Feedback on Teaching Survey

Please note: The new Student Feedback Survey combines elements of the Subject Feedback Survey and the Feedback on Teaching Survey in a single form.

Benefits of streamlining the process include:

less disruption during class
reduced paper and print wastage
staff will no longer need to order feedback on teaching forms separately, and
faculty maintain the ability to add items to the survey.

About the Feedback on Teaching Survey

Feedback on Teaching

The Feedback on Teaching Survey (FoTS) gives individual lecturers and tutors personal feedback on their teaching performance. Only the individual teacher concerned receives a copy of the feedback. PQU offers a range of standard survey options as well as an item bank of questions from which staff can choose. This enables staff to customize their feedback forms.

Subject Experience Questionnaires (Pre-2001)

Option A: Standard Subject Questionnaire
Option B: Standard Teaching Questionnaire

This is an adaptation of the questionnaire used nationally as a performance indicator. It contains items making up five scales: good teaching (Items 3, 7, 15, 17, 18, 20), clear goals and standards (Items 1, 6, 13, 24), appropriate workload (Items 4, 14, 21, 23), appropriate assessment (Items 8, 12, 16, 19), generic skills (Items 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 22 ), plus overall satisfaction (Item 25). PQU proposes that, with the use of either one of the two overall ratings questions listed as Item 26, the following 25 items are appropriate for use as either a teaching questionnaire or a subject questionnaire.

Closed response items

1. It was always easy to know the standard of work expected
2. The subject developed my problem solving skills
3. The teaching staff on this subject motivated me to do my best work
4. The workload was too heavy
5. The subject sharpened my analytic skills
6. I usually had a clear idea of where I was going and what was expected of me in this subject
7. Staff put a lot of time into commenting on my work
8. to do well on this subject all you really needed was a good memory
9. The subject helped me to develop my ability to work as a team member
10. As a result of my subject, I feel confident about tackling unfamiliar problems
11. The subject improved my skills in written communication
12. Staff seemed more interested in testing what I had memorised than what I had understood
13. It was often hard to discover what was expected of me in this subject
14. I was generally given enough time to understand the things I had to learn
15. The staff made a real effort to understand difficulties I might be having with my work
16. The assessment methods employed in this subject required an in-depth understanding of the subject content
17. Teaching staff normally gave me helpful feedback on how I was going
18. My lecturer(s) were extremely good at explaining things
19. Too many questions asked were just about facts
20. Teaching staff worked hard to make this subject interesting
21. There was a lot of pressure on me as a student in this subject
22. The subject helped me to develop my ability to plan my own work
23. The sheer volume of work to be got through in this subject meant that it couldn't all be thoroughly comprehended
24. The staff made it clear right from the start what was expected of students
25. Overall I am satisfied with the quality of this subject

Ratings items

Option A. All things considered, how would you rate this subject?
Option B. All things considered, how would you rate the teaching in this subject?
(If you would like both questions, check both A & B options)

Open ended items

What did you like particularly in this subject?
What improvements would you suggest to the subject itself?
Please feel free to make any other comments, particularly in relation to your ratings on the other side.
Option A. What are this staff members' strengths in teaching?
Option B. What improvements would you suggest to his/her teaching of this subject?

C: GCCA Course Experience Questionnaire

D: Teaching Questionnaire used up to 1997

This questionnaire contains the 14 agree/disagree items and 1 overall rating question. There is scope to add up to 10 agree/disagree items and 3 overall rating questions of your choice. A list of the questions is in the Item Bank

E: Nursing Clinical Facilitators Questionnaire. A list of the questions is in the Item Bank.

F: Standard School/Faculty Questionnaire (see school/faculty administrator)

G: Use the same questions/items as on a previously used questionnaire.

PQU can prepare a questionnaire with the same questions as you have requested in the past. Simply let us know the following details about that questionnaire: its batch or order number (see the top right corner of a previous order form, or on the summary report of the results of that questionnaire); the session and year in which you conducted the survey, e.g. spring, 1998).

H: Other, including: Prepare your own questionnaire from the supplied Item Bank.

I: Feedback on Teaching questionnaire (Humanities and Social Sciences) Item Bank.

Feedback on Teaching Survey online order form - standard questionnaires

Feedback on Teaching Survey online order form - Option H- Create your own questionnaire

For more information...

The Feedback on Teaching Survey is managed by PQU's Unit Operations Team. For more information, please contact Antoine Goarin.