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This survey is intended to help us understand your opinions about CS
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1322. Please answer the questions honestly and openly. We value your
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views about the course, and we will use feedback from this survey in
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the future. For multiple choice questions, please circle the
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letter/number of your reply. If you have additional comments for which
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you do not have space, please feel free to attach other pages.
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Term: Fall 2002 Your major: __________________________
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1. OVERALL
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Your lecturer: _________________
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Which lecturer's class did you attend most often? ________________
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Your TA: __________________________
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Most previous CS course experience
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1) Took CS1 Pseudocode
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2) Took CS1 Scheme
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3) Took CS1-X Accelerated Scheme
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4) Transfer student (Language used: _______________________________)
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5) Already took 1322 before
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Grade received in that course: _______________
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Academic year?
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Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate
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What were the best things about this course?
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What were the worst things about this course?
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2. LECTURE
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What percentage of class lectures did you attend? ________________
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If you did not attend class regularly, why?
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In your opinion, how important is attending lecture to doing well in
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class?
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1) Does not matter
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2) It has a small impact
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3) It is moderately important
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4) It is quite important
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5) It is absolutely essential
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Please rate your lecturer's teaching ability
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1) Very Good
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2) Good
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3) OK
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4) Bad
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5) Very Bad
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Please critique your lecturer's in-class teaching abilities,
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presentation skills, etc.:
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3. RECITATION
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What percentage of recitations, excluding test dates, did you attend?
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In your opinion, how important is attending recitation to doing well in
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class?
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1) Does not matter
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2) It has a small impact
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3) It is moderately important
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4) It is quite important
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5) It is absolutely essential
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How effective were the TAs in teaching recitation?
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1) I would not know; I did not attend recitations beyond tests.
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2) They could not explain things very well.
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3) They were OK. Some things were clear, some weren't.
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4) They did a good job overall.
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5) Outstanding. I learned most of the course material from them.
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4. TEACHING ASSISTANTS
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Please rate your TA's teaching ability
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1) Very Good
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2) Good
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3) OK
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4) Bad
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5) Very Bad
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Write any comments about your TA's teaching ability, etc. that you
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feel you should share with us.
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How much time did you spend with your TA each week?
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1) Very little or no time
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2) Less than 15 minutes
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3) About a half hour
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4) About an hour
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5) Several hours
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Characterize the quality of the assistance provided by your TA, in general.
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1) Not helpful; could not provide assistance at all
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2) Somewhat helpful, often not able to provide assistance
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3) Mostly helpful, often provided valuable assistance
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4) Very helpful, always could help you make progress
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Where there any other TAs that you found particularly helpful
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(ie during lab hours, etc)
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5. EVALUATION MATERIALS
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I felt the programming assignments were
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1) Extremely boring
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2) Somewhat boring
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3) So-so
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4) Fairly interesting
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5) Very interesting
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During tests, I was ...
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1) Unable to answer all the questions in the given time
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2) Always rushed for time, but able to complete the test
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3) Sometimes rushed for time, but able to complete
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4) Able to complete the test in time
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5) Able to leave early
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I felt the tests were
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1) Too easy
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2) Easier than expected
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3) About what I expected
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4) More difficult than expected
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5) Too difficult
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Please characterize the practice test materials
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1) What? There were practice tests?
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2) They were not helpful
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3) They were somewhat helpful in preparation for tests
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4) They were very helpful in preparation for tests
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5) They were all I studied for the tests
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Please characterize the autograding tools:
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1) Autograding was not useful; there's no need for it in the future
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2) Autograding was useful in debugging my programs, but not essential
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3) Autograding was fairly useful; it caught many mistakes
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4) Autograding was an essential part of my learning
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Please provide below any comments that you have concerning any of the
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evaluation materials mentioned above (tests, programs, practice
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tests, autograder):
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6. RESOURCES
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Please characterize how much you used each of the course resources
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listed below on the following scale:
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1 2 3 4 5
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Never Used it Used it Used it Used it
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used it not often moderately often extensively
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______ Weiss textbook
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______ Some other book(s)
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______ Lecture slides
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______ Lectures
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______ Recitations
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______ Newsgroup
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______ Collaborations with other students
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______ TAs
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______ Other: _________________
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Please characterize the usefulness (value for learning) of each of
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the course resources listed below on the following scale:
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1 2 3 4 5
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Useless Not very Moderately Very Essential
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useful useful useful
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______ Weiss textbook
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______ Some other book(s)
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______ Lecture slides
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______ Lectures
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______ Recitations
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______ Newsgroup
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______ Collaborations with other students
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______ TAs
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______ Other: _________________
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7. COLLABORATION
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How did you work on your programs?
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1) I worked alone
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2) I did my own work, but assisted others
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3) I worked with a group, but did my own coding
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4) I worked with a group, and we all coded together
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5) I worked with a group, but relied on others for much of the coding
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6) I got mostly complete programs from others to turn in
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If you had to code the assigments over again, today, all alone,
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could you do it without collaboration?
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1) Sure, no problem
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2) Yes, but it would take a little effort
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3) With some difficulty
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4) With great difficulty
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5) No way
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What did you think of the collaboration policy in this course?
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Please provide any pertinent comments below:
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8. OVERALL
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How would you describe your programming abilities, after CS 1322?
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1) I'm still not a very good programmer
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2) I learned a few things, but I'm don't feel comfortable coding
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3) I'm OK---I could write programs for other classes
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4) I can (truthfully) put down Java programming on a resume
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5) I'm on the verge of becoming a java god
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Please characterize the workload of this course
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1) Very light, no problem
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2) Less than other comparable GT courses
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3) Reasonable, similar to other comparable GT courses
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4) Higher than other comparable GT courses
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5) Extreme, very burdensome
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What grade do you expect in the course?
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What were the most important things that you learned from this course?
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If you had a friend enrolling in CS 1322, what advice would you give
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them about the course and how to succeed?
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