The SCP data report summarizes the results of the SCP survey for each instructor/course. It currently contains data from the institution-level (core) questions and will eventually contain the results of Faculty- and department-specific measures.
The report provides an overview of all seven core survey items and their associated scores and statistics (see Figure below: "Overview of core SCP survey questions") and a detailed view of the scores and statistics associated with each item (see Figure below, "Detailed view of one core SCP survey question"). Instructors will also see the results of three open-ended questions.
Theaverage (composite) scoresallow academic administrators to focus their review on design, implementation, or both, depending on the instructor’s involvement with the course.
Scores relating to course design should not impact an instructor who was only responsible for delivery lectures.
Being mindful of large discrepancies in these scores (e.g., a pattern of weak scores more focused on design than implementation) can facilitate mentoring and advising with respect to targeting areas for instructor improvement.
Detailed view of each survey question
The data in the example below tell us that almost half of the students in this class selected “neutral” in response to the item, “The instructor helped me to understand the course concepts,” and that 40% of respondents selected “strongly disagree” or “disagree.”
To the right of the histogram, #Answered indicates that 164 students answered this survey item; #Blank indicates that three respondents did not answer this item. The mean shows that this item has an average score of 3.6 with a standard deviation of 1.