SMT359 Tuition Survey 2006
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▼ ▼ SMT359 Tuition Survey 2006 SMT359 Tuition Survey 2006 Please use a ball point pen to complete the questionnaire. Do not use fountain or felt pens as the ink may be visible on the other side of the page. The questionnaire will be read with the help of a scanner so please fill it in as described. Please put an ‘X’ in the appropriate box keeping within the boundary of the box. For example: iXi. Do not spend too long on each item. If you make a mistake and cross the wrong box, please block out your answer and then cross the correct box. For example: I …. …. I Xi …. SECTION A: REGIONAL TUTORIALS 1 How many regional tutorials for SMT359 did you attend… (Please cross one box only in each row) 2 0 1 2 3 >3 in your own region? ………………………….……………………. Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll in other regions? ………………………..……….………………… Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll If you did not attend any of the regional tutorials, please indicate the reasons for not attending: Major reason Additional reason Not a reason Inconvenient times .................................................................... Llll Llll Llll Inconvenient locations…………………………………………….. Llll Llll Llll Unable to travel to tutorials……………………………………...... Llll Llll Llll Couldn’t spare the time……....................................................... Llll Llll Llll Didn’t feel I needed help with the course………………………... Llll Llll Llll More important to spend time studying the course materials…. Llll Llll Llll Don’t usually find tutorials very helpful…………………………... Llll Llll Llll Other reason/s (Please specify below)………………………….. Llll Llll Llll (Please cross one box only in each row) 3a If you did attend one or more regional tutorials, please answer the following questions: Not at all Not very Fairly Very How helpful did you find the tutorials? ...................................... Llll Llll Llll Llll How interesting did you find the tutorials? ............................... Llll Llll Llll Llll (Please cross one box only in each row) 3b ▲ What did you like most about the tutorials? 1 ▲ ▼ ▼ SMT359 Tuition Survey 2006 3c What did you like least about the tutorials? 4 Please note any suggestions that you have for improvements to the timing, location, format and content of the tutorials. SECTION B: E-TUTORIALS Eight e-tutorials were provided during the year: 5 E1 - Dave Dolman, February E5 - Andy Mill, June E2 - Julius Orwa, March E6 - Gillian Stansfield, July E3 - Fred Currell, April E7 - Richard Potton, August E4 - Stan Zochowski, May E8 - Hara Papathanassiou, September Please indicate the extent to which you participated in each of these e-tutorials. * (Please cross all that apply in each column) E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 Did not access this e-tutorial……….…………… Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Posted 3 or more messages……………….…… Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Posted one or two messages………………..….. Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Read messages but did not post messages..…. Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Tried most questions…………………………..… Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Tried a few questions………………….……...…. Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Downloaded questions for future use………..… Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll Llll * If you can’t remember exactly which e-tutorials you participated in, try to give your best estimate of how your participation varied through the course. We don’t want you to go back to the messages in the eight conferences! 6 ▲ If you did not participate in any of the e-tutorials, please indicate the reasons for not participating: Major Additional Not a (Please cross one box only in each row) reason reason reason Don’t have access to a networked computer……………………… Llll Llll Llll Don’t like communicating via computer...………………………...... Llll Llll Llll Didn’t want to spend more time using a computer………….......... Llll Llll Llll Couldn’t spare the time…….......................................................... Llll Llll Llll Didn’t feel I needed help with the course………………………….. Llll Llll Llll More important to spend time studying the course materials….… Llll Llll Llll Don’t usually find tutorials very helpful…………………………...... Llll Llll Llll Other reason/s (Please specify below)…………………………….. Llll Llll Llll 2 ▲ ▼ 7a ▼ SMT359 Tuition Survey 2006 If you did participate in one or more e-tutorials, please answer the following questions: Not at all Not very Fairly Very How helpful did you find the e-tutorials? ...................................... Llll Llll Llll Llll How interesting did you find the e-tutorials? ................................ Llll Llll Llll Llll (Please cross one box only in each row) 7b What did you like most about the e-tutorials? 7c What did you like least about the e-tutorials? 8 Please note any suggestions that you have for changes to the way that e-tutorials are run in future presentations of SMT359 (and of the new quantum mechanics course). SECTION C: DAY SCHOOLS 9 10 Please indicate which day schools you attended. (Please cross all that apply) April 1 London……….. Llll July 1 London………… Llll April 1 Edinburgh……. Llll July 1 Edinburgh……... Llll April 8 Manchester...... Llll July 8 Manchester…… Llll April 8 Bristol………… Llll July 8 Bristol…………... Llll If you did not attend any of the day schools, please indicate the reasons for not attending: Major reason Additional reason Not a reason Inconvenient times .................................................................... Llll Llll Llll Inconvenient locations…………………………………………….. Llll Llll Llll Unable to travel to day school locations..……………………….. Llll Llll Llll Too costly to travel to day school………………………………… Llll Llll Llll Couldn’t spare the time……....................................................... Llll Llll Llll Didn’t feel I needed help with the course………………………... Llll Llll Llll More important to spend time studying the course materials … Llll Llll Llll Don’t usually find day schools very helpful ……………………... Llll Llll Llll Other reason/s (Please specify below)………………………….. Llll Llll Llll (Please cross one box only in each row) ▲ 3 ▲ ▼ ▼ SMT359 Tuition Survey 2006 11a If you did attend one or more day schools, please answer the following questions: Not at all Not very Fairly Very How helpful did you find the day schools? ................................ Llll Llll Llll Llll How interesting did you find the day schools? .......................... Llll Llll Llll Llll (Please cross one box only in each row) 11b What did you like most about the day schools? 11c What did you like least about the day schools? 12 Please note any suggestions that you have for improvements to the timing, location, format and content of the day schools. SECTION D: OVERALL TUTORIAL PROVISION This year the total amount of tutors’ time for the tutorial programme was divided in the following way: Regional tutorials: 13 14 ▲ 50% E-tutorials: 25% Day schools: 25% Please indicate in the boxes below the division of tutors’ time that you think would best meet your needs. (Enter 35% as x0x x3x x5 %, and 100% as x1x x0x x0 %, and make sure that the three values add up to 100%. For example, if you think that no tutor time should be used for regional tutorials, and that the available time should be split equally between e-tutorials and day schools then enter x0x x0x x0 , x0x x5x x0 and x0x x5x x0 in the three rows.) Regional tutorials …... % E-tutorials …………... % Day schools …….…... % Please note any additional comments about the tutorial provision for the course this year, and/or about the provision in future years. 4 ▲ ▼ ▼ SMT359 Tuition Survey 2006 SECTION E: VIDEO ‘TUTORIALS’ Two video ’tutorials’ were provided on the course DVDs, and these were designed to provide advice and support about answering TMA questions, particularly for the two parts of TMA 01. 15 16 Did you view either of these video tutorials? (Please cross one box only in each row) No Yes Assignment preparation tutorial I ………………………………... Llll Llll Assignment preparation tutorial II ……………………………..… Llll Llll If you did not view either of the video tutorials, please indicate the reasons for not viewing: Major reason Additional reason Not a reason Didn’t have access to computer or DVD player to view the videos......................................................................................... Llll Llll Llll More important to spend time studying main course materials.. Llll Llll Llll Didn’t need additional support with TMA questions ……........... Llll Llll Llll Find it difficult to learn from video materials ……………….…… Llll Llll Llll Other reason/s (Please specify below)………………………….. Llll Llll Llll (Please cross one box only in each row) 17a If you did view one or both video tutorials, how helpful did you find these tutorials? Not at all Not very Some Very Llll Llll Llll Llll Not at all Not very Fairly well Very well give you confidence to tackle the first assignment? .................. Llll Llll Llll Llll indicate how to tackle the assignment questions? ……….……. Llll Llll Llll Llll indicate how you could check solutions? ………………….……. Llll Llll Llll Llll (Please cross one box only)……………………….……………... 17b 17c Did the video tutorials… (Please cross one box only in each row) Do you think that it would have been useful to have had additional video tutorials to support later TMAs? No Yes (Please cross one box only)………………………………….…… 17d ▲ Llll Llll If you answered yes to the previous question, indicate for which TMAs or TMA questions additional video tutorials would have been particularly helpful. 5 ▲ ▼ ▼ SMT359 Tuition Survey 2006 SECTION F: RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL COURSE SMXR359 18 19 Did you study the residential school course SMXR359 this year? No Yes (Please cross one box only)………………………………………………….….. Llll Llll If you did not study the residential school course this year, please indicate the reasons. Major reason Additional reason Not a reason Unable to take a week away from work ........................................ Llll Llll Llll Residential school dates clashed with holidays.....……….………. Llll Llll Llll Personal circumstances make residential school attendance difficult ………………………………………………………………… Llll Llll Llll Unable to afford the course fee …...…………………………......... Llll Llll Llll Insufficient spare time to study an additional course ................... Llll Llll Llll Don’t like attending residential schools ..……………………….…. Llll Llll Llll Not interested in doing laboratory work …………………………… Llll Llll Llll Other reason/s (Please specify below)…………………………….. Llll Llll Llll (Please cross one box only in each row) 20a If you did attend the residential school this year, please indicate how helpful the following aspects were for supporting your study of SMT359? Not Not at all helpful very helpful Fairly helpful Very helpful the laboratory work………………………………………………… Llll Llll Llll Llll the tutorial programme………………………………………….…. Llll Llll Llll Llll informal discussion with other students and tutors…………….. Llll Llll Llll Llll other aspects (Please specify below) ……………………...……. Llll Llll Llll Llll Overall, how would you rate the helpfulness of the residential school for supporting your study of SMT359? Not at all helpful Not very helpful Fairly helpful Very helpful (Please cross one box only)……………………..……………….. Llll Llll Llll Llll Would you be happy to participate in a follow up survey? No Yes (Please cross one box only)…………………………………………………... Llll Llll (Please cross one box only in each row) 20b SECTION G: FURTHER CONTACT 21 ▲ 6 ▲ ▼ ▼ SMT359 Tuition Survey 2006 SECTION H: GENERAL COMMENTS SECTION We would be very grateful to receive any further comments you may have about your experience of studying this course. These help us to understand more about your experience and ways in which we might improve the courses and services we offer to students. It is also very useful for us to be able to illustrate the findings in internal reports and external publications with quotes from your comments. We must stress that these would never be attributed to an individual student and your comments will remain completely anonymous like your responses to the earlier questions. If however you feel you would rather we did not use your comments in this way please cross the box before continuing. Llll Please add any further comments you may have about your experience of studying this course. We are particularly keen to hear your views on the ways we might improve our courses. Thank you for your co-operation in completing this questionnaire. Please return it using the enclosed pre-paid envelope to: The Survey Office, IET, The Open University, FREEPOST ANG 5175, Milton Keynes, MK7 6YR, UK ▲ 7 ▲
