Student Opinions

Below are survey questions and responses given to the seven participants in the two week sections.
 
VECTORS  MOMENTUM NEITHER QUESTIONS:
2 5 Which was a better section overall for you?
2 4 1 Was either topic better suited for being online?
1 5 1 Which session gave you more free time?
6 1 Which topic do you suppose Mr. Mock spent more time on?

I find it interesting that the students found the momentum unit easier, yet still correctly guessed that I worked more on the vector unit.

Below are general yes/no questions and responses.
 
YES NO unsure QUESTION
4 3 0 Was the material in depth enough?
5 2 0 Was the test suitable similar to the practice test?
4 1 2 Did the in class students have an advantage over you?
4 3 0 Did the chat room ever work for you (even once)?
7 0 0 Was there enough material online for you to look at?
3 2 2 Did you visit the linked-to sites that were not made by me?
5 1 1 Did you view any of the downloadable movies?
3 2 2 Did the movies help your understanding?
7 0 0 Did you use the Java applets?
5 2 0 Did the applets help your understanding?
3 4 0 Should there have been more problems to solve?
5 0 2 Were the hints to the problems helpful?
4 2 1 Could online classes ever be just as good as in class sections?

Below are several short answer type questions and their responses.

What was the best part of being in the online section?

  • Work at own pace.
  • Could "take a day off".
  • Self motivated people could succeed.
  • Group effort.
  • New way to learn.
  • No pencil needed.
  • No written work.
  • Random problem variables made it so others couldn't just get my answers.

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    What was the worst part of being in the online section?

  • Didn't always have equations needed.
  • No teacher present.
  • Not enough on angular momentum.
  • Not enough sample problems.
  • Chat room never worked in school.
  • If no one got something, there was no one to ask.

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    Sugestions for improvement

  • Bigger practice test.
  • More detailed examples.
  • More explanations.
  • More equations.


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