Were you considering a career in Computer Science before you took this
course?
Yes
4
(57%)
No
3
(43%)
Question 2
Has this course influenced your view of Computer Science?
This course has increased my
interest in CS.
4
(57%)
This course has decreased my
interest in CS.
1
(14%)
This course has not affected
me.
2
(29%)
Question 3
Overall, did you enjoy the class?
Yes
5
(71%)
No
2
(29%)
Question 4
On a scale of 1 to 5, how comfortable are you with the material taught
in the course? (1 = very comfortable, 5 = not comfortable at all)
1
2
(29%)
2
0
(0%)
3
3
(43%)
4
0
(0%)
5
2
(29%)
Question 5
Do you feel your knowledge of programming has grown since the
beginning of the term?
Yes
7
(100%)
No
0
(0%)
Question 6
If you answered "yes" to the previous question, please explain how you
feel your understanding of programming has grown as a result of taking
the course.
If you answered "no", please explain why the course didn't work for
you.
Before this class I had no idea what
programming was. Now I know that programming is a very complex
language that takes years to learn.
This is the first Programming class I
have ever taken and JAVA is my first programming language. I am now
ablt apply some of the general concepts tha we have covered this
past semester
I had never had this kind of
experience with object oriented programming before, and I needed to
adapt to the new style of programming to learn and use the language
effectively.
Before I took this class I knew
absolutely nothing about Java. Now I feel very comfortable with the
basics.
I learned about a few new concepts
that expanded my knowledge, such as the hierarchy concept and a few
other larger concepts.
I knew nothing before I started this
course.
Question 7
Think back on what you expected this course to be like when you
signed up for it. Has it been everything you expected?
Please describe briefly how this course has exceeded/met/fallen
short of your expectations.
This course has met my expectations,
as it went over all the programming structure I had previously known
(if statements, loops, other logical operators) but taught them more
effectively than previous courses, so I feel I expanded my knowledge
on that. As well as this, I feel the new concepts unique to java and
object oriented programming were also well taught. I only regret not
getting to have any experience with applets.
I did not know what to expect when I
took this course. I did not realize that it was going to be a whole
new language to me.
I thought I would easily grasp it, but
it tuned out to be a challenge, but we always need challenges
I knew nothing about programming
before I took this course. Now I can write simple java programs.
This course has pretty much met my
expectations. The only thing I didn't expect was how quickly we
started learning language specific details.
It has met my expectations. The class
progressed steadily. Assignments moved from a concept to the next
and are also accumulative which helps review and learn new material.
I expected it to be hard and a pain in
the butt. It was definately that
Question 8
What suggestions do you have for improving the course? Please
include suggestions on teaching, course work, material, text book
or anything else you can think of. All comments are welcome!
The course was very well taught,
everything was explained well and the instructor and her assistant
were always able to help with any problems. I genuinely enjoyed
going to labs because of the challenge and problem solving abilities
it required from me.
A lot of times I would finish the
assignment and forget to do the survey afterwards. I would also
forget material from past chapters while learning new material. I'm
the type that likes to learn detail before diving head first into
something. I would have liked to learn more about programming
concepts earlier in the semester because my attention started to
fade when I was doing things I wasn't familiar with. Maybe
references to the book, or suggestions of pages in the book that are
good to read might have helped. But I guess I was supposed to read
the chapters all the way through.
I would suggest more time spent
covering each and every concept to gain a complete understanding
I don't have any suggestions.
Possibly spend more time on
development phase (pseudocode, UMLs).
none
Give students more sample code. More
shorter assignments. Make sure the concepts stick. I though the text
book was lousy for finding examples to do the homework. I think this
class should meet 4 days a week so students have to do less learning
outside of class. I personal absorb material better in class than
trying to understand a text book.
