Professor record

James Thomas Decker

Texas Tech University

Grade distribution unavailable21 courses
Evaluations: 2009–2026
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Courses taught

21 courses
MUAP 1001 Applied Music 10 median item responses 4.69Eval / 5
Overall4.69 / 5

10 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized4.74
Course assignments facilitated learning4.76
Opportunities to be successful in course4.70
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills4.67
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content4.71
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content4.69
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course4.67
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives4.61
MUAP 1002 Applied Music 12 median item responses 4.64Eval / 5
Overall4.64 / 5

12 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized4.56
Course assignments facilitated learning4.62
Opportunities to be successful in course4.59
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills4.71
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content4.73
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content4.71
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course4.76
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives4.42
MUAP 2001 Applied Music 2 median item responses 4.38Eval / 5
Overall4.38 / 5

2 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized4.72
Course assignments facilitated learning4.61
Opportunities to be successful in course4.72
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills4.50
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content4.50
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content4.50
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course4.50
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives3.00
MUAP 2002 Applied Music 2 median item responses 4.87Eval / 5
Overall4.87 / 5

2 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized4.58
Course assignments facilitated learning4.63
Opportunities to be successful in course4.74
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills5.00
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content5.00
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content5.00
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course5.00
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives5.00
MUAP 3001 Applied Music 1 median item responses 5.00Eval / 5
Overall5.00 / 5

1 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized5.00
Course assignments facilitated learning5.00
Opportunities to be successful in course5.00
MUAP 3002 Applied Music 2 median item responses 4.00Eval / 5
Overall4.00 / 5

2 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized4.00
Course assignments facilitated learning4.00
Opportunities to be successful in course4.00
MUAP 3104 Brass Instruments 4 median item responses 4.87Eval / 5
Overall4.87 / 5

4 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized4.67
Course assignments facilitated learning4.67
Opportunities to be successful in course4.58
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills5.00
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content5.00
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content5.00
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course5.00
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives5.00
MUAP 3190 Junior Recital 2 median item responses 4.50Eval / 5
Overall4.50 / 5

2 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized4.50
Course assignments facilitated learning4.50
Opportunities to be successful in course4.50
MUAP 5302 Applied Music Literature 1 median item responses 5.00Eval / 5
Overall5.00 / 5

1 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized5.00
Course assignments facilitated learning5.00
Opportunities to be successful in course5.00
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills5.00
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content5.00
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content5.00
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course5.00
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives5.00
MUAP 5303 Pedagogy of Applied Music 2 median item responses 3.75Eval / 5
Overall3.75 / 5

2 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized4.50
Course assignments facilitated learning4.00
Opportunities to be successful in course4.00
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills4.00
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content4.00
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content3.00
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course4.00
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives2.50
MUAP 6301 Master’s Recital I 1 median item responses 5.00Eval / 5
Overall5.00 / 5

1 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized5.00
Course assignments facilitated learning5.00
Opportunities to be successful in course5.00
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills5.00
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content5.00
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content5.00
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course5.00
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives5.00
MUEN 3106 Chamber Ensemble 4 median item responses 4.68Eval / 5
Overall4.68 / 5

4 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized4.58
Course assignments facilitated learning4.58
Opportunities to be successful in course4.86
MUEN 3110 Medium Ensemble 7 median item responses 4.74Eval / 5
Overall4.74 / 5

7 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized4.71
Course assignments facilitated learning4.72
Opportunities to be successful in course4.69
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills4.75
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content4.78
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content4.78
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course4.81
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives4.71
MUEN 5106 Chamber Ensemble 4 median item responses 4.67Eval / 5
Overall4.67 / 5

4 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized4.87
Course assignments facilitated learning4.60
Opportunities to be successful in course4.50
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills4.66
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content4.86
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content4.61
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course4.86
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives4.44
MUEN 5110 Medium Ensemble 1 median item responses 4.81Eval / 5
Overall4.81 / 5

1 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized5.00
Course assignments facilitated learning4.50
Opportunities to be successful in course4.83
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills5.00
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content5.00
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content4.83
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course5.00
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives4.33
MUSI 2000 Independent Studies in Music 2 median item responses 4.73Eval / 5
Overall4.73 / 5

2 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized4.86
Course assignments facilitated learning4.73
Opportunities to be successful in course4.77
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills4.86
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content4.68
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content4.73
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course4.82
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives4.41
MUSI 7000 Research 2 median item responses 4.92Eval / 5
Overall4.92 / 5

2 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized4.92
Course assignments facilitated learning4.92
Opportunities to be successful in course4.92
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills4.92
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content4.92
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content4.92
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course4.92
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives4.92
MUSI 8301 Doctoral Performance Project I 1 median item responses 4.69Eval / 5
Overall4.69 / 5

1 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized5.00
Course assignments facilitated learning4.50
Opportunities to be successful in course4.00
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills5.00
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content5.00
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content4.50
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course5.00
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives4.50
MUSI 8302 Doctoral Performance Project II 2 median item responses 4.38Eval / 5
Overall4.38 / 5

2 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized4.50
Course assignments facilitated learning4.50
Opportunities to be successful in course4.50
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills4.50
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content4.50
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content4.50
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course4.50
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives3.50
MUSI 8303 Doctoral Performance Project III 1 median item responses 5.00Eval / 5
Overall5.00 / 5

1 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized5.00
Course assignments facilitated learning5.00
Opportunities to be successful in course5.00
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills5.00
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content5.00
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content5.00
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course5.00
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives5.00
MUSI 8304 Doctoral Performance Project IV 1 median item responses 5.00Eval / 5
Overall5.00 / 5

1 median item responses

Scale 1–5
Course was organized5.00
Course assignments facilitated learning5.00
Opportunities to be successful in course5.00
Overall course helped learn required concepts/ skills5.00
Instructor helped to understand relevance of course content5.00
Instructors teaching methods helped to learn course content5.00
Instructor presented material in way that helped engage in course5.00
Instructor tailored instructions/ lessons to variety of perspectives5.00
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