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Through the financial support of the University of Missouri’s Provost office, ARC
provides MU faculty with instruction and course evaluation services. Materials,
scanning, and data reporting are included in this no-charge service.
ARC offers a selection of nine different instruction and course evaluation
forms, plus a student comment sheet, allowing instructors to choose one or more
that are most appropriate for specific course content and format. The Student
Evaluation of Instruction and Course forms were adapted by the Program for
Excellence in Teaching, University of Missouri and from evaluations used by the
Instructional Assessment Program, University of Washington. The scan forms are
processed by ARC with results confidentially provided to faculty and/or staff.
The student Comment Sheets include open-ended questions allowing students to
provide responses to two open-ended questions: “What aspects of the teaching or
content of this course do you feel were especially good?” and “What changes
could be made to improve the teaching or the content of this course?” The
completed Comment Sheets are retained by the academic department for review and
analysis.
| Form A | Small lecture and discussion courses. Emphasis is on clarity
and quality of explanations. Also included are items on classroom interaction. |
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| Form B | Large lecture courses. Emphasis is on course organization and
explanation. |
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| Form C | Seminar-discussion courses. Emphasis is on quality of
discussion, course organization, and interest level. |
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| Form D | Problem-solving courses, such as engineering. Emphasis is on explanations, student difficulties, and quality of problems. |
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| Form E | Skill-oriented, "hands-on" courses, such as art studio and social work field experience. |
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| Form F | Discussion sections. Emphasis is on classroom interaction and explanations. |
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| Form G | Lecture courses which strongly emphasize textbook and homework problems, such as mathematics. |
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| Form H | Laboratory instruction. Emphasis is on preparedness, organization, safety, and level of interest. |
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| Form T | The three required questions for consumer information (Missouri Senate Bill 389). |
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| Comment Sheets | Open-ended questions regarding positive aspects of instruction and suggestions for improvement. |
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Section VI of each form offers response positions for eight additional questions
which may be specific to a course or which may be selected from a list of
optional questions included in the instruction sheet. This option allows
instructors to customize their evaluations to collect information related to a
specific course. The Instructions for Administering Student Evaluation of
Instruction and Course includes guidelines on how and when to conduct the
evaluations, suggestions for optional questions, and suggestions for up to eight
customizable questions that can be used on Forms A-H and Form T.
To order please
fax a completed Material Ordering Form to 573-882-8937. Indicate on the form the
quantity of packages needed of each form (250 forms per package). Also, order
the orange Course Identification Sheet and the Instructions Sheet (if needed),
allowing one of each per course to be evaluated. A Course Identification Sheet
must be filled out and submitted to ARC with the completed evaluation forms from
each course.
Fax your Material Ordering Form at least 48 hours in advance of
your desired pick-up date and time. You can pick up your materials at 112
Townsend Hall.
Contact ARC at 882-7773, email classroomtesting@missouri.edu, or
visit the ARC office at 112 Townsend Hall if you have questions about materials
or services.
ARC also custom designs evaluations for courses, service programs,
or research projects. Our Research Services staff provides a full-range of
resources to assist in completing your project. Please call us at 573-882-4964
or 1-800-366-8232 to discuss how we might help you.
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