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Material Mechanics - Basics, MHA042

Status: Avslutad
Öppen för svar: 2007-12-21 - 2008-12-04
Antal svar: 15
Procent av deltagarna som svarat: 60%
Kontaktperson: ragnar Larsson»
Utbildningsprogram som genomför enkäten: Chalmers
Klass: Övriga

Your own effort

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

We mean total time, that is, it comprises the time you spent in class and the time you spent on your own work. Try to estimate the average time over the entire study period.

15 svarande

At most 15 hours/week» 0 0%

Around 20 hours/week» 0 0%

Around 25 hours/week» 6 40%

Around 30 hours/week» 3 20%

At least 35 hours/week» 6 40%

Genomsnitt: 4

- We spent a lot of time for doing the time consuming assignments of this course, but at the end we have many theoretical misunderstandings about the course contents. I can say that this course was a MATLAB programming exercise, but not material mechanics. Most of the students were finding the stupid programming errors during the week instead of contemplating the course subjects. » (Around 30 hours/week)
- 30-35 maybe. The computer assignments were extremely time-consuming.» (Around 30 hours/week)
- Väldigt hög arbetsbelasting på inlämningarna.» (At least 35 hours/week)
- The labs took a lot of time» (At least 35 hours/week)
- Except for the first week, you spend time on the course every day (yes, saturdays and sundays too).» (At least 35 hours/week)
- Datorövningarna var olämpligt tidsödande. Inte alls bra. Dåligt.» (At least 35 hours/week)

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

15 svarande

0%» 1 6%

25%» 3 20%

50%» 2 13%

75%» 2 13%

100%» 7 46%

Genomsnitt: 3.73

- I always have to study the course material in my own tempo, otherwise I"m always lost. Therefore I seldom feel that I benefit from attending lectures, especially in a course with course material so heavy.» (0%)
- Low attendence due to schedule overlapping with tutoring.» (25%)
- Unfortunately, the lectures were not very useful. Besides, I needed all the time I could get working on the assignments.» (25%)
- nästan alla» (100%)
- I attended all of the lectures, but I can say that except the last two weeks" sessions, most of them were useless. » (100%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

The course syllabus states the course goals in terms of learning outcomes, i.e., knowledge, skills and attitudes to be acquired by the student during the course.

3. How understandable are the course goals?

15 svarande

I have not seen/read the goals» 7 46%

The goals are difficult to understand» 0 0%

The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer» 5 33%

The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn» 3 20%

Genomsnitt: 2.26

- My own laziness.» (I have not seen/read the goals)
- I seldom read the goals, I trust the institution with the design of the courses.» (I have not seen/read the goals)

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

Answer this this question and the succeeding one, only if you do know the course goals.

10 svarande

No, the goals are set too low» 0 0%

Yes, the goals seem reasonable» 10 100%

No, the goals are set too high» 0 0%

Genomsnitt: 2

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

11 svarande

No, not at all» 0 0%

To some extent» 6 54%

Yes, definitely» 4 36%

I don"t know/have not been examined yet» 1 9%

Genomsnitt: 2.54

- The exam was more about learing a large amount of text and formulas by heart, and not understanding the context.» (To some extent)

Teaching and course administration

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

15 svarande

Small extent» 7 46%

Some extent» 7 46%

Large extent» 0 0%

Great extent» 1 6%

Genomsnitt: 1.66

- I found the level of abstraction too high, you did not at all understand much of the context during the lectures unless you had read the compendium carefully before, and you had not the time to do so. Besides, lectures at Monday morning and Friday afternoon... it doesn"t get any worse. And the classroom (VD) is really really bad for teaching. » (Small extent)
- The teaching was not really good. I could see that the teacher is really professional in the course concepts, but he couldn"t help us to improve in the class about the meanings of the course concepts. » (Small extent)
- ...since I didn"t attend the lectures.» (Small extent)
- Sometimes hard to follow the Mathematica-based lectures (expanding/minimizing sections). » (Some extent)

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

15 svarande

Small extent» 2 13%

Some extent» 4 26%

Large extent» 6 40%

Great extent» 3 20%

Genomsnitt: 2.66

- Big confusion about k, kappa, etc. » (Some extent)
- The text book was only good for finding the equations and parameters to put in the MATLAB programs, but not good for showing the meanings of the course concepts. Also it doesn"t have any problems or exercise about the course. (but our assignments filled this problem)» (Some extent)
- The lecture notes were very nice to have, and they were easier to read than the Primer.» (Large extent)
- The course literature and, to some extent, the lecture notes were the source of all of my learning. But the lecture notes could sometimes be unbearably confusing, for example when kappa was being used to denote one thing in one lecture note chapter and another thing in another lecture note chapter or in the course literature.» (Great extent)

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

15 svarande

Very badly» 0 0%

Rather badly» 2 13%

Rather well» 9 60%

Very well» 4 26%

Genomsnitt: 3.13

- The handouts of the course (lecture notes) was really terrible, since it didn"t have enough detail about most of the concepts, and just we saw a lot of parameters and equations without enough detail about them. At the end of each lecture note there were always some graphs about the chapter, but with very little discussion about them. Instead there were the procedure to get the figures in MATHEMATICA.» (Rather badly)
- The fact that Ragnar changed the examination conditions every now and then made it hard to plan the work, and know what to concentrate on. During almost the whole course we were promised to be able to use the course literature on the exam, (the primer), which made us print it out and thereby wasting our own printing quota for no use, since the examination aids where changed in the last minute. » (Rather badly)
- We had to wait long for the correction of computer assignment 2 but to me that was no big deal.» (Rather well)

Study climate

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

15 svarande

Very poor» 0 0%

Rather poor» 5 33%

Rather good» 7 46%

Very good» 3 20%

I did not seek help» 0 0%

Genomsnitt: 2.86

- I rather see some scheduled "help-time" with the computer assignments. » (Rather poor)
- We had good opportunities for asking questions, but the answers we got in return were often quite poor. Landervik seldom knew how the code in the assignments were written and what kind of problems that could pop up during the coding. I would have been good if he had done the assignments himself.» (Rather good)
- I sometimes missed the opportunity to ask an instructor being present in the computer room but that is not very important.» (Rather good)
- Mats did a great job answering questions about the assignments, both at his office or via e-mail.» (Very good)

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

15 svarande

Very poorly» 0 0%

Rather poorly» 2 13%

Rather well» 2 13%

Very well» 11 73%

I did not seek cooperation» 0 0%

Genomsnitt: 3.6

- We did too much by ourselves, you wanted to solve the problems by yourself, do the Matlab-code by yourself etc.» (Rather poorly)
- It was good that the assignments were in groups of two. » (Very well)
- Very well, we achieved some good results!» (Very well)

11. How was the course workload?

15 svarande

Too low» 0 0%

Low» 0 0%

Adequate» 3 20%

High» 5 33%

Too high» 7 46%

Genomsnitt: 4.26

- The computer assignments were quite time demanding (assignments 2,3,4).» (Adequate)
- Writing 5 full detailed reports (which were to be not only passed, but graded) was very tiresome and time consuming. Since one could not reach many points above a passing grade it might be just as good as to make them mandatory with just a passing grade, and make the final grade for 4,5 depend on the exam.» (High)
- The course load was high, because we were always searching the parameters to put in the MATLAB code and see what will happen at the end. but I think that it was not enough time to understand the meanings of these parameters in the program. We were always too busy during the quarter with debugging the MATLAB program for the assignment of the week, but we didn"t have time for studying. I think that if there were three MATLAB programming assignments instead of five computer assignments, it was better. Instead of the omitted ones, it was better to have assignments about the meanings (without programming)» (High)
- Extremt hög, den andra kursen fick lida mycket.» (Too high)
- The assignments were too many and took too much time.» (Too high)
- Computer assignments 1-3 were very much too time-consuming and clearly the problem is the same old one: Poor understanding for how much time is required to solve a given task for someone totally new to the concepts of the course.» (Too high)

12. How was the total workload this study period?

15 svarande

Too low» 0 0%

Low» 0 0%

Adequate» 3 20%

High» 6 40%

Too high» 6 40%

Genomsnitt: 4.2

- 5 assignments of this course and one very very very big assignment of the Rigid Body Dynamics course (which was mandatory for non-fluid students) filled all my time.» (High)
- This has to do with me taking additional courses.» (High)
- Väldigt väldigt hög. Då det var en hög (men bra) nivå i den andra kursen, tillsammans med den väldigt höga nivån i denna kursen blev det en extrem belastning under denna läsperioden.» (Too high)
- Unfortunately, due to this course.» (Too high)
- Almost only because of this course, I"m afraid to say, it was very much to high.» (Too high)

Summarizing questions

13. What is your general impression of the course?

15 svarande

Poor» 5 33%

Fair» 4 26%

Adequate» 4 26%

Good» 2 13%

Excellent» 0 0%

Genomsnitt: 2.2

- Extremely time consuming.» (Poor)
- The course literature could sometimes be very confusing, both because of errors and because of lack of explanations in running text. Some of the errors in it caused me great confusion. But as a whole I am pleased with it.» (Fair)

14. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

- computer assignments»
- Någon form av inlämningsuppgifter är bra.»
- The assignments, although they took a lot of time, you did get a good understanding of the context.»
- Three of the computer assignments»
- Some written lecture notes available on the course homepage.»
- The general idea of the examination form: Computer assignments fit this course well and the duggaquestions and exam questions also work well.»

15. What should definitely be changed to next year?

- Inlämningsuppgifterna blev lite mycket "skriv in detta i MATLAB och sitt och debugga matlab-koden i 10 timmar". Mer fokusering på förståelse för modellerna och deras egenskaper genom undersökning, skulle ge mer kunskap i ämnet. Något i stil med: Vad gör den här programraden? Vilken del i modellen är ansvarig för detta beteendet?»
- The variable k, just use eps^v. I actually felt a bit lost at all the notation from start. _e for absolute value isn"t needed either i think.»
- Maybe the assignment questions should be more focused on checking if the students understand the theory. »
- Number of assignments, and the extent of these. But, with these assignments, and the dugga, I do not think you need an exam.»
- 1. lecture notes 2. Text book 3. number of computer assignments 4. examination»
- The way the lessons are done. Use the black board instead of using the computer all the time. Don"t use Mathematica if it isn"t within the course goal to learn it. No student I talked to understood anything from all the examples done in Mathematica.»
- Constructing the constitutive drivers in CA2 and CA3 and finally getting it to work took many, many hours. One idea is to give detailed information on how to do this, the instructions offered in the course literature were extremely hard to follow. I always seek a thorough understanding of the concepts of the courses I take. In that respect, I felt the course literature lacked much in explaining the different models and equations in plain text. One example: one couldn"t get a clear understanding of what back stress and drag stress essentially was, it was never explained, alpha and kappa were just thrown in.»

16. Additional comments

- It is better to see some more practical engineering problems in this course. We were very abstract about the material behavior.»
- All mathematical books in the world is of no use if haven"t understood the basics of + and -. You have to be very clear about what notations you use and explain the extensively if these are new to the students, even if it wasn"t your plan from the beginning. It doesn"t solve itself.»

17. How would you classify your teacher"s english?

15 svarande

Very poor» 0 0%

Rather poor» 0 0%

Rather good» 11 73%

Very good» 4 26%

Genomsnitt: 3.26

- Använder dock endel ord/uttryck som jag upplever som svåra eller extra krångliga.» (Rather good)
- Nothing to complain about, I"m impressed with the teachers on Applied Mechanics so far!» (Very good)

18. How would you classify your own english?

15 svarande

Very poor» 1 6%

Rather poor» 2 13%

Rather good» 10 66%

Very good» 2 13%

Genomsnitt: 2.86

- OK» (Rather poor)
- If I may say so myself...» (Very good)

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