M Iqbal Ahmed
web: www.miqbalahmed.com/
iahmed@ksu.edu
Teaching Evaluation (TEVAL) Statistics
M Iqbal Ahmed
Kansas State University
Following table reports the summary of key scores obtained from my teaching evaluations at Kansas
State University 1 :
• ECON 530: Money and Banking
• ECON 520: Intermediate Microeconomics
• ECON 510: Intermediate Macroeconomics
Table 1: Teaching evaluation
ECON 530
ECON 520
ECON 510
Average
Spring 2015
Summer 2015
Spring 2014
Summer 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2014
3.4
3.3
3.8
3.9
4.2
4.3
4.3
3.7
3.5
3.6
3.4
3.5
3.77
3.72
3.6
3.7
4.1
4.6
4.0
4.1
4.2
4.1
4.3
4.5
4.6
4.8
4.7
4.7
5.0
4.7
3.8
4.1
3.5
4.1
3.8
4.3
4.0
4.5
4.03
4.23
4.23
4.47
3.0
3.2
3.4
3.8
3.9
4.1
3.9
4.2
4.2
4.3
4.3
3.7
3.4
3.3
3.9
3.3
3.6
3.3
3.62
3.75
3.77
Overall Effectiveness
Overall effectiveness as a teacher
Amount learned in the course
Establishing Learning Climate
Made the course goals and objectives clear
Well prepared for class
Interest in helping students learn
Willingness to help outside of class
Facilitating Student Learning
Explained subject clearly
Stimulated thinking about the subject
Made helpful comments on student works
Some comments from students
“Iqbal has a strong passion for teaching economics and encourages students to think deeply about
the subject”
“The course materials did help. I did like the slides. I learned some real good applications in this
course [Money & Banking]. The excel portion of the homework was good. I like understanding & using
excel.”
“Overall a pretty good instructor, and showed a strong passion for the subject ... I liked this course a
lot of work behind each assignment but I enjoyed learning and a favorite by far.”
“I have had 2 econ classess before this [Money & Banking] & have learned & retained little to no
information ... but I enjoyed this class & learned a lot. Professor Ahmed was a great teacher.”
“He always encouraged to use office hours. Most teachers just tell them to you. It was a first pace class
and he was always concerned we would understand the materials. I wish his office was closer to campus
and had some different office hours, so I could get the extra help needed. Overall he wanted students to
learn and remember the materials”
“ ... I like the real world application problems we went through, it helped me understand better ...
think he is a good teacher, he tries hard & cares a lot & that means a lot to me as a student.”
1 All
scores are based on a total of 5 possible points with 5-Very High, 1-Very Low.
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web: www.miqbalahmed.com/
iahmed@ksu.edu
“The course was helpful to learn about how macro theories are connected to real economy like the
fiscal or monetary policies of the money supply”
“Very effective way to learn. Iqbal did a very good job of teaching this class. I could tell that he is
passionate about teaching and truly cared about our learning”
“I am an Econ major. He is by far, the best instructor we had in any class at K-State period. He was
very effective presenting materials, assigning homework, and relevant exercises to absorb the material.”
“This class was helpful and Ahmed is a good teacher. He really cares about his students. He provides
lots of materials to help us learn. I also enjoyed the learning environment he created between him as an
instructor and us as students.”
“The class was very effective to learn about microeconomic theories and tools. He provided lots of
practice exercises that were very helpful in making me think hard about the concepts.”
“The course was beneficial to me. Professor Iqbal Ahmed was a fair and very helpful teacher. This
has been best Econ course [Intermediate Macroeconomics] I have taken at KSU.”
“I Enjoyed the class and thought it was really effective in helping me learn more about Econ ... Ahmed
genuinely tried to help students when they did not understand.”
“Great teacher. Knows the stuff and works hard. Reaches out to the students that need help.”
“See if you can get a closer office! Very helpful when I went for help.”
“I feel I learned a great deal in this short amount of time. Class exercises and homework were helpful.”
“Very good teacher. Makes class enjoyable. Always willing to help.”
“Sometimes too slow of presenting materials, but it helped to make info stick.”
“... Ahmed is a very good teacher. He explain the concepts very thoroughly.”
“Great class ... had good interaction.”
“It was very helpful. It might be better to use more examples to ensure students understand each
learning requirement. His interactions were helpful to the process.”
“The class helped me learn micro-econ theories and the class material was helpful.”
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M Iqbal Ahmed
web: www.miqbalahmed.com/
iahmed@ksu.edu
GTA Professional Development Trainings
Each semester I strive to improve my teaching skills. To assist with this, I have attended two professional development trainings on improving teaching skills, one in 2013-14 and the other in 2014-15,
which included more than 20 teaching workshops. The training entitled “Graduate Teaching Assistant
Recognition of Achievement in Professional Development” offered by Teaching and Learning Center,
Kansas State University, requires to attend at least 10 teaching workshops to complete each level. I
completed both the Level 1 and Level 2, in which I attended more than 20 teaching workshops, indicating my strive for improving teaching skills. Following are the list of workshops I attended over the last
two years at Kansas State University.
Teaching workshops
1. “Avoiding PowerPoint-lessness in your Lectures and other Tips on Teaching Styles”, Dr. David
Fallin (Instructor, Marketing), April 14, 2015
2. University Distinguished Teaching Scholar Presentation, Dr. Mick Charney, April 7, 2015
3. Dr. Gregory Eiselein, Professor, English; Coffman University Distinguished Teaching Scholar,
March 24, 2015
4. “From Teflon to Velcro: Making Concepts Stick,” Dr. Tori Culbertson, Assistant Professor, Management, February 10, 2015
5. “Faculty Exchange for Teaching Excellence: Spring Teaching Workshop,” January 30-31, 2015
6. “You Mean I Have a Choice?!” Dr. Briana Goff, Professor, Family Studies & Human Service,
January 27, 2015.
7. “Teach N’ Tech”, November 18, 2014
8. “Reclaiming the Lecture,” October 23 , 2014
9. “The New Science of Learning: Concepts and Strategies for Changing the Way we Teach,” Dr. Todd
Zakrajsek, October 24, 2014.
10. “GTA Session: At Risk Training,” Dr. Dorinda Lambert, director of Counseling Services, October
14, 2014
11. “Creating an Inclusive Classroom Environment,” Dr. Kay Ann Taylor’s, Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, September 9, 2014
12. “Brain-Based Learning,” Dr. Jane Fishback, associate professor in the Division of Continuing
Education, Kansas State university, April 11, 2014
13. ’Games without Frontiers: Promoting Active Learning through Simulations, Games and RolePlaying Exercises,” multiple sessions, February 28, 2014
14. “GTA session: Is this going to be on the test? A closer look at Assessment,” March 4, 2014
15. “GTA Session: Tech n’ Teach,” Dr. Rebecca Gould, Director of the Information Technology Assistant Center, February 4, 2014,
16. “The Spring 2014 Teaching Workshop: Actively Engaging the Brain,” January 31 and February 1,
2014
17. “Keep Calm and Game on: Using Games in Eduaction,” Ben Ward, Instructional designer, November 7, 2013
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18. “This is your Brain on being a GTA,” Dr. Cathie Lavis, Associate Professor of Landscape Management and co-coordinator for the Faculty Exchange for Teaching Excellence , October 1, 2013
19. “Toward ‘Multifaceted’ Partnerships: Multidisciplinary, multiorganizational, multisemester,” Dr.
Clayton, a senior scholar at the Center for Service and Learning at Indiana University- Purdue
University, Indianapolis, September 26, 2013
20. “Ready, Set, Teach!” Dr. Jana Fallin, Director of the Center for Advancement of Teaching and
Learning (CATL), September 3, 2013
21. “The NY Times and College Teaching,” Tamra , the New York Times, September 26, 2013
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