Assessment of Chemistry 101 and 101E
Spring 2008/2009 Semester
This semester, 1247 students (KIM 101 - 795 students and KIM 101E - 452 students) from various
departments took the course in 18 parallel sections.
The grading scheme is: 1st Midterm 25%, 2nd Midterm 25%, Final exam 50%.
In Table 1 and 2, KIM 101 and KIM 101E courses were compared. The tables show the average grades
for each midterm and final exams of Chemistry KIM 101 and KIM 101E in 2008/2009 Spring
Semester.
Table 1. 2008/2009 Spring KIM 101
Question 1
Question 2
Midterm 1
5.74
4.19
Midterm 2
6.43
4.25
Final
5.31
2.67
Question 3
4.87
4.74
5.24
Question 4
3.09
2.38
5.29
Total (over 40)
17.89
17.80
18.51
Table 2. 2008/2009 Spring KIM 101E
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
Total (over 40)
Midterm 1
Midterm 2
Final
5.03
4.24
5.57
4.12
2.24
5.41
19.53
17.77
18.93
5.74
6.25
4.81
4.64
5.04
3.14
As seen from the tables above, there is not a big difference between KIM 101 and KIM 101E sections
averages.
And comparing to the previous semesters (last two years –given in Table 3 and Table 4), this
semester averages are one of the best ones for both sections.
Table 3. Success rate for KIM 101 section (points are given over 40)
Midterm 1
Midterm 2
Final exam
2006/2007
2006/2007
2007/2008
2007/2008
2007/2008
2008/2009
2008/2009
Spring
Summer
Fall
Spring
Summer
Fall
Spring
21.6
21.5
21.9
20.1
19.2
22.5
17.9
16.9
14.3
18.3
21.4
19.7
22.7
17.8
16.7
12.8
21.0
15.8
14.8
27.6
18.5
Table 4. Success rate for KIM 101E section (points are given over 40)
Midterm 1
Midterm 2
Final exam
2006/2007
2006/2007
2007/2008
2007/2008
Spring
Summer
Fall
Spring
20.5
23.0
18.3
17.4
18.8
15.0
15.3
22.4
17.2
14.7
17.0
15.2
2007/2008 Summer
2008/2009 Fall
2008/2009 Spring
19.7
20.9
19.5
17.0
21.7
17.7
15.0
23.4
18.9
But still, there is a problem of attendance to these courses.
And another continual problem from the instructors, having more than one section per a week. This
problem causes some difficulties during teaching and correcting exam papers. There is a need to have
more instructors for these courses. Because of this problem, the students didn’t have any homework
this semester.
Having a limited number of laboratories is still an important problem for KIM 101L and KIM 101EL
sections waiting to be solved.
Before the final exam, all the KIM 101 and KIM 101E students were given a questionnaire (1247
students) and they were asked to evaluate the course and the instructor. But only 895 students
answered this questionnaire.
The questions and the average grade of each question are as follows (Points are over 5.0):
1. I spent enough effort to learn the course
3.43
2. The text book and the supplementary books advised were sufficient
3.23
3. The instructors can be reached easily during their meeting hours
3.37
4. The instructor was successful to follow the syllabus during the semester
3.59
5. Instructor’s efforts to make the course attractive were satisfactory
3.19
6. Instructor was prepared before coming to class
3.55
7. Instructor efficiently used the board and the other technologies
3.38
8. Instructor encouraged students to use library and computer
2.86
9. Instructor encouraged students to ask questions
3.21
10. Instructor encouraged students to active participation in the class
3.26
11. Instructor answered the questions very clearly
3.43
12. Homework assignments were useful in understanding the course
2.62
13. Exam questions were satisfactory to check my chemistry knowledge
2.99
14. Exam results were consistent with my predictions
3.01
15. English sections contributed a good improvement to my English
2.71
16. Instructor used the English language very efficiently
2.98
17. Instructor spoke in English during all the course
3.05
18. The laboratory experiments were parallel to the course topics
2.60
19. Laboratory work was useful and sufficient
2.80
20. Group size in the experiments was reasonable
3.44
21. The research assistants were helpful for student’s homework
3.13
22. The research assistants can be reached easily during their meeting hours
3.22
23. The research assistants were successful in general
3.24
24. I would like to take more courses from the same instructor
3.14
25. Instructor was successful in general
3.34
Point
A:
B:
C:
D:
F:
Definitely agreed
Agreed
Not sure
Not agreed
Definitely not agreed
5
4
3
2
1
As seen from the questionnaire, the English language problems are still an ongoing problem.
The students have to use the library more frequently.
The General Chemistry laboratory experiments have to be checked and renew as soon as possible.
ABET Committee Member
Chemistry Department
September 2009