were 3 female and 5 male students; 3 of them were domestic students and 5 of themwere international students. For a total of 40 questions in 10 categories, average scores andstandard deviations were calculated for individual questions and also for each category. The resultsare summarized in Table 1 where the survey categories are labeled by Roman numerals andindividual questions are sequentially labeled with a prefix Q. The average and standard deviationfor “Overall” are for the category. For a comparison between the results from the twoquestionnaires, the averages and standard deviations were presented in two sets of columns,denoted by “Perception” (questionnaire 1) and “Achievement” (questionnaire 2). For intuitive understanding from these
faculty interactions with math facultyOf the faculty who responded to the survey, two had met with mathematics faculty (Q.3). Bothhad attended the special meeting we held in the spring of 2017 and had participated in theclassroom observation opportunity, and one of them had also participated in one-on-onemeetings with math faculty (Q.4). In both cases, these meetings only changed their perceptionson faculty engagement (Q.5). The interaction that was listed as being the most impactful was themeeting/classroom observation, but the one-on-one visits also ranked high on the list (Q.6). Itdoes seem, though, that building in opportunities for faculty socialization and active exchange ofideas is important.Questions 8: Have you provided feedback or input
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