EEL3701C

Arroyo

Semester: Spring 2004

Number of students responding: 18
The following numbers are the averages of the student responses
The Lectures were... 1(Disagree) - 5(Agree) The textbooks... 1(Disagree) - 5(Agree)
informative and useful 3.83 were informative and useful 2.33
easy to understand 3.78 were easy to learn from 2.44
relevant to course material 4.22 were relevant to course material 2.89
important to attend 3.50 contained useful examples 2.53
The professor was... 1(Disagree) - 5(Agree) The tests and quizzes... 1(Disagree) - 5(Agree)
acessible for help 3.79 were difficult 4.00
fair in grading 4.19 were fair 3.89
easy to understand 3.88 covered enough material 4.33
The homework assigned was... 1(Disagree) - 5(Agree) The % of the students thought the class was...
excessive (in quantity) 1.88 Too Large 0.00% Just Right 100.00% Too Small 0.00%
difficult 2.69 Too fast 27.78% Just Right 61.11% Too slow 11.11%
time consuming 2.94 Too hard 23.53% Just Right 76.47% Too easy 0.00%
relevant to course material 3.94  
representative of test questions 3.40  
The labs... 1(Disagree) - 5(Agree) The lab equipment... 1(Disagree) - 5(Agree)
taught valuable, practical skills 4.44 worked properly all of the time 3.67
reinforced the lecture material 4.11 was well maintained 3.78
were synchronized with the lecture 4.06 had to be shared with other students 1.28
was older than I am 2.22
The TA... 1(Disagree) - 5(Agree)
was prepared for each lab 3.83
knew the material well 4.06
understood the professor’s methods 3.22
was available for help outside of lab 3.44
was available for help during the lab 3.94
graded fairly 3.94


Relative to other classes, in studying for this class, did you spend more time, same amount of time, or less time On average the the percentage of total study time that was spent on work related to this class was
Would you recommend taking this class with other difficult classes?
If you had to take this class over, would you take the same Professor?
Are you intrested in taking other classes with the same Professor?
Lab Reports? How often were the lab reports due? How much time did you spend on average working on lab reports?
Average report length:
 Were there Pre-labs? How often were pre-labs required? How much time did you spend on average working on pre-labs?
Aside from tuition and fees, about how much of money did you spend for this lab? $35.53

How many cups of coffee/Mt. Dew did you consume this semester while preparing for lab? A lot

Does the class' value outweigh its difficulty? Explain. Some repersentative comments/advice from students that they would have liked to have prior to taking this course

Schwartz gives you a ton of information, Lam is easy but not in tune with the present, Arroyo cuts the fat out and is relevant.

The class is very time consuming. Work on labs throughout the week, don't wait until the day before it is due because you might run into trouble and need to ask the professor to clarify something. Know that this class will take a majority of your time and be prepared.

The problem with the course is the labs and receiving help for them. The TA's are hard to find in the computer lab for office hours if you don't know what they look like. The office hours for my TA was the period before my lab so there was no way his help would matter when preparing for my pre-lab because I would not have the time. Also, his office hours are at the same time as my scheduled lecture. That is really poor planning.

Although I gave the teacher decent marks for what he did this semester, I believe his lack of depth into every subject in this course was to my benefit because it required that I go find the answers myself and I believe that is a very important lesson that Dr. Arroyo purposely taught me.

This class is excellent, the three professors involved have put together an excellent program for introductory students.