The teacher has helped me advance my research (if applicable). | 4.000 | 0.655 | 3.585 | 3.554 |
| 5 | The teacher has increased my interest in the subject. | 3.957 | 0.767 | 3.656 | 3.620 |
| 6 | The teacher has helped me acquire valuable/relevant knowledge in the field. | 4.174 | 0.576 | 3.815 | 3.791 |
| 7 | The teacher has helped me understand complex ideas. | 3.783 | 0.736 | 3.736 | 3.691 |
| 8 | Overall the teacher is effective. | 4.130 | 0.548 | 3.860 | 3.817 |
| Average of Qn 1-7 | 4.131 | 0.666 | 3.755 | 3.720 |
Note:
1. A 5-point scale is used for the scores. The higher the score, the better the rating.
2. Fac. Member Avg Score: The mean of all the scores for each question for the faculty member.
3. Fac. Member Avg Score Std. Dev: A measure of the range of variability. It measures the extent to which a faculty member's Average Score differs from all the scores in the faculty member's evaluation. The smaller the standard deviation, the greater the robustness of the number given as average.
4. Dept Avg Score (All Fac. Members): The mean of all the scores of the activity type for each question for all modules offered by the department.
5. Fac. Avg Score (All Fac. Members): The mean of all the scores of the activity type for each question for all modules offered by the faculty.
Frequency Distribution on Overall Effectiveness of Teacher - Qn 8
| Nos. of Respondents(% of Respondents) |
| | | ||||||
ITEM\SCORE | | | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| | | ||||||
Self | | | 5 (21.74%) | 16 (69.57%) | 2 (8.70%) | 0 (.00%) | 0 (.00%) |
Teachers teaching Module at the Same Level (Dept) | | | 131 (29.24%) | 256 (57.14%) | 51 (11.38%) | 7 (1.56%) | 3 (.67%) |
Teachers teaching Module at the Same Level (Fac) | | | 155 (27.68%) | 318 (56.79%) | 75 (13.39%) | 9 (1.61%) | 3 (.54%) |
| Faculty Member: | KAN MIN-YEN | ||
| Department: | COMPUTER SCIENCE | Academic Year: | 2004/2005 |
| Faculty: | SCHOOL OF COMPUTING | Semester: | 1 |
| Module: | DIGITAL LIBRARIES - CS5244 |
| Activity Type: | LECTURE |
| Q9 | What are the teacher's strengths? |
| 1. | very helpful, provided guidence and suggestions |
| 2. | His teaching methods require students interactions and asking questions. |
| 3. | Patient and helpful |
| 4. | Able to find good examples to illustrate concepts. |
| 5. | kind and good opinions |
| 6. | approachable, able to explain well, enthusiastic/passionate about the subject... |
| 7. | patient, knowledgable, approachable, consientious |
| 8. | 1. Puts in effort in providing supplementary notes for further reading on a certain concept. 2. Very approachable. 3. Possess very strong knowledge of the subject matter. 4. Able to articulate clearly and is not monotonous. |
| 9. | Know various latest application in DL. He is patient and friendly. |
| 10. | Very knowledgable and approachable and helpful in guiding every steps in assignments, project. |
| 11. | Good knowledge |
| 12. | Very good English of course. Compared to native Singaporean, Indian, or (sorry) Chinese lecturers, Dr Min's English is far superior than them. This help a lot for me to understand the material in one-time listening rather than wasting a lot of energy trying to understand what sentence that the lecturer actually said >_<... He is also expert in this field and his mode of presentation during Lectures helps us to think more. (Even though I usually always silent when he ask a question during lectures :$) |
| 13. | Strong knowledge of Digital Library and relevant fields Enthusiastic teacher and good researcher Help students in research fields |
| Q10 | What improvements would you suggest to the teacher? |
| 1. | None |
| 2. | To have more detailed lecture slides. |
| 3. | more lively notes and lecture |
| 4. | keep up the good work. :) |
| 5. | n/a |
| 6. | 1. Provide more examples to illustrate the use of formulae. |
| 7. | The course project seems not so much relationship with DL. |
| 8. | No |
| 9. | The instructor can make a better management on the time during the lecture. |
| 10. | Give a good overview of concepts |
| Faculty Member: | KAN MIN-YEN | ||
| Department: | COMPUTER SCIENCE | Academic Year: | 2004/2005 |
| Faculty: | SCHOOL OF COMPUTING | Semester: | 1 |
| Module Code: | CS5244 | No of Nominations: | 9 |
| 1. | He really made effort and spent time to help me in selecting research papers and proof-read my assignment. He even provided comments and suggestions. In addition, he encouraged the class to share knowledge and discuss in ivle. He provided tips for the class for writing research paper, presentation and etc. |
| 2. | Goes all out to helps students in their studies and projects. Patient. Open to comments and implements suggestions. |
| 3. | He's a very approachable and helpful lecturer. |
| 4. | I think that he has done a great job in teaching. |
| 5. | -. Can speak very good English, a skill that is a bit lacking among SoC lecturers... -. Creative lecture presentation style |