Course Evaluation Report

January 2011: Dev Modn Sci Thought - INTD-445-A

Rachel Polando
This course is for your:
Major Minor GE/Core Elective
0 0 0 1
Your current class standing is:
First
Year
Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate Other
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Did you look forward to taking this class?
Yes Somewhat Indifferent
Not
Much
Not at
all
5 0 0 0 0
How would you rate your involvement as a student in this course? (e.g., class attendance, class
participation, keeping up with assignments)
High
Medium
High
Medium
Medium
Low
Low
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How much time did you dedicate (outside of scheduled class time) to this course per week? (in hours)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
What grade do you expect to receive in this course?
A B C D F P/F Audit
4 1 0 0 0 0 0
Would you recommend this travel course to a friend?
Absolutely Probably Maybe
Probably
Not
Absolutely
Not
4 1 0 0 0
Averages this term by
Course &
Professor
Course Professor Dept. School
The instructor showed enthusiasm for the course.
3.60 3.78 3.60 3.83 3.83
The instructor created a welcoming and respectful
learning environment.
4.00 3.78 4.00 3.73 3.77
The instructor created a stimulating learning
environment.
3.80 3.67 3.80 3.73 3.63
The instructor was responsive to questions and
course related difficulties.
3.80 3.89 3.80 3.80 3.73
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The instructor provided adequate explanation of the
experiments and provided adequate demonstration
where applicable.
The grading was fair and appropriate.
3.60 3.56 3.60 3.56 3.61
The instructor encouraged me to seek solutions on
my own and to think for myself.
The instructor was well prepared for class and made
good use of class time.
3.60 3.67 3.60 3.76 3.70
The instructor was regularly available to help
students outside of class.
3.80 3.89 3.80 3.68 3.67
What is your overall rating for this instructor?
4.00 3.78 4.00 3.78 3.72
Lab objectives and requirements were clear.
The instructor made relevant connections between
the skills introduced and practiced in the lab setting
and conceptual material introduced in lecture.
The course planning materials, objectives,
assignments and grading criteria were clear.
3.60 3.56 3.60 3.13 3.58
Evaluation and grading were clear and fair.
The course itinerary, assignments and instructional
strategies were related to the course content and
course objectives.
3.80 3.78 3.80 3.56 3.78
The lab syllabus and objectives were clear.
The course improved my knowledge or skill in the
subject area.
3.80 3.89 3.80 3.71 3.69
What is your overall rating for this course?
3.60 3.67 3.60 3.56 3.66
The skills introduced and practiced in this lab
enhanced my understanding of the conceptual
material introduced in the lecture.
What aspects of the teaching or content of this course
were especially effective?
The tours of the city and all of the sight seeing was completely amazing. 1.
For some of the sites we visited, Dr. Polando gave us additional information about the site and made it more
interesting.
2.
The small science- and scientist-themed museums and monuments were great! 3.
Professor's Klein and Polando both knew a great deal about everything involving London and effectively
passed on this knowledge to us.
4.
The readings and corresbonding questions, when done ahead of time, helped when seeing the related museum. 5.
What changes could be made to improve the teaching or
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the content of this course?
There should be one free day to do anything you want, as long as it means going out on the town. This would
help get assimilated into the culture and teach us how to act and let us learn for ourselves what the culture is
really like. It would provide a chance for us to blend in
1.
none 2.
The text-reader conversion of the reading material made some parts of the reading a little hard to understand,
but other than that, everything was great.
3.
Nothing really, it was a blast 4.
I do not know. It would have been nice if their was student input in where we ate our meals. Also, having a bit
more time to sleep would have been nice. I know that I was constantly tired for the majority of the trip, so
having a bit more sleeping time would have helped me concentrate and retain things from the museums.
5.
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