About SFQs

Instead of having just one standard questionnaire for all kinds of sections, different questionnaires are made available for the following eleven types of sections:

* Varies with the number of instructors in team teaching’s section

Compared with the old course evaluation questionnaire, it can be seen that these new questionnaires are much shorter.

The first questionnaire (SFQ1) is designed for sections that are taught mainly by lecturing. If the section is taught by multiple instructors and they are working together as a team, then the second questionnaire (SFQ2) which consists of questions on team teaching should be used.

The third questionnaire (SFQ3) is designed for sections where students learn mainly through class discussion. Similarly the fourth questionnaire (SFQ4) is designed for sections where project work plays a key role in students learning. Both these two questionnaires are designed for sections where lecturing is not the main teaching activity.

The fifth questionnaire (SFQ5) is specially designed by the Language Center for the sections they offer.

The sixth questionnaire (SFQ6) is for laboratory sections. Though, existing university regulations about SFQ survey do not require laboratory sections to be evaluated by students, feedback from students should help instructors to conduct laboratory sections in a way that is more conducive to learning.

The seventh questionnaire (SFQ7) is designed for sections that are taught in an online platform.

The eighth questionnaire (SFQ8) is designed to collect student feedback from courses in which students learn mainly through working by themselves or in group on a project under the supervision of an instructor.

The ninth questionnaire (SFQ9) is designed to collect student feedback from courses in which learning through practical activities (other than laboratory work) plays an important role.

The tenth questionnaire (SFQ10) is specially designed for sections adopting an outcome-based approach.

SFQ11 is the latest SFQ designed for sections adopting a blended-learning approach.

Departments have the option of adding additional questions chosen from an approved question bank to the standard SFQs. However, in order to keep the questionnaire at a reasonable length, the maximum number of additional questions for a survey is kept at 5.