Cook College Office of Continuing Professional Education,

RUTGERS PROFESSIONAL TURF SCHOOL

Second Year Program Evaluation Form

PROGRAM TITLE Soils II DATE: Winter 2005

INSTRUCTOR (S) Josh Honig

Please "grade" the program in the following areas, using the appropriate number.

1 = Excellent 2 = Good 3 = Fair 4 = Unsatisfactory

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / Comments (Please print)
A.  Achieved
Class
objectives / 28 / 9 / 0 / 0 / -  N/A
B. Overall content / 29 / 8 / 0 / 0 / -  N/A
C. Usefulness of information / 29 / 8 / 0 / 0 / -  N/A
D. Stimulated interest in the topic area / 25 / 10 / 2 / 0 / -  Difficult subject to teach
E. Teaching aids (audio-visual, handouts, etc.) / 25 / 10 / 0 / 0 / -  Outlines are great, but we need updating to parallel with Power Point presentations
-  Awesome Power Points
The program's pace was: Too Fast- 1 Too Slow- 0 About Right-30 Variable- 3

I.  What were the most useful or relevant aspects of the program?

-  Soils is a main component in growing turfgrass

-  He taught a very difficult subject and taught it in terms that made the subject easy for everyone to understand

-  Fertilization calibration, creating a fertilization program

-  Most seemed useful in the industry

-  Quizzes were good, same with final project

-  Learned more than I had expected

-  Everything was important but the most important topic is the process of growing grass

-  Fertilizer, and the nitrogen cycle

-  Soil testing and identifying deficiencies

-  The teacher was very clear and fair about the materials to be covered

-  Fertilizer programs (2)

II. Please rate the quality of each presentation by checking the appropriate box.

E = Excellent G = Good F = Fair U = Unsatisfactory

Presenter / E / G / F / U / Comments

Josh Honig

/ 31 / 6 / 0 / 0 / -  Overall a good teacher
-  Excellent teacher
-  Very informative and willing to entertain any questions
-  Josh made soil fertility interesting
-  One of the best teachers in the program
-  Great professor
-  Good job Josh
-  Fair teacher for complex information

Additional Comments:

-  I enjoyed the class very much and will use this information for the rest of my life and career

-  Overall really enjoyed the information in the class

-  Very knowledgeable about material

-  Great addition to program

-  Very thorough coverage of material. Class notes will serve me well through my career

-  Good job, enjoyed

-  Awesome

-  Thank you Josh (2)

-  This class should be taught the first year. I learned more from Josh Honig than a majority of teachers

-  It has been a pleasure being a student in his class. Thank you

-  This guy is an incredible teacher. His class is soils but his philosophy on course conditioning, irrigation, etc. should be part of the course. I believe more students are exposed to and listen to this guy the better they will do in their careers.

-  Excellent class, learned a lot, cannot wait to get back to work and use this knowledge

-  My favorite class. I wish I had Josh for Turf I. Never late for class and very well prepared

-  Did a good job with a boring subject

-  Made a dull subject good. Excellent job presenting the information. Very good instructor

-  Has an excellent way of teaching, took a complicated subject with a lot of subject matter and was able to make us understand.

-  Spend some time on helping to soil test reports

-  Excellent course, should be teaching Turf I and II

-  In a quick ten weeks, I think a lot of the chemistry went over my head. But I learned an incredible amount and Josh did a great job of testing us on the main points and key ideas. While sometimes a dry subject I may have learned more new knowledge in this class than any other. Everything in this course is very important for turf management. Josh is an ideal instructor.

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