Evaluation of the lab course / Auswertung der Praktikumsumfrage

• Charts 1 (Evaluation by Questions) —

• Students' Comments —

• Charts 2 (Evaluation by Answers)

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Charts 1
— Evaluation by Questions —

General Questions

Major subject:

To the following questions the answers are usually:

• I totally agree

• I quite agree

• I agree a bit

• I disagree

or

• nearly always

• often

• sometimes

• seldom

Questions about the assignments

• Are the assignments encouraging students to actively participate?

• Are the students encouraged to contribute their own ideas and interests in the assignments?

• Are the students encouraged to think about the problem in the assignments

• Do students learn interesting and new topics or techniques while solving the exercises?

• Are the students encouraged to present their own solutions for tasks/problems?

Questions about the whole course (C) – Research Relevance

• The contents of the C are up-to-date to the state of research in the field of the C.

• The C motivates me to work in the regarding field (e. g., diplom thesis).

• The C deepened my knowledge of the prerequisites.

• The C did not require additional prerequisites than those stated in the course description.

Questions about the course (C) – Relevance for Working Life

• I can see that the contents of the C are relevant for my working life.

• In the C one gets to know examples from working life.

• I can use the C's contents in my later career.

• The C motivates me to take a job in the regarding field.

Questions about the course (C) – Relevance for the Main Focus of the Studies

• I get a good overview about the contents of the main focus of my studies.

• The C engourages me to take other Ls in this field.

• The C motivates to choose the field as main focus.

• The C prepares well for the main focus.

Anwesenheit in der Vorlesung / Attendance

How often did you attend the central tutorial during the semester?

• (nearly) always

• 4–5 times

• 2–3 times

• 0–1 times

Questions about the central tutorial – Comprehensibility

• I can follow the contents of the central tutorial without difficulty and I understand it well.

• Is the structure of the talk in the central tutorial clearly articulated?

• Are the abbreviations and symbols used in the central tutorial clearly understandably explained?

• The amount of matter can easily be managed.

Questions about the central tutorial – Style

• Does the lecturer keep eye contact to the students?

• Does the lecturer's talk style motivate the students?

• Are the contents of the central tutorial illustrated by concrete examples?

• Do you think the lecturer tries to give a good talk?

Questions about the central tutorial – Use of Media

• The central tutorial is supported meaningfully by media (blackboard, slides, beamer, models, …)

• The targeted use of media helps me to follow the central tutorial.

• The blackboard / slides in the central tutorial are clearly readable.

• The blackboard / slides in the central tutorial are compehensible.
  

• The “appropriate” media is used at the “appropriate” time in the central tutorial.

Questions about the course – Miscellaneous

• I cannot keep up to the course due to content overload.

• The course is exhausting.

• The course is boring.

General Statements About the Motivation

• I am learning a lot useful things.

• The contents of the course are very interesting for me.

• The course motivates me to deal with the matter further on.

• How did your motivation change throughout the semester? (possible answers: increased a lot – increased – decreased – decreased a lot.)

Further questions about the course

What do you think about the course in total?

• very good

• rather good

• middle

• rather bad

• very bad

If you think about your studies of elektrical engineering or computer science, resp.: How difficult is the subject of this course compared to your previous courses?

• very difficult

• rather difficult

• middle

• rather easy

• very easy

How much time per week did you need to prepare and rework the course without the time in the course (and the tutorial)?

What do you think: Who will you be graded at the end of the course?

• very good

• rather good

• middle

• rather bad

• very bad

Kommentare / Comments

Allgemeine Kommentare / General Comments

• • no PERL animore.
    use more modern scripting or programming languages

  • Provide software/model to test own work against

• • Not a fan of PERL!

  • Perhaps another scriptiong language? Python would have been good.

  • I felt that the length of some of the assignments were a little too long.

• • The recomendation for Perl was poorly thoughtout because Perl has such poor toll (IDE) support. This (unneccesarily) increased the workload making all of my other courses suffer. Perhaps Java is not well suited but there are many other languages with much better support.

  • Because of the high workload I was often frustrated by this course.

  • The tutors presented everything very well and the problems were very interesting (if not relevant to my carreer).

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Charts 2
— Evaluation by Answers —

This is the same evaluation, but the answers / figures are arranged differently.

Allgemeine Fragen

Assignments

• Are the assignments encouraging students to actively participate?

• Are the students encouraged to contribute their own ideas and interests in the assignments?

• Are the students encouraged to think about the problem in the assignments?

• Do students learn interesting and new topics or techniques while solving the exercises?

• Are the students encouraged to present their own solutions for tasks/problems?

• Answers:

  • nearly always

  • often

  • sometimes

  • seldom

  • no answer

Questions about the whole course (C) – Research Relevance

• The contents of the C are up-to-date to the state of research in the field of the C.

• The C motivates me to work in the regarding field (e. g., diplom thesis).

• The C deepened my knowledge of the prerequisites.

• The C did not require additional prerequisites than those stated in the course description.

  In der VL wird man auf aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse hingewiesen.

• Answers:

  • I totally agree.

  • I quite agree.

  • I agree a bit.

  • I disagree.

  • no answer

Questions about the course (C) – Relevance for Working Life

• I can see that the contents of the C are relevant for my working life.

• In the C one gets to know examples from working life.

• I can use the C's contents in my later career.

• The C motivates me to take a job in the regarding field.

• Answers:

  • I totally agree.

  • I quite agree.

  • I agree a bit.

  • I disagree.

  • no answer

Questions about the course (C) – Relevance for the Main Focus of the Studies

• I get a good overview about the contents of the main focus of my studies.

• The C engourages me to take other Ls in this field.

• The C motivates to choose the field as main focus.

• The C prepares well for the main focus.

• Answers:

  • I totally agree.

  • I quite agree.

  • I agree a bit.

  • I disagree.

  • no answer

Attendance in the central tutorial

Questions about the central tutorial – Comprehensibility

• I can follow the contents of the central tutorial without difficulty and I understand it well.

• Is the structure of the talk in the central tutorial clearly articulated?

• Are the abbreviations and symbols used in the central tutorial clearly understandably explained?

• The amount of matter can easily be managed.

• Answers:

  • nearly always

  • often

  • sometimes

  • seldom

  • no answer

Questions about the central tutorial – Talk style

• Does the lecturer keep eye contact to the students?

• Does the lecturer's talk style motivate the students?

• Are the contents of the central tutorial illustrated by concrete examples?

• Do you think the lecturer tries to give a good talk?

• Answers:

  • nearly always

  • often

  • sometimes

  • seldom

  • no answer

Questions about the central tutorial – Use of Media

• The central tutorial is supported meaningfully by media (blackboard, slides, beamer, models, …)

• The targeted use of media helps me to follow the central tutorial.

• The blackboard / slides in the central tutorial are clearly readable.

• The blackboard / slides in the central tutorial are compehensible.
  

• The “appropriate” media is used at the “appropriate” time in the central tutorial.

• Answers:

  • nearly always

  • often

  • sometimes

  • seldom

  • no answer

Questions about the course – Miscellaneous

• I cannot keep up to the course due to content overload.

• The course is exhausting.

• The course is boring.

• Answers:

  • nearly always

  • often

  • sometimes

  • seldom

  • no answer

General Statements About the Motivation

• I am learning a lot useful things.

• The contents of the course are very interesting for me.

• The course motivates me to deal with the matter further on.

• How did your motivation change throughout the semester?

• Answers:

  • I totally agree. / Increased a lot.

  • I quite agree. / Increased.

  • I agree a bit. / Decreased.

  • I disagree. / Decreased a lot.

  • no answer

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