EEL4242C

Ngo

Semester: Spring 2004

Number of students responding: 20

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	4.20	were informative and useful	2.59
easy to understand	3.10	were easy to learn from	2.24
relevant to course material	4.40	were relevant to course material	3.06
important to attend	4.50	contained useful examples	2.18
The professor was...	1(Disagree) - 5(Agree)	The tests and quizzes...	1(Disagree) - 5(Agree)
acessible for help	4.35	were difficult	3.80
fair in grading	4.05	were fair	3.65
easy to understand	3.25	covered enough material	4.05
The homework assigned was...	1(Disagree) - 5(Agree)	The % of the students thought the class was...
excessive (in quantity)	3.85	Too Large 0.00%	Just Right 100.00%	Too Small 0.00%
difficult	3.40	Too fast 35.00%	Just Right 65.00%	Too slow 0.00%
time consuming	3.80	Too hard 30.00%	Just Right 70.00%	Too easy 0.00%
relevant to course material	4.50
representative of test questions	3.60
The labs...	1(Disagree) - 5(Agree)	The lab equipment...	1(Disagree) - 5(Agree)
taught valuable, practical skills	4.00	worked properly all of the time	3.00
reinforced the lecture material	4.15	was well maintained	2.91
were synchronized with the lecture	4.23	had to be shared with other students	3.55
		was older than I am	3.45
The TA...	1(Disagree) - 5(Agree)
was prepared for each lab	3.58
knew the material well	4.00
understood the professor’s methods	3.67
was available for help outside of lab	3.58
was available for help during the lab	4.67
graded fairly	4.50

Relative to other classes, in studying for this class, did you spend more time, same amount of time, or less time

65.00% spent more time.
25.00% spent same amount of time.
10.00% spent less time.

On average the the percentage of total study time that was spent on work related to this class was

40.05%

Would you recommend taking this class with other difficult classes?

35.00% said yes
65.00% said no

If you had to take this class over, would you take the same Professor?

70.00% said yes
30.00% said no

Are you intrested in taking other classes with the same Professor?

57.89% said yes
42.11% said no

Lab Reports?

72.73% said yes.
27.27% said no.

How often were the lab reports due?

33.33% said Weekly.
66.67% said Biweekly.

How much time did you spend on average working on lab reports?

1.60 hours

Average report length:

Text: 2.33 pages
Data: 2.17 pages

Were there Pre-labs?

45.45% said yes.
54.55% said no.

How often were pre-labs required?

50.00% said Weekly.
50.00% said Biweekly.

How much time did you spend on average working on pre-labs?

0.82 hours

Aside from tuition and fees, about how much of money did you spend for this lab? $0.45

How many cups of coffee/Mt. Dew did you consume this semester while preparing for lab? 1.40

Does the class' value outweigh its difficulty? Explain.

64.71% said yes
35.29% said no
The design oriented approach was invaluable in terms of its practical worth. These lessons learned are fantastic.
Most of the materials covered are directly related to what is used in industries + commercial applications.

Some repersentative comments/advice from students that they would have liked to have prior to taking this course

There are many assignments. Be prepared to spend time in the computer lab.

I hated the fill-in-the-blank method of notes.

Be ready to work.

The class has no lab, but you can consider it as a lab.

Many people say the class is difficult, but it's not. There is a lot of work, thats true, but it is all do-able.