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Utvärdering 2007, tme075

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

29 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		0		0%
Around 20 hours/week»		12		41%
Around 25 hours/week»		9		31%
Around 30 hours/week»		7		24%
At least 35 hours/week»		1		3%

Genomsnitt: 2.89

- Assignments demanded much time but proved to be very useful» (Around 25 hours/week)
- Mostly on the assignments » (Around 25 hours/week)
- The assigments are very long. And we didn"t have the correction...» (Around 25 hours/week)
- The assignments took very (too!) much time!» (Around 30 hours/week)

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

30 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		1		3%
50%»		3		10%
75%»		3		10%
100%»		23		76%

Genomsnitt: 4.6

- Almost 100%» (75%)
- Very good lectures. » (100%)
- more or less» (100%)

3. How much time did you spend on this course, as compared to the course "Computations in Mechanics"

Much less»		0		0%
Less»		0		0%
Similar»		3		10%
More»		15		51%
Much more»		6		20%
I haven"t done the other course»		5		17%

Genomsnitt: 4.44

- I did not follow this course » (?)
- The assignments took more time in this course.» (More)
- mainly due to bigger assignments, that however were very useful» (Much more)
- Due to the assignments, they took way much more time than the ones in Computations. » (Much more)

Goals and goal fulfilment

4. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		7		23%
The goals are difficult to understand»		6		20%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		10		33%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		7		23%

Genomsnitt: 2.56

- I have read them, but that was quite many weeks ago so I don"t remember them.» (I have not seen/read the goals)
- Just what was the reason for the recommended exercises in the book? They didn"t compare to the exam in any way. A total waste of time there.» (The goals are difficult to understand)
- The goals are very wide (as always), so they did not give much help. With very wide goals, you expect the exam questions to be wide (at least I did), so I got surprised when they were in detail. Nothing about non-linear solid mechanics in the goals! Was the whole course planned when the goals were written?» (The goals are difficult to understand)
- It"s hard to understand the goals before the course has started (and that"s when I read the goals) because you don"t yet understand all the terms you are supposed to learn in the course.» (The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer)

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

23 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		1		4%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		19		82%
No, the goals are set too high»		3		13%

Genomsnitt: 2.08

- have not seen the goals» (?)
- I don"t know.» (?)
- Nothing good to pick, considered i thought the goals were difficult to understand.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- The examination was very hard and all the exercises in the book did not help us» (No, the goals are set too high)

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

No, not at all»		4		16%
To some extent»		16		66%
Yes, definitely»		3		12%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		1		4%

Genomsnitt: 2.04

- ...» (?)
- I don"t know.» (?)
- It was hard to understand what was asked in some of the questions.» (To some extent)
- Some of the exam questions were good (related to the goals), theree of them were not (1, 4 and 6) » (To some extent)

7. How much did assignment I help you reach the goals?

No, not at all»		1		3%
To some extent»		7		25%
Quite a lot»		15		53%
Very much»		5		17%

Genomsnitt: 2.85

- ...» (?)
- I don"t know.» (?)
- Since it was a lot of basic stuff, it didn"t help very much.» (To some extent)
- Some very difficulty questions. And why didn"t we got the solutions? Its very hard to pass the examination if you don"t know the answers to Assignment 1.» (To some extent)
- Very much vector notation, which is in the goals, but not tested on the exam. » (To some extent)
- A good introduction of how the indices system works.» (Quite a lot)
- because there were the demonstrations of the equations» (Quite a lot)
- It was an excellent way to "get into the course"» (Very much)

8. How much did assignment II help you reach the goals?

No, not at all»		2		7%
To some extent»		4		14%
Quite a lot»		14		50%
Very much»		8		28%

Genomsnitt: 3

- ...» (?)
- I don"t know.» (?)
- A good mixture between computer and » (Quite a lot)
- It provided excellent understanding of basic fluid phenomena» (Very much)
- The best of the three assignments! After this assignment you had a good knowledge for the fluid part.» (Very much)
- Good assignment. I did learn a lot. Very good teaching. High engagement from Lars Davidsson.» (Very much)
- We spend a lot of time on this one. » (Very much)

9. How much did assignment III help you reach the goals?

No, not at all»		3		10%
To some extent»		13		46%
Quite a lot»		8		28%
Very much»		4		14%

Genomsnitt: 2.46

- ...» (?)
- I don"t know.» (?)
- It was so much to do on this and the questions were hard to understand. Although, once you did it, it helped a little bit.» (To some extent)
- The questions were not well formulatet. Difficult to now exactly what you were suppose answer.» (To some extent)
- Difficult to understand the questions. To next time you should explain for the whole class if nobody understand. Why no feedback?» (To some extent)
- I hardly understood the assigment III» (To some extent)
- The questions were not very clear. We spend a lot of time on this, too bad we did not get much feedback. » (Quite a lot)

Teaching and course administration

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

Small extent»		2		6%
Some extent»		12		40%
Large extent»		14		46%
Great extent»		2		6%

Genomsnitt: 2.53

- Lars was an excellent teacher! » (Some extent)
- High engagement from Lars Davidsson again. Very good in explaining. It was fun to go to the lectures. Staffan Toll was unfortunately not so good in explaining. » (Some extent)
- I learned almost everything from the assignments, but I don"t think tat we got enough tools on the lectures to do the assignments. Instead we had to ask a lot of questions and look in books.» (Some extent)
- Teaching staff was really great!» (Great extent)
- Very good lectures.» (Great extent)

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

Small extent»		5		17%
Some extent»		8		27%
Large extent»		10		34%
Great extent»		6		20%

Genomsnitt: 2.58

- Literature was terrible. but the lecture notes were good.» (?)
- The mase-book is not very good.» (Small extent)
- Because of all the time the assignments took, I didn"t have time to go over the problems in the book.» (Some extent)
- It could be good to describe the Eulerian and the Lagrangian description in a more compatible way in the two texts describing it. (Larsson"s and Toll"s). As it was now, both descriptions were hard to understand and follow. It could have helped with better figures. The Schaum book wasn"t so good, so it was really nice to have separate lecture notes.» (Large extent)
- The book was not good at all. but lecture notes 1 and 2 was good. Especially nr. 2. » (Large extent)
- The course literature was a little bit messy.» (Large extent)
- Lecture notes were really useful being concise in the same time» (Great extent)
- The lecture notes written by the teachers contributed the most to my learning. The Mase book had some good exercises but I didn"t read all that much in it.» (Great extent)

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

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		1		3%
Rather well»		15		50%
Very well»		14		46%

Genomsnitt: 3.43

- The compendium were very good, except all the miss prints. » (Rather well)
- Many errors in the course material written by the examinators, causing some confusion.» (Rather well)
- Very good that it was on the study portal, not so good that it was a lot of errors in it.» (Very well)

Study climate

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

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		3		10%
Rather good»		10		33%
Very good»		16		53%
I did not seek help»		1		3%

Genomsnitt: 3.5

- A lot of people had questions on the assignments and there were only two assistants. Therefore you almost had to stand in line to get attention.» (Rather poor)
- På del 1 och 3 var ofta svaret på frågorna "Vet inte om jag ska / kan svara på det". » (Rather poor)
- You could always ask questions, although, when doing the assignments, you did not always got any relevant answer...» (Rather good)
- Where is the "Average" option?» (I did not seek help)

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

Very poorly»		0		0%
Rather poorly»		1		3%
Rather well»		6		20%
Very well»		22		75%
I did not seek cooperation»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.72

- Although, they didn"t really know what the goals were either.» (Rather well)
- We worked two and two on the assignments, which worked well. Otherwise we have not co-operated very much. » (Rather well)

15. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		17		56%
High»		11		36%
Too high»		2		6%

Genomsnitt: 3.5

- The assignment took to mutch time, and there was too not enough feedback! Would bee better with more exercise lectures than only 2.» (High)
- The assignements did take a lot(!) of time.» (High)

16. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		1		3%
Adequate»		14		46%
High»		13		43%
Too high»		2		6%

Genomsnitt: 3.53

- A tuff start of the master.» (High)
- Again: too much time on the assignments. You did not have time to study the other course or for the exam.» (Too high)

Summarizing questions

17. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		1		3%
Fair»		10		33%
Adequate»		7		23%
Good»		10		33%
Excellent»		2		6%

Genomsnitt: 3.06

- The fluid part was very good, but the solid was not that good.» (Fair)
- I"m sorry, but this course was not very good. No course memo. Low feedback on the assignments. High work load but it did not help much for the exam. It felt like you planned the course during the term. » (Fair)
- Interesting but hard examination» (Adequate)
- The course in whole were good, but I feel I didn"t really grasp the solids part. Mainly because they were so late in the course. This is in my oppinion a common problem. I suggest higher workload in the beginning of the course and more time in the later parts. Additionally the workload in the other course were very low until about week 5 which didnt really help. Can"t really blame you for that i guess...» (Good)
- It was a good repetition from fluid and solid mechanics and therefore a good start on the masters programme.» (Good)
- fun different course, it seems to be a really good help for to coming courses» (Good)

18. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

19. What should definitely be changed to next year?

20. Additional comments