COURSE EVALUATION REPORT

MICHAEL NELSON

200520

1 STRONGLY DISAGREE

2 DISAGREE

3 NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE

4 AGREE

5 STRONGLY AGREE

n/a NOT APPLICABLE

NR NO RESPONSE

CS 495/CS 595 - Aggregate

	QUESTIONS FOR EVALUATION:	RESPONSE FREQUENCY
	QUESTIONS FOR EVALUATION:	RESPONSE FREQUENCY
		1	2	3	4	5	n/a	NR	n	MEAN	INSTR MEAN	STD. DEV.	DEPT MEAN	COLL MEAN
1	IN THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASS, THE INSTRUCTOR PROVIDED DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION THAT CLEARLY EXPLAINED THE COURSE CONTENT, ASSIGNMENTS, GRADING AND OTHER IMPORTANT POLICIES.	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	6	4.67	4.73	0.40	4.20	4.54
2	THE COURSE MATERIALS, EXAMS, PROJECTS AND/OR PAPERS IN THE CLASS REQUIRED ME TO THINK CRITICALLY.	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	5.00	4.68	0.39	4.16	4.44
3	THE INSTRUCTOR WELCOMED QUESTIONS AND OTHER CLASS PARTICIPATION.	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	6	4.83	4.80	0.43	4.18	4.42
4	THE INSTRUCTOR WAS ENTHUSIASTIC WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER.	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	6	4.83	4.77	0.44	4.12	4.40
5	THE INSTRUCTOR WAS AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION AND HELPFUL DURING OFFICE HOURS.	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	6	4.25	4.50	0.43	4.06	4.47
6	THE INSTRUCTOR ARRIVED ON TIME FOR CLASS AND USED THE FULL CLASS PERIOD ALLOTED.	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	6	4.50	4.67	0.38	4.27	4.57
7	IN ORDER TO GET GOOD GRADES ON TESTS AND ASSIGNMENTS, I HAD TO KNOW THE COURSE MATERIALS OUTLINED IN THE SYLLABUS AND DISCUSSED IN CLASS.	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	5.00	4.64	0.42	4.17	4.51
8	THE INSTRUCTOR'S PRESENTATIONS WERE INFORMATIVE.	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	6	4.67	4.63	0.54	3.91	4.28
9	OVERALL, I HAVE LEARNED OR BENEFITED FROM THIS CLASS.	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	6	4.83	4.67	0.54	3.86	4.18
10	OVERALL, THE INSTRUCTOR IS AN EFFECTIVE TEACHER.	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	6	4.67	4.76	0.56	3.90	4.22

GENERAL INFORMATION:
APPROXIMATE CLASS STANDING		PRESENT GPA		HRS PER WEEK SPENT PREPARING FOR CLASS
FRESHMAN	0	LESS THAN 2.00	0	0 TO 2	0
SOPHOMORE	1	2.00 TO 2.49	0	3 TO 5	1
JUNIOR	2	2.50 TO 2.99	1	6 TO 8	3
SENIOR	1	3.00 TO 3.49	4	9 TO 11	0
GRADUATE	2	3.50 +	1	12 OR MORE	2
OTHER	0	DO NOT KNOW	0

SEX		AGE		FULL OR PART TIME STUDENT
MALE	5	20 & UNDER	2	FULL-TIME	6
FEMALE	1	21 - 25	3	PART-TIME	0
		26 +	1

REASON FOR TAKING COURSE		EXPECTED COURSE GRADE		EMPLOYED WHILE TAKING COURSE
REQUIRED FOR MAJOR	1	A	4	NOT EMPLOYED	1
GEN. ED. REQUIREMENT	0	B	2	PART-TIME JOB	5
ELECTIVE	5	C	0	FULL-TIME JOB	0
OTHER	0	D	0
		F	0
		P	0
		Q	0

I ATTENDED ---- CLASS
ALL	3
MOST	3
FEW	0

NR :	No response. Student did not rate the instructor on this question.
*n :*	Number of responses for this question (does not include �no response�.)
Mean:	The mean for this call number/CRN. In the case of aggregate reports, the mean for all session cross-listed together for this course.
Instr Mean:	The mean for all courses taught by this instructor for a college. This number is the same on all reports for this instructor for a college.
Std. Deviation:	The standard deviation for instructors means in this department.
Dept Mean:	The mean for all courses taught by this department, including any course cross-listed to a course taught by this department. This number is the same on all reports for this department.
Coll Mean:	The mean for all courses taught by this college, including any course cross-listed to a course taught by this college. This number is the same on all reports for this college.
ENROLLMENT:	Total number of students enrolled for this call number/CRN. In the case of aggregate reports, the total number of students enrolled for all call numbers cross-listed together with at least one completed evaluation.

ENROLLMENT:	15
TOTAL RESPONSES:	6

GENERAL WRITTEN COMMENTS:

WHAT FACTORS ABOUT THIS CLASS CONTRIBUTED THE MOST TO YOUR LEARNING? WHAT ASPECTS OF THIS CLASS HELPED YOU TO LEARN THINK CRITICALLY?

I think this class was very informative. Most programming classes consist of learning various ways of building applications, while this one was concept as well as programming oriented. I greatly benefited from the lectures, as I now i have a better understanding of how the web works in general.
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The programming assignments by far were the most beneficial. The lectures helped distill much of the knowledge communicated in requirements specifications into a concise and straightforward format.
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WHAT DID YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT THE CLASS AND YOUR INSTRUCTOR?

Nelson's a really good teacher. His lectures are informative, he answers questions fully, and makes sure we understand the topics being covered. Not to mention he's a funny guy, he's not much older than the rest of us, and he's a geek like the rest of us...and he's not some old gieser telling us war stories about the one computer that the university had (referring to Overstreet talking about VT).
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The class was conducted in a relaxed environment; it was focused more on collaborative rather than competitive learning. I leanred not only from the lectures, but also on the class presentations on other groups' implementation methods.
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The instructor exposed me to several real-world development scenarios, notably the reading, comprehension and implementation of requirements from RFCs into actual conforming code.
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It was a fun class to be in. VERY hard and challenging and required ALOT of time, but I liked the environment and the teacher
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WHAT CHANGES IF ANY, COULD BE MADE TO THE CLASS THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED YOU TO LEARN MORE? WHAT COULD THE INSTRUCTOR HAVE DONE TO MAKE THE COURSE AN EVEN BETTER LEARNING EXPERIENCE?

None, it's a great class
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This class involved group projects; and as in other group-oriented classes, there was friction between group members. I would have appreciated it if some form of group evaluation were included in the class policy, and if forthcoming problems between group members had ben anticipated, since any group is rarely perfectly cohesive, and it is rather unfair for all group members to receive identical grades when the input was not equal. Some method of better group management policy is required here, since the entire coursework is based on assignments.
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Provide testing tools early in the development process to verify that developed code is correctly implementing assignment functionalities.
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The only thing I have a problem with, is the fact my partner abbandoned me, leaving me to do ALL of the already tough work.
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WHAT FACTORS ABOUT YOUR OWN PERFORMANCE HELPED YOU LEARN THE MOST? WHAT DID YOU DO TO FACILITATE YOUR LEARNING?

pulled all-nighters in the OR lab....
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Having a code revision system helped my partner and me develop code independently without getting in each other's way.
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WHAT COULD YOU HAVE DONE TO MAKE THE COURSE AN EVEN BETTER LEARNING EXPERIENCE?

Spent more time on the assignments, went over the specs more thoroughly to better understand the assignments
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I could have studied the RFCs more diligently early on to ensure that I was continually aware of protocol requirements throughout the development process.
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not much
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