AT220 Student Evaluation Report

STUDENT EVALUATION REPORT

AT220 Applied Anthropology: Field Work in Ethnography – Summer 2012

Of the 15 students enrolled in this course, 11 completed the student evaluations giving a response rate of 73.3%. Students were administered the course evaluation via phone by a neutral party in the ten days after the conclusion of the course.

Demographics:

The mean age of the student respondents was 25.6 years with a standard deviation of 5.2 years. All of the students enrolled in the course were in their first year of the social work program. Five of the 11 students stated that they were planning on pursuing Anthropology as their Social Science major.

Responses to Opinion Questions:

Students were asked for their responses using a five point likert scale ranging from very bad to very good to rate aspects of the class. Results are listed in the table below.

1=Very bad; 2=Bad; 3=Okay; 4=Good; 5=Very Good

Questions	Mean	St. Dev.
Punctuality of the course meetings – Did the course begin on time?	4.27	0.64
Amount of time spent reviewing the syllabus	3.90	0.83
Clarity of the syllabus	3.91	0.94
Icebreakers	1.91	1.04
Amount of time spent learning about theory and theoretical concepts	4.09	1.30
Amount of time spent learning skills and the application of theory	4.63	0.64
Teaching by Carter	3.45	1.29
Teaching by Martin	4.27	0.90
Relevance of the course assignments	4.82	0.41
Method(s) of teaching such as lecture, activities, workshops, discussions, etc.	4.73	0.47
Relevance and helpfulness of the course overall	4.82	0.41
Convenience of the meeting times and days of the course	3.81	1.40
Availability of the professors when assistance was needed	4.45	0.82