Physics 105 Midsemester Survey - Results
Agree
Somewhat Agree
Somewhat
Disagree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Very Strongly
Disagree
Question
I am learning a great deal in
this course.
Course materials and learning
activities are effective in
helping students learn.
This course is helping me
develop intellectual skills
(such as critical thinking,
analytical reasoning, and
integration of knowledge).
The instructor shows genuine
interest in students and their
learning.
Strongly Agree
Very Strongly
Agree
1. Please respond to the following statements:
36 82 109
35
16 7
20 79 92
58
13 20 11
1
40 94 85
46
11 10
5
3
69 79 72
37
14 9
7
7
1
8
Very Unhelpful
Mean
186 79 12 7
116 102 40 10
3
4
1.47
1.84
Instructor working problems in class
125 108 33 20
7
1.89
Homework assignments (doing/reviewing)
89 144 37 19
3
1.98
Instructor explaining concepts in class
Help from Tutorial lab TAs
Instructor doing demos in class
97 127 45 13 11
84 110 40 15 10
76 140 52 13 11
2.02
2.06
2.12
Other students (e.g. group study)
In-class clicker quizzes
Instructor's optional "problem solving
session"
Interaction with instructor outside of class
(office hours, email, etc)
63 102 78 10
35 156 70 22
2
9
2.16
2.36
26 55 67 8
4
2.43
18 63 106 8
8
2.63
Pre-class textbook reading/warmup quizzes
Post-class textbook reviewing/sample
problems in text
27 96 89 54 23
2.83
29 110 99 18 10
2.51
Helpful
Instructor's posted sample exam problems
Instructor's posted lecture notes
Very Helpful
Neutral
Unhelpful
2. Impact so far on your overall learning: (sorted by
helpfulness)
Question
2
4. How confident are you feeling in the following areas of
physics?
Question
Very Somewhat Somewhat
Very
Responses Ave
confident confident unconfident unconfident
1D
178
Kinematics
Projectiles
and 2D
132
Kinematics
Newton’s
laws,
97
conceptual
Force
problems
68
(Newton's
2nd Law)
Energy,
59
conceptual
Energy/work
46
problems
Momentum 47
82
22
9
291
1.53
107
38
13
290
1.77
141
41
10
289
1.88
149
56
18
291
2.08
154
62
16
291
2.12
148
72
23
289
2.25
141
88
14
290
2.24
3
Median: almost exactly 0.75 hours
4
Median: 2.88 hours/assignment
5
Median: 4.25 hours
Median answers for all of time questions together:
(11 warmups, 11 HW, 2 exams)/7 weeks = 6.9 hours/week
6
7