Table 4.

A comparison of student responses on standardized evaluations of teaching, administered online, completed voluntarily and anonymously

	Traditional (112 responses, 46.7%)	Active (127 responses, 48.3%)
SET scores out of 7
Overall teaching ability	6.0 (SD = 0.9)	5.0 (SD = 1.6)
Knowledge of subject	6.4 (0.8)	6.1 (1.2)
Respect and concern	6.4 (0.8)	5.6 (1.7)
How much learned	4.9 (1.2)	4.2 (1.5)
Course overall	5.4 (1.3)	4.4 (1.8)
Yes/No items
In-class learning activities contributed to my learning	72% yes	54% yes
I would take another course with this instructor	84% yes	54% yes
Written comments	Consistently excellent	Large amount of variation