Class survey results (summary as sent by Qihong Shao)

Folks

Here are the results of the survey (thanks to Qihong for converting
the hardcopy datasheets into this). The percentages are color-coded--purple
for cse494; yellow for 598 and some sort of red-magenta for the totals.

Other than the comment regarding slides (which is legitimate.. I often
wind up re-ordering and adding slides after class to reflect things that happened in the class),
I didn't see any big red-lights. If you do, feel free to alert me either directly or anonymously

regards
Rao

Sheet1

A B C D E F 1 CSE 494/598 Spring 2007 UG UG % Grad G% Total % 2 Class Survey 3 Please Circle the appropriate choice for each questions 4 5 ABOUT YOU 6 Qn0 I am taking the course as 7 CSE494 2 11.1 0 11.1 8 CSE598 0 16 88.9 88.9 9 10 QN1 The pace of the class/lectures is 11 somewhat slow 12 too slow 13 somewhat fast 3 18.75 16.7 14 too fast 0 15 just right 2 100 13 81.25 83.3 16 17 QN2 The lecture(s) that you liked most until now (you can circle multiple) 18 The intro lectures 1 3 2.8 19 The lecture on latent semantic indexing 7 23.3 20 20 The lectures on vector similarity 1 20 6 20 20 21 The lectures on social networks 2 40 9 30 31.4 22 The lectures on link analysis 2 40 7 23.3 25.7 23 None of them 24 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 26 QN3 The lecture(s) that you liked *least* until now (you can circle multiple) 0 0 0 27 The intro lectures 0 2 18 15.4 28 The lecture on latent semantic indexing 2 100 4 36 46.1 29 The lectures on vector similarity 1 9 7.7 30 The lectures on social networks 3 27 23 31 The lectures on link analysis 1 9 7.7 32 All of them 33 34 0 0 0 35 QN4 Which type of lectures did you follow better 0 0 0 36 The lectures done with slides 0 4 25 22.2 37 The lectures done with white-board 0 2 12.5 11.1 38 Those with a mix 2 100 10 62.5 66.7 39 0 0 0 40 QN5 The lecture style 41 Keeps you engaged 2 100 9 56.25 61.1 42 overwhelms you 1 6.25 5.6 43 reasonable 6 37.5 33.3 44 Conducive to a postprandial snooze 45 0 0 0 46 QN6 The class is 0 0 0 47 Too much "Teacher Talking" 0 0 48 Sufficiently interactive 2 100 16 100 100 49 Too interactive 0 50 0 0 0 51 QN7 The material (as of now) is 0 0 0 52 Exciting 0 13 81.25 72.2 53 Boring 54 Okay 2 100 3 18.75 27.8 56 0 0 0 57 The relation between lectures and readings on the readings list is 58 There is barely any relation 59 There is reasonable relation 2 100 7 43.75 50 60 Very well related 9 56.25 50 61 0 0 0 62 QN8 The presentation level 0 0 0 63 Goes right over my head 1 6.25 5.6 64 Spoonfeeds me by repeating every little thing 0 65 Just right for me 2 15 93.75 94.4 66 0 0 0 67 QN9 Most of the the extra stuff sent on class e-mail list and blog is, for the most part, 0 0 0 68 lapped-up by me 2 100 12 75 77.8 69 ignored by me 4 25 22.2 70 What extra stuff? 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 72 QN10 I am able to get help when needed from the Instructor 0 0 0 73 Strongly agree 1 50 8 50 50 74 Okay 1 50 8 50 50 76 Not really.. 0 77 0 0 0 78 QN11 I am able to get help when needed from the TA 0 0 0 79 Strongly agree 2 100 9 56.25 61.1 80 Okay 6 37.5 33.3 81 Not really.. 0 1 6.25 5.6 82 0 0 0 83 QN12 The expectations/demands of the course/instructor are 0 0 0 84 Unreasonably high 1 6.7 5.9 85 Unreasonably low 1 6.7 5.9 86 Challenging but reasonable 2 100 13 86.7 82.4 87 0 0 0 88 QN13 The lecture material is 0 0 0 89 Too depth oriented 0 90 Too breadth oriented 4 25 22.2 91 Just right 2 100 12 75 77.8 98 0 0 0 99 QN14 The lectures are 0 0 0 100 Too much intuition and too little formal detail 1 50 2 12.5 16.7 101 Too much formal detail, too little intuition 1 6.25 5.6 102 Balanced between intuition and detail 1 50 13 81.25 77.8 103 0 0 0 104 QN15 In your opinion there should be 0 0 105 More frequent homeworks 1 6.25 5.6 106 Less frequent homeworks 6 37.5 33.3 107 Current schedule is fine 2 100 9 56.25 61.1 108 0 0 0 109 QN16 In your opinion there should be (multiple answers okay) 0 0 0 110 There should be more frequent projects 0 111 There should be less frequent projects 2 100 6 37.5 44.4 112 The projects should be more challenging 6 37.5 33.3 113 The projects should be way less challenging 1 6.25 5.56 114 They are just fine 0 3 18.75 16.7 115 0 0 0 116 QN16 The project are 0 0 0 117 Insultingly easy 3 18.75 16.7 118 Too hard 2 12.5 11.1 119 Just right 2 100 11 68.75 72.2 120 121 QN17 The homeworks are 0 0 0 122 Insultingly easy 0 0 0 123 Too hard 3 18.75 16.7 124 Just right 2 100 13 81.25 83.3 125 126 QN18 Your stress/anxiety level about this course relative to your other courses is 0 0 0 127 Very high 1 50 10 62.5 61.1 128 Very low 0 129 About the same 1 50 6 37.5 38.9 130 0 0 0 131 QN19 The discussion is 0 0 0 132 Very helpful 2 100 7 63.7 69.2 133 Normal 4 36.3 31.1 134 useless 135 136 If you have additional comment/feedback, either write below or send a mail 137 using http://rakaposhi.eas.asu.edu/cgi-bin/mail?rao

Comments:

• This discussion is very helpful, I like how the class consists of lectures and discussions. It allows the class to read papers and ask questions in the discussion
• Could you please keep the content/order of the slides more consistant? I found the slides are changing from time to time and I spent quite some time to figure out the differences between the latest version and the one I have printed out and read.