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Fundamentals of micro- and nanotechnology, FKA196, MPNAN, HT2010, FKA196

Your own effort

1. How many hours per week did you spend on this course?

40 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		16		40%
Around 20 hours/week»		15		37%
Around 25 hours/week»		8		20%
Around 30 hours/week»		1		2%
At least 35 hours/week»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.85

2. How large part of the teaching offered did you attend?

41 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		2		4%
50%»		6		14%
75%»		17		41%
100%»		16		39%

Genomsnitt: 4.14

- Due to overlapping schedule.» (75%)
- Missed some lectures due to lecture in another curse.» (75%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		1		2%
The goals are difficult to understand»		1		2%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		18		45%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		20		50%

Genomsnitt: 3.42

4. Are the goals reasonable considering your background and the number of credits?

39 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		1		2%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		34		87%
No, the goals are set too high»		4		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.07

- ..if it means that lectures are full with different methods and information that require very much in-depth knowledge. I think it would be better to concentrate on the most important things and make them clear. Not to try cover all possible things there are in the universe related to nanotech.» (No, the goals are set too high)

5. Did the examination assess whether you have reached the goals?

No, not at all»		3		7%
To some extent»		22		56%
Yes, definitely»		10		25%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		4		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.38

- Exam assessed just some fragmented understanding over the topics covered in the lectures.» (To some extent)

Teaching and course administration

6. To what extent has the teaching been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		2		4%
Some extent»		16		39%
Large extent»		18		43%
Great extent»		5		12%

Genomsnitt: 2.63

- Hand out the slide in the beginning of the lecture. Than it is much easier to follow the lecture. Maybe change the content and the order in the lectures to follow the new course book better. Now the lechure consist of material from many different places in the book.» (Small extent)
- I participated both lectures and lab exercises. Lab exs were very informative, I liked those, even though it was difficult to hear what was spoken there. Lectures helped a little bit, but they could have been better. There were good lectures and bad lectures. For some of the lectures introduction to the topics was very short or there was none. Slower pace, more explanation and less topics covered in the lectures would help more in learning. » (Large extent)

7. To what extent has the course literature and other material been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		6		14%
Some extent»		11		26%
Large extent»		21		51%
Great extent»		3		7%

Genomsnitt: 2.51

- The examination was mainly focused on the information provided in the lectures.» (Some extent)
- I have read course books, slides and quizzes. Books were good and helpful. Slides were sometimes full with equations and other un-informative stuff, that nobody explained even in the lectures. There should be more sentences and encapsulations of topics covered. Quizzes were of some help. » (Some extent)

8. How well did the course administration, web page, handouts etc work?

Very badly»		2		4%
Rather badly»		6		14%
Rather well»		18		43%
Very well»		15		36%

Genomsnitt: 3.12

- The homepage in the new studentportalen is very bad, never works. Close it down.» (Very badly)
- Lecture slides were put to web pages often too late regarding submitting quizzes. I missed one lecture because I couldn"t get any information about the class room. I knew that we were supposed to comment on the quizzes, but I had no idea where. And when I did, it was too late. Discussion group seems to be too difficult to follow, since there are over 500 posts. Those should be grouped somehow in advance.» (Rather badly)
- The web page (or I think the studentportal) has not been reachable, this has prevented me from studying quizes at some occations.» (Rather badly)
- could be more organized/standardized in terms of lecture notes. » (Rather badly)
- I think in general the administration of every course is very bad. Also I think that some of the posted questions are not well done in the quiz.» (Rather badly)
- but the new student portal is useless» (Very well)

Study climate

9. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

Very poor»		1		2%
Rather poor»		5		12%
Rather good»		13		32%
Very good»		17		42%
I did not seek help»		4		10%

Genomsnitt: 3.45

- Lecturers were often busy with other student"s questions during breaks between lectures. » (Rather poor)

10. How well has cooperation between you and your fellow students worked?

Very poorly»		3		7%
Rather poorly»		5		12%
Rather well»		16		39%
Very well»		16		39%
I did not seek cooperation»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 3.17

- There is little lack of involvement with the fellow students, suppose to find the team members for projects. I think may be it"s most common. But It is very good once I found the team and I enjoyed the Team work.» (Rather well)
- There were 3 of us in the group and one of us was a chinese guy, who didn"t understand almost anything in english and he lacked initiative. So we 2 remaining members ended up doing the most of the stuff and it went well.» (Rather well)
- Some people did not respond to questions/suggestions/criticism on the forum - could be mentioned in class before to take part actively.» (Rather well)

11. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		6		14%
Adequate»		29		70%
High»		5		12%
Too high»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 3.02

- Too high in terms of things taught. Adequate in terms of what I eventually did.» (Too high)

12. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		2		4%
Adequate»		25		60%
High»		12		29%
Too high»		2		4%

Genomsnitt: 3.34

Course-specific questions:

13. Which of the material did you use to study for the course?

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(på denna fråga var det möjligt att välja flera svarsalternativ)

The quizes»		35		85%
The book»		19		46%
The slides»		35		85%

- Though I bought the book, I rarely used it, had not time.» (The quizes, The slides)
- Can the lecturer have a look at his one slide and try to find a specific formula or specific information, it is almost impossible. No headlines or structure what so ever.» (The quizes, The book)
- I would like to use book, but there are too limited copy of books in library. I hope it can be more books in library.» (The slides)

14. In your opinion is the system with student made quizes a good way of examination?

Not at all»		6		15%
Yes to some extent»		16		40%
Yes to a large extent»		13		32%
Yes to a great extent»		5		12%

Genomsnitt: 2.42

- Level of students in master program is really bad. They cannot even make correct questions. More than 1/3 of questions that they made were wrong/poor english.» (Not at all)
- I don"t think letting students doing their own exam questions is good. » (Not at all)
- the student from the curse have a really broad knowledge and i consider they dont know deep enough the subject in order to do good questions» (Not at all)
- It would be good if the all the questions were well prepared and they are not! » (Not at all)
- but before the exam questions need to be corrected by the course lecturer» (Yes to some extent)
- The only positive result of this approach is that one is forced to continiously make an effort to understand and read up on the subjects that are presented in the lectures. However, it is very diffucult to assess what parts of the course are the most important and which matters that should be memorized. » (Yes to some extent)
- There was a lot of unneccesary overlapping in questions. 160 questions could have been reduced to less than 80 if you would have red the questions in advance.» (Yes to some extent)
- Maybe not the best way.» (Yes to some extent)
- If student make quizes, teacher has to spend a lot of time to filter the quizes. Some questions are good, but the majority is not very good. Students study in a way that only to answer the quizes, not in a way to understand knowledge in the course. In my opinion, questions made by teacher is the best.» (Yes to some extent)
- Sometimes questions are not very well made. They are ambiguous or unclear...» (Yes to some extent)
- However, it should be persued more strongly that students discuss an correct wrong answers on the forum more actively.» (Yes to a large extent)
- Students coming up with questions is the best part. Learning level is quite good when doing this» (Yes to a great extent)
- but would need constant viewing from the Instructor of the quizzes and correct them when necessary and making sure they are within the course syllabus. » (Yes to a great extent)

Summarizing questions

15. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		0		0%
Fair»		6		15%
Adequate»		13		32%
Good»		18		45%
Excellent»		3		7%

Genomsnitt: 3.45

- Each of them is a wonderful resource. I like very much that the Prof. followed a specific book, makes easy to study throughly and quiz questions were very helpful to testify myself.» (?)
- The labs were really good. Learned a lot!» (Fair)
- Oly gets a brief overview is given for most of the subjects discussed in the course and therefore it is sometimes difficult to fully comprehend all the material that is presented. The result is that one focuses on memorizing certain key without fully understanding the underlying physics.» (Adequate)

16. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

17. What should definitely be changed to next year?

18. Additional comments