Online Student Ratings Report
Period:Fall 2009
Instructor: McCarthy, Jay A (075667467)
Course:C S 330-001: Concepts of Programng Lang

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Responses/Enrolled:
College:
Department:

6 / 9 = 67%
Physical/Mathematical Sciences
Computer Science

Instructor Below Overall Instructor Above Overall

CourseAmount learned
Materials & activities
effective
Well organized

Std
Dev

Sect Crse Mean Dept Mean Coll Mean Univ Mean
Mean Instructor/ Instructor/ Instructor/ Instructor/Overall
Overall
Overall
Overall

VSD SD(1) (2)

D SwD SwA A(3) (4) (5) (6)SA VSA NR Resp
(7) (8)Rate

0.75

7.2 7.2 / 6.1 7.0 / 6.7 7.0 / 6.4 7.0 / 6.7000001320 67%

1.10

7.0 7.0 / 6.3 6.8 / 6.5 6.8 / 6.2 6.8 / 6.5000010320 67%

1.17

7.2 7.2 / 6.7 6.9 / 6.5 6.9 / 6.4 6.9 / 6.6

00001

02

30 67%

Evaluations goodmeasures of learning

1.51

6.7 6.7 / 6.0 6.4 / 6.2 6.4 / 5.9 6.4 / 6.3000101220 67%

Grading procedures
fair

1.51

6.7 6.7 / 6.0 6.8 / 6.5 6.8 / 6.3 6.8 / 6.5000101220 67%

Intellectual skills
developed

1.17

6.8 6.8 / 6.1 7.1 / 6.8 7.1 / 6.4 7.1 / 6.5000011220 67%

Testimonystrengthened

1.22

6.5 6.5 / 5.9 6.3 / 5.8 6.3 / 5.6 6.3 / 6.3000020310 67%

Hours spent in class

Valuable time in class

0.20

2.9 2.9 / 2.6 3.0 / 2.9 3.0 / 3.4 3.0 / 2.867%

StdDev

Sect Crse Mean Dept Mean Coll Mean Univ Mean
Mean Instructor/ Instructor/ Instructor/ Instructor/
Overall
Overall
Overall
Overall

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% NR Resp(0) (10) (20) (30) (40) (50) (60) (70) (80) (90) (100)Rate27.87 81.7 81.7/56.377.5/73.477.5/75.377.5/80.7 0

Hours spent out ofclass

2.32

Valuable time out ofclass

23.17 81.7 81.7/77.878.8/79.478.8/78.978.8/80.9 0

00

1000

10

139.8 9.8 / 6.1 8.3 / 7.5 8.3 / 5.2 8.3 / 3.7

0 67%67%00010010220 67%

Instructor

StdDev

Sect Crse Mean Dept Mean Coll Mean Univ Mean
Mean Instructor/ Instructor/ Instructor/ Instructor/
Overall
Overall
Overall
Overall

VSD SD(1) (2)

D SwD SwA A(3) (4) (5) (6)SA VSA NR Resp
(7) (8)Rate

Interest in student
learning

1.26

7.0 7.0 / 6.7 7.4 / 7.1 7.4 / 6.8 7.4 / 7.1

000011130 67%

Opportunities to get
help

0.55

7.6 7.6 / 6.7 7.5 / 6.9 7.5 / 6.7 7.5 / 6.9000000231 56%

Active student
involvement

1.10

7.0 7.0 / 6.5 7.5 / 6.8 7.5 / 6.5 7.5 / 6.9000003030 67%

0.52

7.7 7.7 / 6.6 7.8 / 6.4 7.8 / 6.2 7.8 / 6.5000000240 67%

Prompt feedback
Useful feedback

1.38

6.5 6.5 / 6.1 6.9 / 6.3 6.9 / 6.0 6.9 / 6.400002

1120 67%

Responded tostudents respectfully

1.47

6.8 6.8 / 6.8 7.3 / 7.1 7.3 / 6.8 7.3 / 7.0

000020130 67%

Explained concepts
effectively

1.64

6.5 6.5 / 6.0 7.0 / 6.7 7.0 / 6.3 7.0 / 6.70000

30030 67%

Integrates gospel intosubject

1.47

6.2 6.2 / 6.3 6.6 / 6.3 6.6 / 6.1 6.6 / 6.6

00003

102

0 67%

0.89

7.0 7.0 / 6.4 7.1 / 6.5 7.1 / 6.3 7.1 / 6.7000002220 67%

Std
Dev

Sect Crse Mean Dept Mean Coll Mean Univ Mean
Mean Instructor/ Instructor/ Instructor/ Instructor/
Overall
Overall
OverallOverall

EP(1)

VP
(2)

P(3)

SP(4)

SG(5)

G(6)

VG
(7)

EG(8)

NR RespRate

1.03

6.7 6.7 / 6.1 6.8 / 6.5 6.8 / 6.2 6.8 / 6.70000113

10 67%

0.41

7.2 7.2 / 6.6 7.2 / 6.8 7.2 / 6.6 7.2 / 6.9000000510 67%

BYU Aims

StdDev

Sect Crse Mean Dept Mean Coll Mean Univ Mean
Mean Instructor/ Instructor/ Instructor/ Instructor/
Overall
Overall
Overall
Overall

VSD SD(1) (2)

D SwD SwA A(3) (4) (5) (6)SA VSA NR Resp(7) (8)Rate

Contributed to BYU
Aims

0.84

7.5 7.5 / 6.5 7.4 / 6.8 7.4 / 6.5 7.4 / 6.9001

Comments

StdDev

Sect Crse Mean Dept Mean Coll Mean Univ Mean
Mean Instructor/ Instructor/ Instructor/ Instructor/
Overall
Overall
Overall
Overall

Spiritually inspiring

Overall
Overall Course
Overall Instructor

Comments

000140 67%56%

C S 330 Fall 2009 - Comments
Responses (All Sections): 5 Total
001 Great class, some of the homework takes forever though.
001 I wish all my classes were taught this well. I really feel like this class has made me better at what I
want to do.
It's even piqued my curiosity about studying programming languages. Seems like there is a lot of fun andinteresting things to be studied there.
001 Honestly, this class was very confusing. I felt like I didn't get too much out of it that I can apply inthe real world. I also felt that the class was overly hard. I learn the best when I learn the principle, thenlearn about the application of the principle. I relate very well with examples. I didn't hear too many
examples, or the examples themselves were very abstract. The class was taught with a strong emphasis inacademia and theory, as opposed to real-world application.
Having said that, I would definitely take a class from Jay again. He knows exactly what he's talking about.
I think what little foibles he might have as a professor will quickly dissolve as he gains more experience
as a professor. I also think that his monthly surveys on how the class is going is stellar.
001 I enjoyed this class, but it took me a while to get accustomed to it. Jay is very fair in his grading andknows his stuff well. I really liked that he did mid-course evaluations. He used them to adjust his teachingstyle and respond to the needs of the class. This really helped out. He was often available in his office andthis helped out immensely. You could tell that he cared about the subject and knew his stuff.
He was fairly strict on due dates and homework submission procedures. This is good, but it would also benice if a couple 'late days' were allotted for students to use. I say this because there was a time in thesemester when things got really busy and I was unable to finish an assignment, so I turned it in as far as I
had completed. It would have been nice to have an extension in order to finish it, but I didn't feel like I
could ask for one, because it wasn't an emergency or anything, it was just a busy week. I understand hisreasoning, it's just a suggestion for future classes.
001 Very good course; the subject material is well organized.
The course assignments and lectures are very well synchronized with the course's text.
All of the projects are very instructive.
The class might benefit from having some short quiz assignments (on BlackBoard, perhaps) to help
solidify and reinforce concepts.
The instructor is always helpful.
Happy holidays, what!