Media Computation Final Participant Survey
Thank you for participating in this study. Your individual responses will be kept confidential and WILL NOT affect
your grade in this course. Please fill in each oval completely and be as honest and accurate as possible.
Demographic Information
1. What is your gender?
O
Female
O
Male
2. In which department is your major?
O
Art
O
Communication
O
Creative Writing
O
Criminal Justice
O
English
O
History
O
Languages & Linguistics
O
Music
O
Philosophy
O
Political Science
O
Psychology
O
Sociology & Anthropology
O
Theatre, Dance & Film
O
Other (non Liberal Arts)
3. What is your ethnicity?
O
Asian, not from Indian subcontinent
O
Asian, from Indian subcontinent
O
Caucasian
O
African American
O
Hispanic
O
Other or mixed
4. What year are you?
O
1st (undergraduate)
O
2nd (undergraduate)
O
3rd (undergraduate)
O
4th or more (undergraduate)
O
Graduate
5. Rate your experience with image manipulation
tools (e.g. Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, etc.)
O
No experience
O
Beginner
O
Intermediate
O
Advanced
6. Rate your experience with sound/music
manipulation tools (e.g. Sound Forge, ACID, etc.)
O
No experience
O
Beginner
O
Intermediate
O
Advanced
7. Rate your experience with video manipulation
tools (e.g. iMovie, Adobe Premiere, etc.)
O
No experience
O
Beginner
O
Intermediate
O
Advanced
8. What grade do you expect in this class?
O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
O
F
Attitudes: Please use the scale below to rate the following statements.
Strongly
Agree
9. Compared to students in this class, I feel I know a lot
O
about computers.
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
O
O
O
Strongly
Disagree
O
10. I am confident in my problem solving ability.
O
O
O
O
O
11. I am confident in my ability to persist until a solution is
found.
O
O
O
O
O
12. I am confident in my ability to meet unexpected
challenges with success.
O
O
O
O
O
13. I enjoy being challenged by seemingly unsolvable
situations or problems.
O
O
O
O
O
14. I am confident in my leadership ability.
O
O
O
O
O
15. I am confident in my math ability.
O
O
O
O
O
16. I am confident in my science reasoning ability.
O
O
O
O
O
17. Prior to this course, I believed computer science was
about using application software.
O
O
O
O
O
18. I would rather use application software than generate
algorithms for class.
O
O
O
O
O
19. I took this course to see what computer science is all
about.
O
O
O
O
O
20. I seek help in class before I become very frustrated.
O
O
O
O
O
21. I am not afraid to ask for help.
O
O
O
O
O
22. I discuss difficult assignments and/or detailed lectures
with friends.
O
O
O
O
O
Course Tasks: Please use the scale below to rate the difficulty of:
Very Difficult
Difficult
Neutral
Easy
Very Easy
23. Homework
O
O
O
O
O
24. Labs
O
O
O
O
O
25. Quizzes
O
O
O
O
O
26. Take Home
Exams
27. Midterms
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
28. Final
O
O
O
O
O
Course Reflection: Please use the scale below to rate the following statements:
Strongly
Agree
Agree
29. Programming languages can be learned by memorization.
O
O
Neutral
Disagree
O
O
Strongly
Disagree
O
30. Programming languages can be learned like a foreign
language.
O
O
O
O
O
31. The class atmosphere was conducive to asking
questions.
O
O
O
O
O
32. I liked the fact that we were allowed to work with others
on assignments.
O
O
O
O
O
33. Attending lectures helped me succeed in this course.
O
O
O
O
O
34. Doing homework helped me succeed in this course.
O
O
O
O
O
35. I learned skills from this class that will be useful in other
areas of my life.
O
O
O
O
O
36. I learned skills from this class that will be useful later in
my professional career.
O
O
O
O
O
37. The math used to manipulate sound and images in this
class was hard.
O
O
O
O
O
38. I am interested in taking additional Computer Science
courses.
O
O
O
O
O
39. I am interested in taking additional media related
Computer Science courses.
O
O
O
O
O
40. Programming can be a creative outlet.
O
O
O
O
O
41. Programming allows me to express things about myself
that other media (e.g. drawing, music) do not.
O
O
O
O
O
42. Computer Science is a dry subject.
O
O
O
O
O
43. I could express my ideas for programs easily in the
programming language used in this class.
O
O
O
O
O
44. I used my own media on my homework assignments
O
O
O
O
O
45. Computer Science and programming are the same thing.
O
O
O
O
O
Open Ended Questions:
46. Describe one project or assignment that you were particularly proud of (What was it? What made it meaningful
to you?):
47. How has this class affected the way you think about computers?
48. What does computer science mean to you?
49. If this course were to be offered again, what is one thing that you think we should be sure to do again?
50. If this course were to be offered again, what is one thing that you think should be changed or removed?
52. Other comments: