| Zhu L. Fall 2014, 14:332:233:03 — Digitl Logic Des Lab (index #04518) Enrollment= 43, Responses= 21 Part A: University-wide Questions: |
Student Responses | Weighted Means | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Disagree 1 |
Strong Agree 5 |
No response |
Section | Course | Level | Dept | ||||
| 1. The instructor was prepared for class and presented the material in an organized manner. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 4.50 | 3.78 | 4.15 | 4.14 |
| 2. The instructor responded effectively to student comments and questions. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 4.45 | 3.69 | 4.08 | 4.03 |
| 3. The instructor generated interest in the course material. | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4.10 | 3.47 | 3.89 | 3.83 |
| 4. The instructor had a positive attitude toward assisting all students in understanding course material. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4.55 | 3.69 | 4.10 | 4.09 |
| 5. The instructor assigned grades fairly. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 4.45 | 3.78 | 4.06 | 4.00 |
| 6. The instructional methods encouraged student learning. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4.20 | 3.58 | 3.90 | 3.75 |
| 7. I learned a great deal in this course. | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4.47 | 3.89 | 4.06 | 3.92 |
| 8. I had a strong prior interest in the subject matter and wanted to take this course. | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4.00 | 3.64 | 3.81 | 3.74 |
| Poor | Excellent | |||||||||
| 9. I rate the teaching effectiveness of the instructor as: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 4.25 | 3.49 | 3.88 | 3.76 |
| 10. I rate the overall quality of the course as: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4.10 | 3.44 | 3.74 | 3.68 |
| Part B: Questions Added by Department or Instructor | ||||||||||
| 11. I was satisfied with the degree of utilization and the quality of the Sakai or course web page in this course. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3.67 | 3.25 | 3.72 | 3.78 |
| 12. The computer resources were adequate and sufficiently available for the needs of this course. | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3.78 | 3.45 | 3.83 | 3.91 |
| 13. If a lab course: the necessary equipment to do the work assigned were adequate and sufficiently available. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4.15 | 3.76 | 3.94 | 4.00 |
| 14. If a lab course: the experiments were relevant and the laboratory manual was helpful. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4.15 | 3.75 | 3.93 | 3.85 |
| 15. If software was used: I was well prepared to complete the assignments using the required software. (e.g., spice, vhdl, matlab, xlinx logi works, etc.) Comment in question #23, below. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3.22 | 3.19 | 3.50 | 3.70 |
| 16. Rate the relative difficulty of this course compared with other engineering courses of similar level. | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 | 3.48 | 3.37 | 3.52 |
| 17. Indicate the degree of your satisfaction with the MODE of presentation of the material (e.g., traditional chalk-and-blackboard, Powerpoint, etc.) Commment in question #23, below. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3.94 | 3.55 | 3.67 | 3.59 |
| 18. If a design course: rate the percentage of the content of this course occupied by the design component. Comment in question #23, below. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3.81 | 3.67 | 3.60 | 3.56 |
| 19. If the course had prerequisites: rate the degree of preparation these prerequisites gave you for this course. Comment in question #23, below. | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2.93 | 3.07 | 3.30 | 3.40 |
What do you like best about this course?:
the lab work was challenging but encouraged critical thinking
Learning how to build various types of circuits
It was relevant to the topics taught in lecture
Lab was fun to go to and I enjoyed building interesting circuits with my lab partners. Mr. Zhu did a great job of answering any questions and guiding us.
The material was interesting.
LOGIC
I liked the labs.
I liked the lab a lot. It required us to use many materials and cultivated a strong understanding of digital logic.
In what ways, if any, has this course or the instructor encouraged your intellectual growth and progress?:
the instructor provided helpful information during the lab, from providing schematics to hints in the design of the circuit
Very nice and easily approachable to ask questions.
Gave us great guidance and understanding of how circuits should be built.
The teacher was very friendly and so it allowed me to learn very effectively.
This course has expanded my ability to analyze and configure circuitry.
He required us to work together and use our minds as one to complete to projects.
If you were teaching this course, what would you do differently?:
Allow students more time and provide a demonstration.
More online resources.
Nothing
Have easier labs
Other comments or suggestions::
some of the lab equipment did not work correctly. my group dealt with a faulty breadboard that caused the circuit to misbehave and was difficult to diagnose the problem
MATLAB had nothing to do with the course
+10 for Hufflepuff