The "Instructor" score on the evaluations for lecture couses and colloquia is the average score given by students to the following:
- Instructor's ability to explain difficult material and improve your understanding
- Willingness of the instructor to respond to questions about the material delivered in lecture.
- Instructor's enthusiasm toward teaching this course
- When consulting your instructor on a problem outside of class hours, the amount of interest and helpfulness you received
- Instructor's knowledge of the subject matter
- Your overall evaluation of the instructor
The questions under "Course" differ between lecture courses and colloquia. For the lecture courses, the score is the average for:
- Organization of lectures
- Instructor's clear presentation of the material
- Informative value of the lectures
- Instructor's answers given in response to questions
- Effectiveness of course in stimulating critical thinking
- Delivery of the lecture for note-taking
For the colloquia, the average "Course" score is for:
- The usefulness in the way participation was structured in the colloquium in helping the student to understand the course
material
- Instructor's participation
- Overall student participation
- Your own participation