Summary of Students’ Teaching Evaluation for Ai Zhang

The following evaluations are based on a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest for a particular item being evaluated. Please see below for detailed descriptions.

Communication Theory (COMM 250)

SPRING 2008

For items from 1 to 5: 1 means strongly agree and 5 means strongly disagree.

For item 6: 1 means poor and 5 means excellent.

For items from 7 to 8: 1 means among the worst worst and 5 means among the best best.

Items being evaluated

About the Instructor

1. My instructor was very knowledgeable on the subject matter for this course.
2. My instructor was well prepared for class meetings.
3. My instructor explained the material clearly.
4. My instructor showed a genuine interest in the students.
5. My instructor treated students fairly.
6. My overall rating of this instructor is:
7. Compared to other instructors in the Department of Communication, this instructor was:
8. Compared to other instructors at the University of Maryland, this instructor was:

Students’ Comments (enclosed please find some sample comments, which are on the back of the evaluation forms)

My instructor was wonderful. She has a great understanding of the theories and explains to anyone who needs help.

The instructor really cared about students knowing the materials. She effectively explained each theory: spaced them throughout the week (very well); showed video clips to explain (very helpful); took time to explain theories; and very friendly and open.

I really liked this class and learned a tremendous amount of information.

Ai really knew just about everything there was to know in this class.

I really liked Ai and her teaching style.

Great job. Make the class like a team!

You were very helpful and knowledgeable about the materials.

Good TA, cares about her students and its obvious.

My TA was very helpful. She explained stuff more clearly and was ways willing to help. I liked coming to discussion.

Ai Zhang was a really great and excellent TA. She really cared about each student has always well prepared.

Very helpful. Had a good way of explaining things.

Ai was a very good TA always looking out for the students themselves and always gave in-depth discussions that were very helpful. She was always readily available to meet or through emails for students.

I really liked Ai. She was great. I wish she actually taught the course because I was very disappointed with the professor.

She seemed like she genuinely cared about the students. Her knowledge of the material was good and she showed she was passionate about communication.

She was really good in re-explaining the theories when some people did not understand. Very friendly and made it easy to learn from her.

Really great teaching. Was able to answer questions we had during the discussion. Very friendly and made everyone feel comfortable.

I think the class was well organized.

Thanks for working with my athletic travel schedule, the explanations in class helped significantly! I enjoyed this discussion course.

The instructor did a great job explaining and elaborating on the course material. She was very friendly and open to suggestions about the course. She was effectively able to answer any questions that students had.

Good teacher and I learned a good amount from her.

Good semester. You always tried to incorporate your ideas and culture into the theories.

Ai was very interested in each student. She always asked us for our feedback. She was very helpful in answering questions.

She was a great instructor and really kept the class interesting. I would definitely take a class with her again!

Great sense of energy.

Passion for communication.

Very knowledgeable

Personable

Very approachable

Great video clips that relate to the theories being studied.

Ai did a wonderful job teaching this course. She was patient and explained each theory to her best ability. Ai showed a great interest in her students.

Always good lovely energy.

Keep the class entertained and interested in the information.

Easy to approach.

Give good examples.

I really enjoyed this discussion! Ai is really informative, and really knows everything about each theory. She also responds to emails efficiently and with an abundance of information, and she genuinely seems to care about us and our success.

Ai brought an interesting perspective to communication theory because of her different cultural background being born in China. This helped especially when studying intercultural communication.