EF151 Spring, 2015 Feedback

Lectures

Rate the overall quality of the EF 151 lectures.

37% (50/134) Very good (1) 54% (73/134) Good (2) 7% (10/134) Average (3) 1% (1/134) Marginal (4) 0% (0/134) Poor (5) 0% (0/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.72, NZAvg: 1.72, sum=230, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

Rate the overall quality of Prof. McCord's effectiveness in presenting the material.

34% (46/134) Very good (1) 42% (56/134) Good (2) 18% (24/134) Average (3) 5% (7/134) Marginal (4) 1% (1/134) Poor (5) 0% (0/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.96, NZAvg: 1.96, sum=263, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

Rate the overall quality of Prof. Schleter's effectiveness in presenting the material.

60% (81/134) Very good (1) 33% (44/134) Good (2) 7% (9/134) Average (3) 0% (0/134) Marginal (4) 0% (0/134) Poor (5) 0% (0/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.46, NZAvg: 1.46, sum=196, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

Rate the effectiveness of having a team-taught lecture.

43% (58/134) Very good (1) 44% (59/134) Good (2) 13% (17/134) Average (3) 0% (0/134) Marginal (4) 0% (0/134) Poor (5) 0% (0/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.69, NZAvg: 1.69, sum=227, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

How often did you use lecture videos (recorded by OIT)?

32% (43/134) Weekly (1) 34% (46/134) Monthly (2) 20% (27/134) Rarely (3) 2% (3/134) Never (4) 3% (4/134) Tried them, didn't use them (5) 6% (8/134) Tried them, had problems (6) 2% (3/134) Didn't know about them (7) Avg: 2.37, NZAvg: 2.37, sum=317, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

Rate the effectiveness of having text/email questions submitted during lecture.

15% (20/134) Very good (1) 23% (31/134) Good (2) 22% (29/134) Average (3) 10% (13/134) Marginal (4) 5% (7/134) Poor (5) 25% (34/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.91, NZAvg: 2.56, sum=256, cnt=134, nzcnt=100

General comments/suggestions on lectures:

1.  Liked how we are able to not only work problems from homework but also talk through them. 3.  N/A 4.  Better time management--don't rush through the last slides 5.  Held my attention for a longer time than any of my classes. 8.  I thought the lectures went well and it was easy to follow along with the notes. 11.  I enjoyed lecture most of the time, I know there is a time constraint, but I often felt like too much material was forced into one lecture. 12.  NA 13.  Should have more time for questions or homework help at the end. 14.  Try to work on the timing because sometimes we would not get through every slide and it is helpful when the professors explain it and even the lecture videos sometimes do not cover that slide either. 15.  less examples, more time on each 16.  I really liked the lecture notes. Because it was guided notes, I was able to pay more attention to what the professors were saying rather than stressing about writing as much information down as possible. Breaking up the notes into slides also helped keep my notes orderly. 17.  Fantastic job. However, more examples like the homework would be appreciated. 22.  Very much enjoyed the lectures. This was the first class that I was in where I didn'y want to fall asleep. 24.  Sometimes the lectures did not encapsulate the material in the homework. 25.  Better Examples in Class Please 27.  I found that when we were not rushed to complete the lecture and we actually were able to work through example problems as a class that I personally had less trouble on the homework questions. 28.  Manage time better, I don't think we ever got through all the material we were supposed to cover in class. 31.  Lecture always ran over time and I felt like the last few slides of material were always kind of half taught. 32.  Some of the material was breezed through. Hard to avoid with big lectures though. 33.  Enjoyed being in this class 37.  Great class and professors. 39.  More room on our print outs 41.  I loved lecture. They were fun and interesting. 42.  Lectures were often rushed and not all of the content was covered. 43.  They were good 44.  Team-taught lecture makes it easier to pay attention 46.  N/A 47.  Awesome professors made class a lot more interesting. 49.  None 51.  Longer lectures with more difficult clicker questions. 53.  i really enjoyed this class, you can tell the professors and the department has really put forward a great effort 54.  The lectures were organized and that made the class more enjoyable. 55.  I thought the lectures where really good and I liked how they used objects in their examples. I also liked how they interacted with the students. 56.  slower the pace of lectures. 57.  n/a 58.  none 61.  I like the way you go back and forth talking. It keeps us awake a little. 62.  nope 65.  Great teamwork. All the material was presented very professionally. 66.  I thought they were good. 69.  Overall is good. however, Prof. McCord's needs to slow down. I get confused 70.  overall good. However, lectures goes so fast that I can't build up new information. 71.  I know time is an issue, but going over concepts and examples more would be a major help! 72.  I thought the lectures were taught at the perfect pace 73.  Never seemed to finish all the slides in lecture notes before the end of class. 76.  Good 77.  I really enjoyed having both professors teach together as a team. I could sense some tension between them at times but nothing I have to complain about. 78.  very good wasnt painful to listen too 79.  We did not have enough time to go over all the slides during the class period. I think the lectures were too long that is why we could not finish it during the class period. I think doing problems that relate the most to the homework on the lecture then rushing through the lecture 80.  The only thing I would change is making the notes a little better. I took a physics class that had notes like this that one could refer to outside of class that were helpful http://www.pstcc.edu/nbs/WebPhysics/Phys2010ClassNotes.htm Just a thought! 82.  The team taught approach was good in the sense that it gave everyone a different perspective on the material. 83.  Overall, the lectures were good. The material was taught effectively, however, some material wasn't actually covered simply due to time constraints. If the lecturers could present the material differently, so that all of the material could be covered in the 50 minute time allotted, I feel like some students could benefit. 84.  Lectures were good 85.  Go a little slower 87.  The dual-taught lecture was awesome, it helped keep my attention. I didn't like when the notes were printed 6-8 slides per page because it gave no room for writing and personal notes. 88.  None 90.  Lecture was very effective. The handouts help a lot 91.  N/A 92.  N/A 94.  I feel the text is a great idea but nobody used them. students must use it to be effective. 96.  Lecture are good i feel like we run out of time a lot however and we miss out on homework help. 97.  Sometimes it felt like the lectures were rushed. I am not sure if anything can be done about that since there is so much material to fit into the lecture. They did seem to go by really fast though. The demonstrations were very helpful when we had them. 99.  none 100.  Finish all material on lecture sheet. 101.  N/a 102.  I thought the concepts were taught at a good pace and in good order, however towards the end of the semester everything felt crammed. 103.  I did not feel as though Dr. McCord presented the material as well Prof. Schleter. He was better at explaining the information thoroughly, where as it seemed Dr. McCord was rushed without reason at times. 107.  Good introduction to the material, but unnecessary to have to write in the note sheet. 108.  The lectures are fine. 109.  i learned a lot during lectures and i don't believe much should be changed. 111.  Lectures are great, but it is a bummer having the attendance count against you, if all the classes were recorded then I could miss when I needed to when I had personal things come up to still keep up with the material. If every class was like flex Friday that would be optimal. Hopefully this could be implemented in EF 152. The lectures go over the material very well. 112.  lectures need to be 1hr. 113.  Overall I thought the lectures were very well done and gave a lot of useful help. 115.  Was able to hold attention to the material a lot better than most classes. 116.  Lectures have been fine tuned to an astonishing degree. Honestly, this is the best class I've taken at U.T, and I wish other professors were required to take classes on classes from Prof. Schleter and his sidekick. Only suggestion: text/email questions are a great idea, but they are not used regularly enough, and the format is not constant enough. If they are to be used at all, they should be used in every single lecture, and the exact same contact info should be at the bottom of every single slide. 117.  Generally good. should try to get to the harder problems instead of talking about the general slides in the beginning 119.  I just feel that there was too much information trying to be squeezed into one lecture so it was hard to actually learn. I think homework is what actually taught me the material. 120.  Loved the class, yall presented the material very well 122.  It was a good lecture and I learned a lot from it. 123.  The lectures were very helpful. I can't say that I have ever had teachers of this magnitude before. 124.  n/a 126.  I feel each professor had their own style and that coupled together they taught in a way that every student should be able to understand. 127.  . 128.  There's so many math examples that the important steps of doing the problem get skipped over in the rush to finish them all. The lecture content should be focused on quality instead of quantity: make sure the class is understanding all of what you're doing and not just having a vague idea of most of what you're doing. 129.  I wished I had attend more of them! 130.  lectures were often too short for the amount of material covered. But the notes provided were very helpful 131.  I believed that the lectures were helpful. 133.  The lectures felt rushed sometimes and it was hard to keep up on some material. 134.  loved the class1

Flex Fridays

Rate the effectiveness of the 'Flex Friday' optional/video lectures

54% (73/134) Very good (1) 31% (41/134) Good (2) 13% (17/134) Average (3) 1% (1/134) Marginal (4) 1% (1/134) Poor (5) 1% (1/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.60, NZAvg: 1.62, sum=215, cnt=134, nzcnt=133

How many 'Flex Friday' lectures did you attend in person?

57% (77/134) None (0) 25% (33/134) A few (1) 5% (7/134) Most (2) 13% (17/134) All (3) Avg: 0.73, NZAvg: 1.72, sum=98, cnt=134, nzcnt=57

How many 'Flex Friday' videos did you watch?

4% (5/134) None (0) 7% (10/134) A few (1) 13% (18/134) Most (2) 75% (101/134) All (3) Avg: 2.60, NZAvg: 2.71, sum=349, cnt=134, nzcnt=129

Should the 'Flex Friday' concept be extended to include all lectures?

18% (24/134) Definitely (1) 24% (32/134) Probably (2) 36% (48/134) Probably Not (3) 19% (25/134) Definitely Not (4) 4% (5/134) Don't care (5) Avg: 2.66, NZAvg: 2.66, sum=357, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

General comments/suggestions on the 'Flex Friday' approach:

1.  Enjoyed and think it's a great idea. 3.  Good if the concept is easy to understand because if the material is hard to understand it is harder to ask questions right away or have it answered right away. 5.  It is just hard to do something online for me, and people would get a lot more lazy. 6.  I really enjoyed the break from lecture and feel it helped my studying. 8.  I thought it was a good idea and let me learn at my own pace. The option to go back and rewatch examples to fully understand what was going on helped a lot. Not going to lectures while still learning new material was nice. It might not be helpful for all lectures but I would not have minded more optional class days, especially on material that I was familiar with. 10.  Good 11.  The only issue I had was staying focused on the video. I don't think it should be an option to watch videos rather then attend lecture on Monday and Friday but videos should be provided. Maybe in more detail since so much is crammed in lecture, that way students can get more in-depth explanation on the material they need. 12.  NA 13.  It was a good way to give students a break at the end of the week. And the videos helped because you can rewind them if you dont understand a topic. 14.  It is helpful when the professors explain it in person and it is helpful to be able to ask questions in person. 15.  Its great. I learn just as effectively and i have much more motivation to watch a video in my pjs than to actually go to class 16.  I really enjoyed flex friday. It only made me like this class even more. In my opinion, it should not be extended to other days. I have a feeling that if it was extended to multiple days, people would not even watch the videos or attend lecture. 17.  Love it. Nice relaxing Fridays. 22.  I think that flex fridays are a good option that provide students a break, however they should stay limited to no more than once a week. 24.  It's a great change of pace. 27.  I liked flex friday and i believe that flex friday should continue only as flex friday. I feel that, as young college students, if we were given a flex friday sort of option every single lecture a lot more students would have opted to not come to lecture and be tempted to "forget" about the videos and unfortunately fall behind. Although the video lectures are good for the occasional over sleeper. 31.  I enjoyed having the option to do this because I learn better at my own pace. 32.  I liked it. Allows you to move a little bit more slowly and learn at your pace. Also taught me to be responsible and watch them before class. 33.  Good break for kids who need it 41.  I tended to not even watch the entire video, just until I got my answer to the problem then I moved on. Maybe having Flex Friday videos every other week would be more effective. Going to the actual lecture wuld have been much more beneficial for me. 42.  It was helpful to have a video of problems, but not being able to ask questions right away was sometimes frustrating. The number of flex Fridays was a good amount. There were enough to be efdective but not too many. 43.  review the videos afterwards in class 44.  I liked them a lot 46.  N/A 47.  really enjoyed the fact i could rematch the note videos so i could get a better understanding if i didn't know the material. 49.  None 50.  I enjoyed having the option yet I feel as if I really didn't learn due to the fact that I could've been distracted by doing other things. 51.  More questions. 53.  i enjoyed the option of flex Friday but found that i still learn better in the lecture hall, the tempting of sleeping in though was sometimes too great 54.  It's good to have a break every once and a while, I enjoy the concept of Flex Fridays. 55.  I think this is a great thing for student to relax and start the weekend early. 56.  they are great 57.  N/a 58.  videos helped explain the concepts 61.  I would go whether or not any of them were flex days. 62.  the nice thing about Flex Friday was it made me feel like i had options 63.  I feel like if the students are given an opportunity to skip, they will skip. Taking that extra hour just to go to class (its not that hard) can help you learn the subject better. That's why I went to class anyway. 66.  I like it but it shouldnt be for every lecture. 69.  I love the idea of Flex Friday 70.  flex friday is a good idea. I am with it 71.  Giving students the option to attend class, but still making them watch videos and answer questions based on the material is a great idea. 72.  I liked flex Fridays but i would rather go to lecture instead of having two homework assignments due on the following Monday. 73.  Get a noise canceling mic for recording the videos. It was a little weird hearing Professor Schleter breathing. 74.  It is fine as is. 76.  LOVE Flex Friday 77.  I enjoy flex Friday but don't think it should be done instead of other lecture days. There's something about coming to class. I feel like I, as a student, pay attention more than I do watching a video and it's easier to follow along in person. 78.  I get more out of the lecture if I am there in class then watching a video but having friday off is nice :-) 80.  n/a 82.  It's good for giving the students a flexible option on the material but it's hard to answer all possible questions in a prerecorded lecture. This combined with the delay in the discussion board responses if posted after 5 p.m. could possibly be harder for some students. 83.  The flex friday lectures were good, however, I feel like the students that didn't attend the friday lectures, were the ones making poor grades on the test. Granted, the lectures are optional, but I feel like learning the material is not optional, so not attending the friday lectures shouldn't be optional. 84.  Good for fridays but I probably would not watch them if they were all semester. 85.  It was nice, but i still felt like i was missing something 86.  If the lectures are all done online, students can play back what the professor said over again if they missed something and not have to ask multiple questions for clarification. 87.  I loved Flex Friday because it meant that I could do the lecture on my own time and if I missed something then I could rewind and go back over it. I feel like I learned more from the Flex Friday videos than I did from being in lecture. 88.  None 90.  I liked having the option to attend lecture or watch the video, however I attended every flex friday lecture because I was already on campus 91.  N/A 92.  Find a system to where students have to finish the whole video lecture before they are able to answer the questions. 93.  While flex Friday is effective when done every now and again, nothing beats the team-taught lectures and I feel that to be successful in class, attending those lectures are extremely necessary. 94.  n/a 96.  Flex friday is good, but i think if you attend lecture then you shouldnt have to do the videos. 97.  I liked having an occasional flex friday because this allowed me to visit my instructor for another class, and I wouldn't have been able to without flex friday. 99.  none 100.  Clearer explanation on problems in video. 101.  Loved I but Recitation should have better supported Flex Friday material. 102.  To have it as an option wuld be most effective for me 103.  I enjoyed flex Friday overall, the video lectures were very helpful. I feel as though extending flex Friday to include other days of lecture could be a good idea. However, I do believe that some student may take advantage of it and not complete all the work that is required thus hurting themselves. 107.  I never took much away from lectures, so it was nice to be able to just watch videos to learn the material. 108.  Very good idea 109.  I enjoyed the choice to sleep in and i enjoy the fact that the lectures are always a lot smaller 111.  Well I just commented about this above in the other comments. In summary: I like the flex Friday idea as a whole. 112.  n/a 113.  I liked the idea of flex Friday. It was a nice break after all the homework and going to the other lectures and recitation sessions earlier in the week. 114.  more flex fridays 115.  Its a nice break to be able to sleep in and still get all the information from lecture. 116.  Awesome feature of this class. EF 151 made my Fridays something to look forward to. If nothing more, these condensed versions of lectures are wonderful resources to refer back to when studying. 117.  It was nice on friday's but should not be every day because no one would learn 119.  I think it would cause less commitment as a student if it was for every lecture and student would not truly learn the material. 120.  I liked it because I could go back and make sure I understood the concept correctly before moving on 121.  Loved 122.  I loved the idea. 123.  The flex Friday is a good approach, I would continue to implement this. 124.  n/a 126.  I feel the flex Friday lecture structure was an effective mas of learning the material. If the flex Friday videos were made available for every lecture they would serve to reinforce the material. 127.  good idea 128.  The flex Friday approach should be enabled for all of the lectures, but it should be opened to do before the actual lecture, so that if a student is having a harder time still after the video and quiz session then they can also attend lecture and ask questions there. 129.  It is very refreshing to be able to sleep in on fridays! 130.  I loved Flex Friday. I went to every one and it was a more laid back one on one setting. I enjoyed going to lectures more on flex friday. 131.  While the concept of making a Friday an optional lecture, I felt like I didn't understand the material as much. 133.  I liked the flex Friday because I was able to go back and watch the videos and pause them when I needed to catch up. 134.  not in every class, preferible for the easy chapters

Clickers

Rate the overall effectiveness of the clickers in lecture.

34% (45/134) Very good (1) 48% (64/134) Good (2) 13% (17/134) Average (3) 4% (6/134) Marginal (4) 1% (2/134) Poor (5) 0% (0/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.93, NZAvg: 1.93, sum=258, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

Did you use your clicker in any other class this semester?

45% (60/134) Yes (1) 55% (74/134) No (0) Avg: 0.45, NZAvg: 1.00, sum=60, cnt=134, nzcnt=60

How did you obtain/use the clicker that you used this semester?

54% (72/134) Bookstore (1) 7% (9/134) Friend/Family (2) 36% (48/134) Already owned (3) 2% (3/134) Other (4) 0% (0/134) Did not buy (5) 0% (0/134) Used laptop (6) 1% (2/134) Used phone (7) 0% (0/134) Used tablet (8) Avg: 1.94, NZAvg: 1.94, sum=260, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

General comments/suggestions on the clickers:

1.  Think that clicker questions should not be counted as grades but attendance. 3.  N/A 5.  err nothing 6.  The clickers worked flawlessly. 8.  There were many times when I just had no grasp on the concept being taught so I would just be guessing on the clicker questions. Maybe wait until after a few examples have been done for some clicker questions. 10.  N/A 12.  NA 13.  It was a good method of seeing how you compare to the rest of the class. 15.  don't help at all 16.  I liked the clicker questions. It was a good way to answer concept questions and also a way of making sure you attend lecture. 17.  Sometimes forgot mine :( 22.  Clickers are a great way to participate in class. 24.  They are helpful. 25.  N/A 30.  The clicker system keeps us accountable to attend lecture. 31.  I don't mind using clickers, they make you pay attention to lecture. 32.  Clickers are effective and I like them because they force me to come to class. Also a good grade booster. 33.  Clickers help keep students locked in 41.  Clicker questions kept me paying attention and kept me from drifting off. Great idea using clickers. 42.  Clickers are an effective tool to be able to immediately apply content and think about material being taught. 43.  Worked well 44.  Good for participation and example questions. Makes you pay attention during lecture. 46.  N/A 49.  None 50.  Clickers are a nice way to see if we are paying attention also it allowed me to understand the concepts of the material better 51.  More clicker questions and more difficult. 54.  None 55.  n/a 56.  they are fine 57.  n/a 58.  they are nice for attendance 62.  nope 66.  I liked clicker questions. 69.  Clicker is extremely tricky, it should be clearer 70.  clicker questions are tricky, and Dr. McCord confuses me and makes me choose the wrong answers most of the time because she says something about the question from different perspective that gets me confused every time. 71.  Clicker questions definitely helped me not skip class. 72.  I think the clicker questions were great for preparing me for the exam 76.  Good 78.  none 80.  They take up a lot of time I feel could be more wisely used. I think they are helpful, but may just ask a little less of them. 83.  The clickers are a good way to keep overall attendance up and it keeps the class engaged in the lecture. 85.  I like clicker points 88.  None 90.  N/a 91.  N/A 92.  N/A 94.  n/a 96.  I think clickers are working well they make us pay attention more. 97.  They were helpful to review for the exam. 99.  none 101.  N/a 103.  Clickers were helpful at times to gauge whether or not you were learning the material. They were also a good break from having a constant lecture. 107.  Just seemed like a way to take attendance. Otherwise just a waste of class time. 109.  Clicker question were a good way to keep peoples attention 111.  Having the flex Friday attendance questions count as the clicker questions would be preferred for me. 112.  n/a 113.  The clicker questions were good for practicing for the concept questions on the exams. 115.  Good use for attendance 117.  Helped keep my attention in lecture 120.  Clickers encouraged participation 122.  I don't like the clickers. They don't seem to help much. 123.  The clicker is a great way of keeping students honest about coming to class. 124.  n/a 126.  Clickers make sure that everyone is at least awake during lecture but may not provide the most interaction during class. They're still useful though. 127.  . 128.  They help ensure attendance for class and encourage students to pay attention. 129.  Good way to track attendance 130.  clickers were tough but often ended up as concept questions so I was glad they were there. 131.  Similar to the EF website, I believe that the clickers were good with giving students immediate feedback on their academic guesses. 133.  Clickers were good although there were a couple times I forgot mine.

Recitations

Rate the overall effectiveness of the EF 151 recitations.

39% (52/134) Very good (1) 46% (61/134) Good (2) 10% (14/134) Average (3) 3% (4/134) Marginal (4) 2% (3/134) Poor (5) 0% (0/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.84, NZAvg: 1.84, sum=247, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

Rate the overall effectiveness of your EF 151 TA.

63% (85/134) Very good (1) 25% (34/134) Good (2) 8% (11/134) Average (3) 2% (3/134) Marginal (4) 1% (1/134) Poor (5) 0% (0/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.51, NZAvg: 1.51, sum=203, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

If you had any interaction with the recitation/workshop technician (Nate) please rate his effectiveness.

29% (39/134) Very good (1) 27% (36/134) Good (2) 10% (13/134) Average (3) 1% (2/134) Marginal (4) 0% (0/134) Poor (5) 33% (44/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.18, NZAvg: 1.76, sum=158, cnt=134, nzcnt=90

General comments/suggestions on recitations:

2.  We should have recitation more. Everyday would be optimal. 3.  Make recitations 3 days a week instead of 2. 4.  Some of the tasks were boring and didn't keep our class's attention very well. 5.  They helped explain in detail what we discussed in lecture, and it made me think about the material again. 6.  I really enjoyed Tyler as my TA he was very effective in working out the problems and explaining what you did wrong. 8.  I learned a lot during the recitation periods and my TA helped make sure I understood the topics when I was confused. 10.  N/A 12.  Tyler was an awesome TA! 13.  It was a great way to really understand the topic and how to use them on homeworks/exams. 15.  Way too long, lost focus 16.  I don't know if it was just my recitation, or just my luck, but I always got the group where somebody never showed up/participated. If somebody was known for not showing up, I think groups should be able to work together to compensate for that missing person. 22.  More hands on activities would increase the effectiveness of recitation. 24.  They were a helpful recap. 25.  Tayler is AMAZING 31.  Recitation was usually helpful in better explaining concepts from lecture. 32.  I enjoyed them. Tyler is the man. 33.  Helpful with class 39.  Na 41.  My TA was wishy washy, sometimes she would be very helpful and go through the problems in great detail but sometimes she just wanted to get out of there and rushed us through the material. 42.  It was very helpful to have recitation be directly related to lecture. It wasn't always set up that way and it is much better now. 43.  Good overall a little long though 44.  Helpful time to do practice work and ask questions. 46.  N/A 49.  None 50.  Recitation was good yet very boring. I feel as if they lasted way to long 53.  i enjoyed working together in the groups to figure out problems, makes me think of what we will be facing in the work world 54.  TAs were very helpful, recitation helped me understand concepts that I did not get in lecture. 55.  I thought recitation was really helpful and helped on team building skills. I think it also helped with the homework and tests. I also really enjoyed building things in there and wished we could do more of that. 56.  ehh not the best 57.  Tyler was a good TA very effective, 13/10 would recommend 58.  good places to apply the concepts learned 62.  Rachel was wonderful 65.  Recitations were often rushed to get through all the material in time rather than ensure all students understood it. 66.  I like the recitations. 69.  Sometime, i feel recitations is a waste of time, but other times it is helpful. I think having part of the recitation to do Hw would be helpful. 70.  Having recitation right after lecture is not a good idea. I need to analyze the new lecture before having the recitation. 71.  Recitations were awesome. Tyler was a huge help at explaining the material in a way that we all could understand. I would be so lost if it was not for him and recitations. 72.  I think recitations were usually pointless. I never rally learned anything from them. 74.  The recitations were very good as they are. 76.  Good TA 77.  I loved having my TA Tyler. He's very kind and extremely helpful. 78.  very helpful tyler is awesome 80.  Tyler is a very helpful and productive TA. 82.  Tyler was very helpful in effectively presenting the material so everyone could grasp the key concepts. He was quick to answer any questions and was willing to work with anyone that needed any extra help. Great TA! 83.  I feel like the recitations didn't really help my overall learning of the material. Not once did I look back at recitation material when studying for the exams. 84.  It was a good class to be in 85.  Some where too long 88.  None 90.  Recitation was very helpful. The tasks that had to be completed in recitation helped a lot with concepts. 91.  N/A 92.  Make them optional. 94.  Tyler was always willing to help he was a great TA. By far the best TA i have had and Nate was very helpful in the workshop as well. 97.  They were helpful to reinforce lecture material. 99.  none 101.  N/a 102.  Helped visualize 103.  Recitation is where I felt that I learned the bulk of the material. I would be given the tools to in lecture but learn to apply them in recitation. I did; however, have instances where it seemed like the work in recitation was unlike what was presented to me in lecture. 107.  Good in depth teaching of the material. 109.  I found them very helpful. 111.  Maybe to have it just be a review of questions from homework and online lectures instead of other facets of learning. It gets counted as attendance also, so it would be nice if it focused more on the type of questions that would be asked on the test. Not particularly liking the projects, but if they have to stay, maybe they could have some more structures to the class. 112.  n/a 113.  The recitations were extremely helpful in learning all of the material. 114.  Helpful 115.  Good practice 116.  Did not seem like the concepts covered in recitation were always obviously related to the concepts covered in exams and on finals. But that may just be me. 117.  I really learned the material in recitation. 119.  Tyler was my TA and he was great. He was very effective in teaching the material and always brought clarity to confusions i had about lecture. 120.  Didn't really learn that much 123.  They helped elaborate on the lecture material. 124.  n/a 126.  I enjoyed the interaction that the recitations provided. 127.  . 128.  The set-up of having teams for recitations fails epically. Last semester after taking EF 151 I felt that recitation was a waste of time, but this semester after having the similar chemistry discussion set-up I realized it's really just a poorly used opportunity. The chemistry discussion is set-up in a way of having valuable Q&A time while going over the material with the T.A. helping the students understand how to do the problem. The EF recitation is set-up where there's a bunch of math problems thrown at us, and we're expected to work through it as a team. The team system often fails due to a lack of attendance or lack of focus leaving the team with either one or none of the members getting the problems done in a way they understand. The T.A. will wander around from group to group to try and explain, but often times this means explaining the same thing to 5 different groups and putting the groups that got help last even farther behind which is a poor management of the class time. 129.  very fun, and it was amazing to get our final project in the green twice 130.  Recitations always improved my skills and the activities were fun. 131.  The hands-on exercises after a lecture help out a lot on understanding the material 133.  Some recitations were more helpful than others.

On-line Homework

Rate the overall effectiveness of the on-line homework.

36% (48/134) Very good (1) 43% (58/134) Good (2) 15% (20/134) Average (3) 4% (5/134) Marginal (4) 2% (3/134) Poor (5) 0% (0/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.93, NZAvg: 1.93, sum=259, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

How many hours, on average, did you spend on each week on on-line homework?

Average: 8.82 Max: 9-12 Min: 10 Count: 134 Data

How did you generally work the homework?

75% (101/134) By myself (1) 22% (30/134) With one other person (2) 2% (3/134) In a group of three or more (3) Avg: 1.27, NZAvg: 1.27, sum=170, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

Your thoughts on the requirement for providing units with most homework answers?

24% (32/134) Very Helpful (1) 25% (34/134) Helpful (2) 50% (67/134) Necessary, but a pain (3) 1% (1/134) Unnecessary (4) Avg: 2.28, NZAvg: 2.28, sum=305, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

Rate the usefulness of the intermediate value checks.

56% (75/134) Very good (1) 30% (40/134) Good (2) 9% (12/134) Average (3) 1% (2/134) Marginal (4) 1% (1/134) Poor (5) 3% (4/134) Did not know about it (6) Avg: 1.70, NZAvg: 1.70, sum=228, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

How does the homework system compare to other systems you may have used?

1.  It is better than blackboard in my opinion. 2.  I enjoy the homework system, but unlike others, this system takes off points for trying. I don't think that's productive. Maybe have a ten try limit with full credit to then and 50% after 10. 3.  Great because it gives more chances to attempt the problem with minimal points taken away. 4.  I like it! I like how you can answer dozens of times instead of it being plain wrong after 3-4 tries. Much better than WebAssign (not as glitchy) 5.  It is better. 6.  I like it better because we are able to get help from instructors and hints on some questions. 8.  I liked using it much more than the other ones I have used (webassign,masteringchemistry). The hints were very helpful in pushing me in the right direction and the discussion board was really useful. 10.  good 12.  Compared to my organic homework system, it was similar, always very helpful 13.  It was better because it really helped me understand the concepts and the question boards/hints helped me when I got stuck 14.  I like the system and especially having hints and the discussion board for it. Others did not have that option. 15.  Much better, so much easier to get to 16.  It is far better. It runs much smoother, and the discussion board is unique as well. 17.  I like it. 18.  I prefer it to webassign. 19.  It was better than other homework systems I have used. 20.  The homework system is similar to webassign which I have used for Calculus 1 and Calculus 2. The only difference is the fact that there was never really a final due date on the homework in this class, even though it came with a penalty. 22.  I very much enjoyed having the hints that let you know when you were close to the right answer. In systems such as mastering chemistry, students sometimes use all of their trys when they were only off by a factor of two on the first try. 23.  This was the first time using an online homework system, so there are comparisons to be made. 24.  It runs more smoothly. 25.  Annoying 26.  The online homework is the most effective teaching tool of this class. 28.  Its much better 29.  Very organized and fair. 30.  It is more organized and offers more help if we get stuck. 31.  It's very picky and becomes a huge hassle. 32.  I think this one was much more effective than anything I've used. 33.  Better than most I've used 34.  I wish it could have a give up button and explain how to work it 36.  better than most 38.  better than web assign 39.  Much better 41.  I like the discussion board and intermediate value checks. They help me whenever I'm stuck with a problem and usually help me find out the error by myself 42.  The only other homework system I have used is Mastering and the EF homework system is by far better. 43.  More HW but it works well 44.  Very good because it has an answer tolerance and gives you hints and comments back 45.  The engineering homework system is much more forgiving than other online homework systems such as WebAssign. 46.  much better than the other systems! 49.  Decent 50.  I really enjoy it especially knowing that I can get help right there while doing my hw. 51.  It is about the same. 53.  very good hw system, once again showing the effort you guys have put into the class 54.  It was more refined, webassign is just a mess compared to this. 55.  I liked this one better than the ones I have used in the past. 56.  its better 57.  Good 58.  allows you to try more than once and gives helpful feedback 60.  Easy to understand and helpful when needed 62.  i like web assign better 63.  Most homework today is done online. I like how the system incorporated hints into the homework. The discussion tool was also a plus. 64.  The assignments were frustrating but effective. 65.  Some of the problems were just way too difficult! Monsters! 66.  It is my favorite. 68.  It's pretty useful 69.  good compares to others. 70.  This takes do much time to do 71.  I've never used other online homework systems before, so I can't really compare this one to others. 72.  Different because other systems give an example problem that looks the same 73.  The homework system worked better then most other online homework systems. 74.  This one is by far the best system I have worked with. 75.  more restrictive. if all the homework could have a 100% rate within a week instead of three days, it would have been more effective because not everyone has the time to them during the weekdays 76.  Good 77.  I really like the discussion board, the intermediate value checks, and the hints. Any other system I used didn't have those and they count off approximately 20% for each chance taken. 78.  like is 102833832x better then webassign and mastering 79.  no 80.  I haven't had online homework for the most part. 81.  Quite well. It was quite easy to use and the discussion board helped a lot. 82.  I like this system better than others because there is a live discussion board. Most other sites have common hints that are not personalized to fit what is really hindering you from obtaining the answer. 83.  This homework system was challenging, but very helpful. I like the opportunity to get extra credit on the homework if completed early. 84.  I have not had to do that much homework for other classes but it was helpful. 85.  This was a lot more in depth 86.  It's unique and I have never used anything similar to it before. 87.  The EF homework system is by far the best homework system I have used so far. I wish my other classes switched to a more similar system. 88.  Better than all of the others. 90.  It was the best homework system I've ever used. 91.  Really solid system. Hints, Intermediate value checks, and comments were a lot of help. 92.  Better than all other homework systems. 93.  Beats webassign by longshot 94.  This is a better homework system and I like it because it converts your answers. 96.  Ef's homework website is the best ive used hands down. 97.  I haven't used other homework system to complete homework. 98.  it is the best online homework system i have used. 99.  none 100.  Gives multiple chances if answer is wrong and even hints to why if close. 101.  It was great! 102.  more tedeous 103.  This was the best math related online homework system that I have used at my time at UT. 107.  Better than most online hw systems, but still a pain. 108.  It's very helpful. 109.  I think that it is up there with web assign on how helpful it can be 110.  Does a good job. 111.  Much better than Mastering physics/chemistry/and the like. I like it very much. Keep it going. 112.  not very well because it does not provide feedback! or examples to go by 113.  Much more difficult but much more helpful. 114.  Easier to access material to help with HW 115.  Homework is a lot more challenging, but useful 116.  Very favorably. Once again, this system has been custom tailored to this class, and fits it like a glove. 117.  Lots of hours spent on homework, but I learned a lot from them. 119.  I have never used any other online homework system 120.  It's good an gives you adequate problems, however it was a pain 121.  LOVED IT BETTEER 122.  Its easier to use than most of the other sites we had to use. 123.  It's much more simple. 124.  it's alright. 126.  This was my favorite homework system I've used. 127.  . 128.  It's about the same as webassign which is an alright approach to more of just plain math problems, but when considering the concepts behind the questions it works poorly. An approach more along the lines of Mastering Chemistry would be much more helpful. 129.  I absolutely love it! 130.  The EF homework system is way better than any other homework system. It doesn't lag and the materials available such as the discussion board are huge helps. 131.  I felt that the homework system used was a much better system than the other ones being used by other classes. 133.  This homework site was good and organized, but I like that other websites provide more help when you get stuck on a problem.

General comments/suggestions for improving the homework system:

3.  N/A 5.  Maybe review it in class or something. 8.  I really liked how we had the opportunity to do our homework for 110%, it gave me more attempts at solving the problem without worrying about hurting my grade. It also pushed me to get my homework done on time. 10.  N/A 11.  I found it extremely ridiculous the amount of time spent with homework. 3 hours in lecture a week plus 3 hours in recitation, just to do 2-4 hours of homework a night. 12.  A lot of homework, but very helpful 13.  It is pretty good as it is. 15.  text reminders! 16.  The only suggestion I can think of is if somebody is stuck on a question and has given multiple tries, for the system to prompt a practice problem that is similar, and will guide you through the practice problem. 17.  More IVT, more accurate IVT, less "textbook" hints 24.  Possibility for partial credit. 25.  N/A 28.  Seems fine to me 31.  The homework questions should be more similar to examples done in class 32.  None. It's great. 33.  Helpful with the class. 39.  Na 41.  None that I can think of, very well put together in my opinion 42.  I didn't really have any problems with the homework system. 43.  None 46.  N/A 49.  None 50.  I like it the way it is 51.  More problems. 54.  Make it display a warning if the user did not type any units instead of marking it completely wrong. 55.  It can just be really hard to keep up with sometimes. 56.  Too much homework 57.  n/a 58.  none 62.  don't give so much. i understand that we need to know it but i am a slow worker and doing that homework like that was incredibly stressful. it hink that if there were less problems for a grade and just a couple for extra credit, it would be more manageable and easier to learn 65.  Maybe tone it back slightly? 66.  I liked the homework it definitely helped me. 69.  I hate that it takes up tries from a miss input unit. It's confusing what units the question asks for. 70.  The homework load is too heavy. And no need for the portfolio 71.  Homework was kind of a bare sometimes. Some of the problems seemed impossible to start and/or finish. 72.  Some questions refer to the textbook when you click on hints. I didn't find it very helpful because I didn't have the textbook. 73.  Some of the questions asked in the homework either confusing on what they were asking or very difficult from what we had done in lecture. 74.  More intermediate value checks or improved hints, possibly better hints that unlock after a certain amount of tries. 76.  Good 78.  none 80.  I feel like if had had more notes it may have taken less time. I think it was really good to make us problem solve on the questions, but feel with more effective notes I may have understood a bit better. Other than that I feel it was challenging and effective in helping my knowledge of physics grow. 82.  Overall very good system. 83.  Some problems should have an IVC. 84.  Not much else to do 85.  Give more time to work on it 88.  None 90.  N/a 91.  N/A 92.  Add more intermediate value checks so that people can trace their errors more easily. 93.  More intermediate value checks!! 94.  So much homework 97.  More intermediate value checks. 99.  none 100.  Less petty with wrong unit and right answer or capitalization. 101.  N/a 102.  More concepts instead of busy work 103.  Some homework questions were a little vague in what needed to be found. It was hard with those know what needed to be done. 107.  n/a 108.  Possibly have several of them all due at one time instead of some due on Monday, then Wednesday, etc. This way, students with complex schedules can still receive decent credit. 109.  Its easy to navigate and the hw questions are always hard which makes the tests easier 111.  Maybe have questions similar that are worked out, at least in a outline way, not the whole answer because that would obviously let me get around putting as much effort in. 112.  n/a 113.  Some of the questions could use more helpful hints. 114.  Less Homework days where 2 HWS are due 115.  Same as above 116.  Love it all around HOWEVER PLEASE let us have more than one window open when looking at homework resources. I got so frustrated when I could not have the intermediate values window open at the same time as the discussion board on a problem. 117.  Fewer problems or give a little bit daily instead of so much per night 120.  Possibly make the problems shorter, but more to the point of what you really want us to know 123.  A better eye on the discussion boards. 124.  n/a 126.  Sometimes the hints would tell you to look at a problem in the book but the textbook for the class is not required. So perhaps instead of referencing the book, the hints could provide a link of some sort to an example of the problem. 127.  . 128.  It would be a good idea to have on-line practice problems to reference aside from the notes. Often times the hints refer to a text book problem, yet the course doesn't actually require the text book and I know few people who actually have it. It would be especially helpful to have non-graded practice problems with "hints" to work through before attempting the homework problems. Also having the homework graded solely on the answers when all tests are graded on over-all work seems contradictory, so a possibility to get partial credit on questions for the work and not just the answers would be an interesting change to try. 129.  I couldn't think of anything, perhaps being a bit more linnet on figures? 130.  The homework is fine the way it is. 131.  The help section could be a little more extensive so that each student will be able to do each question by themselves. 133.  I would provide more access to helpful resources.

Discussion Board

Rate the overall effectiveness of the discussion board.

51% (69/134) Very good (1) 28% (37/134) Good (2) 10% (13/134) Average (3) 1% (2/134) Marginal (4) 1% (1/134) Poor (5) 9% (12/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.46, NZAvg: 1.60, sum=195, cnt=134, nzcnt=122

Rate the effectiveness of having access to posts from previous semesters.

69% (92/134) Very good (1) 19% (26/134) Good (2) 4% (6/134) Average (3) 1% (1/134) Marginal (4) 1% (1/134) Poor (5) 6% (8/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.28, NZAvg: 1.36, sum=171, cnt=134, nzcnt=126

How often did you ASK questions on the discussion board?

61% (82/134) Never (0) 30% (40/134) 1 - 4 times (1) 5% (7/134) 5 - 10 times (2) 3% (4/134) 11 - 20 times (3) 1% (1/134) More than 20 times (4) Avg: 0.52, NZAvg: 1.35, sum=70, cnt=134, nzcnt=52

How often did you ANSWER questions on the discussion board?

87% (117/134) Never (0) 10% (14/134) 1 - 4 times (1) 1% (2/134) 5 - 10 times (2) 1% (1/134) 11 - 20 times (3) 0% (0/134) More than 20 times (4) Avg: 0.16, NZAvg: 1.24, sum=21, cnt=134, nzcnt=17

How often did you VIEW questions/answers on the discussion board?

6% (8/134) Never (0) 10% (14/134) 1 - 4 times (1) 16% (21/134) 5 - 10 times (2) 13% (18/134) 11 - 20 times (3) 54% (73/134) More than 20 times (4) Avg: 3.00, NZAvg: 3.19, sum=402, cnt=134, nzcnt=126

General comments/suggestions for improving the discussion board:

3.  Quicker responses on questions. 5.  None 8.  Besides minor improvements on the layout for it to be easier to read, I thought the discussion board was helpful and easy to use. 10.  N/A 12.  NA 13.  It was very helpful when I got stuck. 15.  Make it easier to follow specific question and answers 16.  The discussion board was a life saver at times. It definitely helped me guide through difficult problems when stuck. 22.  Extremely helpful to look at when you're not sure how to start a problem or if you have attempted a couple of times and not gotten the right answer. 24.  A toolbar for equation/variable writing. 25.  N/A 28.  I just with people used it more 31.  N/a 32.  It is extremely helpful. 33.  Very helpful seeing problems people have had 39.  Great 41.  Sometimes people put up equations on the discussion board and that hindered me from finding out what equation and what numbers to use by myself. 42.  It was very helpful to look at questions from previous classes because the questions were basically the same ones I had. It was also helpful in getting started on a difficult problem. 43.  None 44.  It was extremely helpful throughout the semester 46.  N/A 49.  None 50.  N/A 51.  Participating in asking and answering questions a small part of participation grade. 53.  while i nver asked or answered the past people who did were tremendously helpful 54.  Make it organized by questions as well as semester. 55.  I think this a great way to help the students out more. 56.  its fine 57.  n/a 58.  great way to find an answer to a problem 62.  nope 66.  I like the discussion board. 69.  Discussion board is great. 70.  no suggestions 71.  The discussion board was a huge help when I would be stuck on a problem. 72.  I think the discussion board is fine the way it is. 74.  Perfect as is. 76.  Never Used 78.  none 80.  n/a 83.  The discussion board was good. However, I wish the instructors were more prompt with replies. I'll ask a question on the homework, and someone won't reply until a few hours later. 84.  It is nice having that for problems I was stuck on 85.  None 87.  Encourage students to use it more often. 88.  None 90.  N/a 91.  Very useful if you have a question and someone else already had said question. 92.  N/A 94.  n/a 97.  If we could somehow receive a notification when someone responds to what we have put on the discussion board. That would be helpful. 99.  none 101.  n/a 102.  Better help with questions 103.  I did not post or answer on the discussion board because many times when I would access it my question had already been answered. The discussion board was fairly helpful when I would get stuck on a homework question. 107.  Don't know anything about the discussion board. 109.  I think that it is fine the way it is. 111.  Maybe have the ability to show images and non-linear type equations. 112.  n/a 113.  The discussion board helped me through some of the more difficult homework problems. 114.  Constant updates 115.  good fallback 117.  None, it was very helpful 120.  Didn't participate 123.  I would ask questions and sometimes they would never get answered. 124.  n/a 126.  The discussion board was a very useful tool when doing homework. 127.  . 128.  It can be a big help, but sometimes a simple statement of "look at your FBD diagram again" really doesn't help. Especially if the student isn't sure if the diagram itself is wrong or the equations they've pulled from it. 129.  I didn't know we had one! 130.  The discussion board helped me get answers without just seeing the answer. I could view steps on how to work it out. This helped a lot. 131.  I would like a little more involvement on the discussion board. 133.  Provide a better template to make answers easier to read.

Study Room (Estabrook 208)

How many times did you use the Study Room?

51% (68/134) None (0) 23% (31/134) 1-3 (1) 9% (12/134) 4-6 (2) 17% (23/134) 7+ (3) Avg: 0.93, NZAvg: 1.88, sum=124, cnt=134, nzcnt=66

If you did not use the study room, why?

44% (59/134) NA - used it (0) 15% (20/134) Didn't know about it (1) 12% (16/134) Didn't need it (2) 3% (4/134) Too crowded (3) 3% (4/134) Not helpful (4) 18% (24/134) Time conflicts (5) 5% (7/134) Other (6) Avg: 1.81, NZAvg: 3.23, sum=242, cnt=134, nzcnt=75

How helpful was the study room the times you where there?

16% (22/134) Very good (1) 20% (27/134) Good (2) 6% (8/134) Average (3) 7% (9/134) Marginal (4) 1% (1/134) Poor (5) 50% (67/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.05, NZAvg: 2.10, sum=141, cnt=134, nzcnt=67

Rate the knowledge of study room staff.

18% (24/134) Very good (1) 22% (30/134) Good (2) 6% (8/134) Average (3) 1% (2/134) Marginal (4) 0% (0/134) Poor (5) 52% (70/134) N/A (0) Avg: 0.87, NZAvg: 1.81, sum=116, cnt=134, nzcnt=64

Including yourself, what was the average number of people you typically worked with in the study room?

11% (15/134) 1 (0) 14% (19/134) 2 (1) 7% (9/134) 3 (2) 10% (14/134) 4 or more (3) 57% (77/134) N/A (4) Avg: 2.89, NZAvg: 3.25, sum=387, cnt=134, nzcnt=119

If you had it to do over, how often would you use the study room?

54% (73/134) More (0) 31% (41/134) The same (1) 15% (20/134) Not at all (2) Avg: 0.60, NZAvg: 1.33, sum=81, cnt=134, nzcnt=61

Additional comments/suggestions for improving the study room:

3.  Study was great the people in the room were really helpful with answering homework questions. 5.  VERY GOOD, do not get rid of. 6.  Sometimes the staff would not be able to help me with a problem. 8.  The first few weeks I used it I had no idea who was a TA besides the ones who were wearing their name tags. Some would just be sitting on their computer and I wouldn't be sure if they were there to study or to help. However, this was a very minor problem considering if I just raised my hand someone would immediately get up, come over and help me. 10.  N/A 12.  NA 13.  N/A 15.  More helpful people 16.  I did not use the study room. 24.  None 25.  N/A 30.  Sometimes the staff in the study room seem unapproachable, especially when it's quiet and everyone is working (usually alone). You almost don't want to disturb anyone if you have a question, which makes the learning/discussion environment less effective. 31.  N/a 32.  N/a 33.  Helpful studying in there 39.  Later times 41.  When I went to the study room, there was no one in there to help me. I didn't necessarily need help at that time but if I did need help there was no one to help me. 42.  I didn't really use the study room for several reasons. I didn't really need help on most of the work and it was also somewhat difficult to make it to the study room during non-class times. 43.  None 44.  None 46.  N/A 49.  None 50.  N/A 51.  N/A 54.  None 55.  n/a 56.  Too crowded 57.  n/a 58.  none 62.  nope 66.  I liked the study room. 69.  I have no idea about the study room. 70.  I have no idea what was this 71.  Didn't go, I should have though. 72.  Most of the staff acted like they wanted to help except for one person. I think for the most part the staff should stay the same. 73.  I did find that some of the staff was much more helpful then others. The times that I would go is when I knew there would be someone who would not only help but were also friendly and made sure I understood the problem. Also I feel that having the TAs that do recitations should have hours in the study room because they have a better understanding of what we just went over and can better know their students. I this may be difficult since they do already have a busy schedule but Tyler had hours in the study room which helped me and many others since we knew that he was there. 76.  Good Idea, but don't need it 77.  I honestly had trouble identifying TA's and who to ask for help. 78.  none 80.  n/a 82.  n/a 83.  The study room was great. I always went in there on Mondays to just do the homework. If there was a question, the students in there would always help me. 84.  Never really used it 85.  Move it from estabrook 88.  None 90.  Make the tutors distinguishable. 91.  N/A 94.  Some people were helpful such as David!!! And some people were not as helpful 97.  Open later or earlier in the day, I could have used it early on Tuesday and Thursday. 99.  none 101.  Never seemed like any tutors were present and when they were, they were already being used. Should be set up like the math tutorial center with certain tutors for certain levels (ie: 151 area, 152 area) 102.  Great 103.  Sometimes it seemed as though members of the staff were not interested in helping you when you would come in with a question. There were staff members the were helpful though. 105.  Bring more tutors 107.  n/a 109.  I didn't know about it. 111.  N/A 112.  n/a 114.  N/A 115.  did not use 117.  N/a 120.  I just didn't care to go to it 122.  N/A 123.  Did not attend study room. 124.  n/a 126.  I wish I had known more about the study room and utilized it. 127.  . 128.  Improving the lighting would help give it a more studious atmosphere. The lights are almost always turned off in the room. 129.  I used the study room in my dorm hall 131.  None. 133.  Didn't use the study rooms.

Study Group

Did you have a group of students who you regularly studied EF 151 with?

4% (6/134) All the time (0) 10% (13/134) Most of the time (1) 25% (34/134) Occasionally (2) 19% (25/134) Rarely (3) 42% (56/134) Never (4) Avg: 2.84, NZAvg: 2.97, sum=380, cnt=134, nzcnt=128

Including yourself, what was the average number of people in your study group?

39% (52/134) NA (0) 14% (19/134) 1 (1) 26% (35/134) 2 (2) 15% (20/134) 3 (3) 6% (8/134) 4 or more (4) Avg: 1.35, NZAvg: 2.21, sum=181, cnt=134, nzcnt=82

How did you form your study group?

14% (19/134) People I live close to (0) 19% (26/134) People I knew from before this class (1) 17% (23/134) People I met in this class (2) 4% (6/134) Other (3) 45% (60/134) Didn't have a study group (4) Avg: 2.46, NZAvg: 2.87, sum=330, cnt=134, nzcnt=115

Additional comments/suggestions about Study Groups:

3.  N/A 5.  Should have had one, maybe assign people in study groups in recitations, just for more interaction with new engineers. 6.  I felt that studying in a group helped me better understand the material. 8.  Didn't have a study group. 10.  N/A 12.  NA 13.  Should encourage more students to study in groups because it can help a lot. 15.  very helpful 16.  I did not form any study groups. 24.  N/A 25.  N/A 30.  I'm an off-campus/commuter student, so I find it more difficult to connect with people and form a study group when everyone is already in one with friends they know or share a dorm with. 32.  n/a 39.  Pre made groups for us on specific days 41.  I didn't make a study group, but creating one would have probably been a good idea 42.  I preferred to work by myself. 43.  None 44.  Didnt have one but would of been nice to 46.  N/A 49.  None 50.  N/A 51.  N/A 54.  In my study group we would try to explain problems to each other, that really helps with understanding the more difficult concepts.w 55.  n/a 57.  n/a 58.  none 62.  nope 63.  none 66.  Study groups helped me a lot. 69.  Study group is completely up to the student. It is not a big deal for me 70.  I like studying alone 71.  Wasn't in a study group, but it probably would've helped. 76.  Good 78.  none 80.  It was helpful that Schleter posted the study session details so I knew about it. 84.  Study groups help out for sure 85.  I'm not a fan of them 87.  So much more helpful because you can bounce ideas. 88.  None 90.  N/a 91.  Probably the best way to most easily get through the class and better understand the material. 92.  You need at least one other person to work on the homework with so that it's easier to understand the materials. 94.  n/a 96.  I only use study groups to study for big test, mainly to keep me focused. 97.  I can see how they are useful, but I didn't find people that I thought would work well with my method. 99.  none 101.  N/a 102.  n/a 103.  I did not have a study group that I met with regularly to work on homework and study. I did have a couple friends that would help me or vice versa. 105.  *did not attend the group sessions cause it was at a bad time 107.  n/a 109.  they could help if i had questions about something 111.  Maybe having a discussion board devoted to posting for people looking to study at a specific time and place. It would have been easier to coordinate with some people because of my different course load and personal life it is harder to work with freshman on a regular basis since I don't live in dorms and the like, but I'd like to study with people in the library and HSS whenever I and they are available. 112.  n/a 113.  Studying with another person helped me to really understand and remember the information. 114.  N/A 115.  did not have a study group 117.  Helpful but can be distracting 120.  They helped me learn what I could not 123.  I mostly used them to study for tests. 124.  n/a 126.  Generally I study better alone because I tend to get off task when studying with others. 127.  . 128.  They can be really helpful if you find one, but it's difficult to get to know other people to form a study group. 129.  Should've studied more often! 131.  I wished I had a study group. 133.  Would have been helpful maybe to have formed a study group.

37%		(50/134)	I used them as a last resort (1)
28%		(37/134)	I tried the problem on my own, but as soon as I was stuck I used them (2)
7%		(9/134)	I looked at the solution first and tried to understand it (3)
2%		(3/134)	I didn't spend any time trying to understand, I was only concerned about getting the problem done (4)
26%		(35/134)	I did not use any of the resources listed above (5)
Avg: 2.52, NZAvg: 2.52, sum=338, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

19%		(25/134)	They were invaluable in helping me learn the material (1)
40%		(54/134)	I usually understood the problem (2)
9%		(12/134)	I tried, but usually didn't understand the solution (3)
4%		(6/134)	I didn't spend any time trying to understand, I was only concerned about getting the problem done (4)
28%		(37/134)	I did not use any of the resources listed above (5)
Avg: 2.82, NZAvg: 2.82, sum=378, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

Misc Resources

Rate the overall quality of the EF 151 web site.

60% (80/134) Very good (1) 32% (43/134) Good (2) 7% (10/134) Average (3) 0% (0/134) Marginal (4) 1% (1/134) Poor (5) 0% (0/134) N/A (0) Avg: 1.50, NZAvg: 1.50, sum=201, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

How often did you use the videos reviewing the old exam solutions?

35% (47/134) Weekly (1) 46% (62/134) Monthly (2) 10% (14/134) Rarely (3) 5% (7/134) Never (4) 1% (2/134) Tried them, didn't use them (5) 1% (2/134) Tried them, had problems (6) 0% (0/134) Didn't know about them (7) Avg: 1.96, NZAvg: 1.96, sum=263, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

Should a textbook be required for this class?

6% (8/134) Absolutely (1) 13% (17/134) Probably (2) 47% (63/134) Probably Not (3) 34% (46/134) Absolutely Not (4) Avg: 3.10, NZAvg: 3.10, sum=415, cnt=134, nzcnt=134

General comments/suggestions on web site:

3.  N/A 5.  Well developed 6.  Very clean and organized 8.  The website was great. The calender let me know what was due and when, and the online notes helped me review sections that I didn't fully understand. The best part were the videos of the old exams. This helped me tremendously while I studied for the exams. Prof. Schleter is amazing for making all of those videos. 10.  N/A 12.  NA 15.  great! 16.  I thought the EF website was better put together than blackboard, and much easier to navigate. 24.  The website is well laid out. 25.  N/A 29.  Very organized, easy access. 30.  It is well-organized and effective. 31.  The website is easy to navigate. 32.  Very effective. All the resources you need are available to you. 33.  Helpful videos of old tests 39.  Good 41.  I used the previous tests and videos all the time when studying for an exam. They helped me a lot on the tests 42.  The web site was excellent. The previous exam videos were a crucial part of studying for exams. Having grades uploaded to the website was appreciated and the grade estimator was a helpful tool to estimate how well I would do in the class. 43.  None 44.  Very nice and well organized 46.  N/A 49.  None 50.  N/A 51.  The website is excellent. I have no suggestions. 53.  the hints on the hw for see textbook problem was something i dreaded, that was not helpful at all and the person that actually had the textbook said the same response 54.  Very user friendly website, cannot think of any suggestions. 55.  I really liked how the website is set up and how everything you need for the class is on the site. 56.  its very helpful 57.  n/a 58.  none 62.  nope 63.  None 66.  I love the ef website it is my favorite, props to Schleter! 69.  I love the website. 70.  Nice class overall 71.  I wish there were more examples of problems on the website to help understand the material better. 73.  The lecture notes worked just as well as a textbook. I do feel that if you do make the class where you do not have to buy the textbook your hints for homework should not be a referred to problem from the textbook! 76.  Great 78.  none 80.  n/a 82.  I really liked being able to look at previous exams and course materials. It really helped me when studying for exams. 85.  none 87.  I did not buy the text book for the class due to money, and I never wished that I had it. 88.  None 90.  N/a 91.  N/A 92.  N/A 94.  n/a 97.  I used the text book once and it was not helpful, everything needed was here. 99.  none 101.  N/a 103.  The website was pretty easy to navigate and find everything that was needed. 107.  well put together and easy to get around usually. 108.  Don't put in the hints that there's a problem in the textbook when no one uses the textbook. You might as well just be flipping us the bird. 109.  the website for me was very easy to navigate and it had a ton of different options for understanding concepts. 112.  n/a 114.  Easy to use 115.  Its a good setup 117.  Helpful, old exams were very helpful 119.  The previous exam videos were my main source of studying for the previous exams 120.  Loved the class 121.  Never even seen the textbook 123.  The website is much better than using a textbook. 124.  n/a 126.  I really don't think the textbook should be required unless it would make up to a letter grade of difference in your final grade. I doubt it would in this case. 127.  . 128.  N/A 129.  Very easy to navigate, clear, everything has its place. I like it! 130.  I thought it was strange the textbook was optional but often times the hints on homeworks referenced the book. 131.  I believe it was okay. 133.  The website was helpful. It would be helpful to have more examples that are more closely related to the homework.