Course Evaluation

cs1700lab

M. Rayment

General Information

Enrollment 25 Respondants 25 Percent response 100.0

Part I

The following questions have been rated according to the scale below:
1 - unsatisfactory
2 - below average
3 - average, satisfactory, usually good
4 - above average
5 - exceptional

Part I

Question	Response	# of Responses	Deviation
Coordination of the lab with the course?	3.8	24	0.8
Relevancy of the lab material toward the course?	4.0	23	0.8
Adequacy of laboratory resources (hardware/software)?	3.8	24	0.8
Adequacy of other lab resources (manuals, guidelines, space, etc.)?	3.4	24	0.8
Helpfulness of the instructional assistant?	3.8	24	1.0
Communication skills of the instructional assistant?	3.7	24	1.1
Patience of the instructional assistant?	4.0	24	1.0
The expertise of the instructional assistant?	3.8	24	0.8

Part II

What are the aspects of the lab that you LIKED most?

1.: Got hands on experience with many computer languages, which made the understanding much easier.
3.: THe labs were very good. They help alot with the the course.
4.: I enjoyed the chance to actually work on the computers and implement the material I had learned in lecture. I found the labs very helpful in extending my understanding of the material.
5.: learning how to do and how each topic works
6.: they were pretty easy to understand.
7.: it helped in understanding the main concepts of the course
9.: interesting, user-friendly software!
10.: It's a nice change from lectures.
11.: Worknin with computers.
13.: Plenty of time to do them-many of the questions could be answered before coming to the lab.
14.: Good hands on practice with computers.
15.: I enjoyed almost all aspects of the lab, especially since Ireceived all good marks on all of the labs.
17.: They helped me understand the assignments and how the various machines work.
18.: I liked the relaxed atmosphere.
22.: I liked the independency of working at you own place and the freedom to converse with others.
23.: Labs are very well laid out and reinforce the material taught in class.

What are the aspects of the lab that you DISLIKED most?

1.: Having to do parts of assignments in labs.
2.: She needs to have her head checked. She drove me crazy listening to her.
3.: nothing
5.: it was hard to recieve help
6.: The markers weren't exactly sympathetic towards helping one another.If my friend sitting next to me ask me for help, then I will help him/her if I can. Because of this, our answers will be similar or almost exactly the same. I don't appreciate being told that my answers "look a lot like" someone elses! You would think that the assistants would be grateful that I lessoned their work load. Besides, if I didn't show him/her how to do it then the assistant probably would have. It's pretty ridiculous to expect every lab to be completely different. After all, there is only few ways in doing it. Otherwise it's wrong!
7.: none
9.: 9:00 in the morning!
10.: Assignment questions were in many cases unclear.
11.: What we did in class didn't always work the same in the lab, i.e. Pascal Compiler.
13.: Getting up 8:45 a.m. to go to them.
14.: It was hard to get help sometimes.
15.: The one thing I disliked the most was that the printerswere slow and sometimes did not print the material clearly enough.
17.: I would get frustrated if I couldn't get help right away, and it sometimes took me longer to finish the labs.
18.: I did not like Pascal programs!
22.: I disliked the long waits at the printer and the computers when they used to lock up sometimes.