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IES Evaluation Q2 2007, KVM013

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

52 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		11		21%
Around 20 hours/week»		20		38%
Around 25 hours/week»		13		25%
Around 30 hours/week»		5		9%
At least 35 hours/week»		3		5%

Genomsnitt: 2.4

- mostly in the exam period» (Around 25 hours/week)
- Very work intensive project. But good!» (At least 35 hours/week)

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

52 svarande

0%»		1		1%
25%»		1		1%
50%»		6		11%
75%»		15		28%
100%»		29		55%

Genomsnitt: 4.34

- Most were written in the course material and I learn better when I read it.» (25%)
- All pof the exercises and the lectures I found interesting and important» (75%)
- For us from kemiteknik was the destillation lecture just repetition on a very low level, would be good if we got information of that before the lecture.» (75%)
- Some of the lectures only contained repetition, which should have been told beforehand.» (100%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		8		16%
The goals are difficult to understand»		0		0%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		17		34%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		25		50%

Genomsnitt: 3.18

- Almost every project, i began with confusion, although it was said in the beginning about the project objectives. but after a while it became much clearer» (The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer)
- Man förstår beskrivningen efter att ha läst kursen» (The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn)

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

45 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		5		11%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		39		86%
No, the goals are set too high»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 1.91

- I felt that I had a poor background, but it was quite easy to learn.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- To much to have a new prject the last week» (No, the goals are set too high)

5. Do you consider that you had sufficient knowledge to read this course

Yes, absolutely»		42		84%
In part but I struggled in places»		7		14%
No»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 1.18

- Because my background is chemical engineer» (Yes, absolutely)
- Even though I didn"t have a lot of preknowledge I found the course quite easy» (Yes, absolutely)
- It was sometimes hard to get the grip with the chemical processes.» (In part but I struggled in places)

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

No, not at all»		0		0%
To some extent»		8		16%
Yes, definitely»		18		37%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		22		45%

Genomsnitt: 3.29

Teaching methods

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

Small extent»		1		1%
Some extent»		17		32%
Large extent»		31		59%
Great extent»		3		5%

Genomsnitt: 2.69

- Sometimes it is confusing, may be it would be better to point something with an example» (Some extent)
- The project excercises were good» (Some extent)
- Im not very good at focusing at classes only based on power point presentations, its much more efficient for me when the teacher uses the black board to form his presentations. That makes it more understandable and interesting and also keeps my focus!» (Some extent)
- Really good way to concentrate all lectures (and examinations)towards the exercises. It is clear what to know and good guidence to learn is given.» (Large extent)
- Alot of lecturing time was spent on revision of earlier lectures. To some extent good but I found this too much - I went to half of the lectures and that was enough.» (Large extent)
- The exercises were very good!I learned a lot from them. » (Large extent)
- But Lennart Persson Elmeroths lectures was very slow, repetition more than half the lectures» (Large extent)

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

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		9		17%
Large extent»		36		69%
Great extent»		7		13%

Genomsnitt: 2.96

- I think it was to little information about the evaporation plant in the GCC in the lectures and literature, to little written.» (Large extent)
- I think we sooner should have gotten the pages missing in the "pärm" och i ett häfte satt bladen ihophäftade huller om buller. Lite slarvigt...» (Large extent)
- The calculations are poorly described in the examples. The literature could be more up to date» (Large extent)
- Lennart kan vara lite snabbare och focusera på det som är nytt istället för att traggle igenom sånt som vi redan veta så att vi missar det som är nytt.» (Large extent)
- Could be more of sample example.» (Large extent)
- But the booklet about Advanced pinch was very unpedagogical. » (Large extent)
- As a mechanical engineer was it difficult to gain the knowledge which was the base of the course from the chemistry program» (Large extent)

9. Did you find Powerpoint presentations to be helpful?

Small extent»		7		13%
Some extent»		27		51%
Significant extent»		18		34%

Genomsnitt: 2.21

- Sometimes i also checked the literature to make sure the information on the power point» (Some extent)
- they are helpful to make you understand what is important in the course when studying for the exam. But not in the classes» (Some extent)
- Offten was the powerpoint not combined with enough explanation» (Some extent)
- Great, but it was taking a lot of miy printerqouta. Could they not be integrated with theblitterature (printed ahead of the course and be possible to buy together with the rest)» (Significant extent)
- Significant extent only for theoretical problem.» (Significant extent)

10. What did you think of the Industrial Laboratory at Renova

Very interesting»		34		66%
Good but could be improved»		15		29%
Waste of time»		2		3%

Genomsnitt: 1.37

- The guide was lenghty, it took unnecessary time» (?)
- It was awesome.......» (Very interesting)
- Great, that we got to see the plant and that you let us by ourselves look at the HP and figure out how it operates.» (Very interesting)
- The guided tour and watching the CHP units is really helpful for background understanding, but not for the exercise you get there. I did not learn much of the exercise.» (Good but could be improved)
- The calculations could be done at Chalmers. But it was interesting to see the place.» (Good but could be improved)
- Thing that work could be done to make the laboration more interesting.» (Good but could be improved)
- it is very nteresting as a studyvisit, but the calculations that was the laboration is very simple. But that could be good for the confidence and as repetition.» (Good but could be improved)
- Unneccesary to go to Renova to do those calculations. It was quite easy for those with chemical engineering background and the tour in the plant did not give that much» (Waste of time)

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

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		1		1%
Rather well»		29		55%
Very well»		22		42%

Genomsnitt: 3.4

- well, sometimes good, but as you know it was sometimes difficult to print it. and sometimes when I aready printed a presentation the slides were offered in the class because of the addition of three extra squares n the presentation. It was a waste of paper and very annoying to me, the extra squares could have been given out on a seperate paper!» (Rather badly)
- Sometimes the lecture notes weren"t there before the lecture. Otherwise no problem. » (Rather well)
- Some lecturenotes cant be printed and some are missing... (L6, L12..)» (Rather well)
- Lecture 6 could not be printed for about 4 weeks (bad!)» (Rather well)
- The numbered lectures, and so the lecture notes as well, are really of helpful for organizing it.» (Very well)
- Except for a few problems with printing some of the handouts the system worked fine.» (Very well)

Teaching staff

12. Please rate Thore Berntsson"s lectures

Excellent»		25		49%
Good»		23		45%
Moderate»		2		3%
Poor»		1		1%

Genomsnitt: 1.58

- On of the better ones were when the computer didn"t work and he had to use the black board. Makes you understand a lot better and to follow. More lectures like that!» (Excellent)
- Yes...he speaks very clear and understandable.» (Excellent)
- Thore uses the black board! And makes the lectures interesting!» (Excellent)
- He is great!» (Excellent)
- I like the examples from real life.» (Good)
- More of him!» (Good)
- In the lecture about CO2 was there too mush time spent talking about obvious things and then went very fast through the new not so obvious things. » (Good)

13. Please rate Lennart Elmeroth"s lectures

Excellent»		1		1%
Good»		12		23%
Moderate»		27		52%
Poor»		11		21%

Genomsnitt: 2.94

- Sometimes it was a bit slow, should work on getting through everything in the lecture and not having to save it for another lecture.» (Good)
- In many cases, he speaks very slow and sometimes I couldn"t catch up what the point is...» (Moderate)
- The speed of the lecture is not very high, and sometimes the time is spent on the less important parts.» (Moderate)
- För långsam» (Moderate)
- Rather good lectures, but they are so slow that you can"t keep up your concentration.» (Moderate)
- Too slow. He sometimes talks for 20 minutes about almoust nothing before he gets started with the subject for the lecture and by then many of the students have lost their concentration» (Moderate)
- They are a bit slow. Maybe it is possible to speed them up a bit.» (Moderate)
- Lennart talks to much about other things that will not help to come to the "goal"» (Moderate)
- His lectures tend to go on forrever without much of importance being said. Easy to loose concentration when listening to him.» (Poor)
- Lennart unfortunately never succeeds in planning a lecture that is short enough. In addition he always spends too much time in the beginning on things that aren"t even in the lecture and so never ever reaches the end where the relevant new information is.» (Poor)
- Not inspireing and he could put in more effort in his teaching to make it nore interesting, because the subjects are interesting» (Poor)
- Too Slow, too much repetition» (Poor)
- His subject is very intresting, but he is very slow when he is teaching, and he usually talks about to many other things that don"t relate to the course.» (Poor)

14. Please rate Simon Harvey"s lectures

Excellent»		23		45%
Good»		24		47%
Moderate»		4		7%
Poor»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.62

- As an opposite of Lennart, he speaks very fast with his "special" style.. ("okay"...). Anyway, He is a good teacher in terms of delivering new insight for students.But the problem is in students,in many cases we are not well-prepared to read the handout before entering the classes. » (Excellent)
- Good time planner, educational lectures, good explanations and good balance between revision and new things.» (Excellent)
- Easy to follow and easy to listen to.» (Good)
- Good story, could be improved by examples from the real world. The information was very dense.» (Good)
- Don"t know. Didn"t attend any» (Moderate)

15. Please rate Jessica Algehed as exercise tutor

Excellent»		15		44%
Good»		15		44%
Moderate»		4		11%
Poor»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.67

- Didn"t attend her class» (?)
- Didnt go there» (?)
- I haven"t had her as tutor» (?)
- i haven"t received any guidance until, but my friends said that she is great.» (Excellent)
- Yes, she is helpful.Until today, I mixed-up whether she is johanna or jessica. It is better to introduce her name to the students. » (Good)
- Some things she didn"t know when asking her» (Moderate)
- Don"t know. I was never in her group.» (Moderate)

16. Please rate Johanna Jönsson as exercise tutor

Excellent»		12		32%
Good»		22		59%
Moderate»		3		8%
Poor»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.75

- wasn"t in my class» (?)
- not in that group» (?)
- never had» (?)
- Good. Consice and explaining answers. Understands what it is that you don"t understand.» (Excellent)
- Did not always have answers to everything but explained most of the questions well and was very ambitious.» (Good)
- Friendly, to-the-point, listens to the questions. Sometimes she says the answer, I prefer to get a hint and solve it myself.» (Good)

17. Please rate Simon Harvey as exercise tutor

Excellent»		17		45%
Good»		18		48%
Moderate»		1		2%
Poor»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 1.62

- not attend» (?)
- didnt go there» (?)
- I havn"t had him as tutor» (?)
- In exercise session, he is so helpful and patient to answer our "foolish" questions. » (Good)
- Don"t know. I was never in his group.» (Moderate)
- Very unpedagogical and not so intrested.» (Poor)

18. Please rate Lennart Elmeroth as exercise tutor

Excellent»		2		7%
Good»		19		67%
Moderate»		5		17%
Poor»		2		7%

Genomsnitt: 2.25

- wasn"t in my class» (?)
- not in that group» (?)
- Never had» (?)
- Keeps on talking way to long...» (Good)
- Gives a lot of background information, a bit too much. Especially the introductory talk could be faster.» (Good)
- A bit too long introduction to the exercises.» (Good)
- it is confusing when he answer about our question. » (Moderate)

19. Please rate Stefan Heyne as Industrial Laboratory tutor

Excellent»		12		25%
Good»		32		68%
Moderate»		3		6%
Poor»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.8

- Yes he is helpful...» (Good)
- Gives hints instead of answers. Correction was very fast.» (Good)
- Could have helped us some moore.» (Moderate)

Study climate

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

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		4		7%
Rather good»		20		38%
Very good»		24		46%
I did not seek help»		4		7%

Genomsnitt: 3.53

- many people want help all the time» (Rather poor)
- Ingen fanns på institutionen för att svara på frågor inför tentan.» (Rather poor)
- Need more consultation time, (perhaps in a big class if there´,s too many who need help) specially towards the exam.» (Rather poor)
- did not ask many questions but there was oppertunities» (Rather good)
- During the exersise many there was a lot how had questions so that you didn"t get the chance/time to ask» (Rather good)
- Too many students. More teachers in the exercises would have been good, but I know that"s out of the budget» (Rather good)
- But in reading week 7 no teacher were there, almost not in the whole week. That was extremley bad, since I had an examination to do on the saturday in reading week 7 and really wanted to finish hand in 7 as soon as possible. » (Rather good)
- Did not cooperate with someone special during the project excercises which was partly my fault. Not something I"d recomend.» (Very good)
- I did not seek help, but if I would have wanted that, it is not very easy: in the lectures the group is very large, and in the exercise settings, you are just working on the ongoing exercises.» (I did not seek help)

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

Very poorly»		0		0%
Rather poorly»		3		5%
Rather well»		11		21%
Very well»		37		71%
I did not seek cooperation»		1		1%

Genomsnitt: 3.69

- The exercises in couples work well. Especially for (international) students with a slightly different background.» (Rather well)
- It was good orginised with the groups and then you could work with one person or alone.» (Very well)

22. How was the course workload?

Too low»		1		1%
Low»		5		9%
Adequate»		31		59%
High»		15		28%
Too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.15

- Low in the beginning, but increased alot the last 2-3 weeks. The hardest material was in the end (Retrofitting) and then we had 2 exercises a week, maybe it is possible to even out the load a little bit. » (Low)
- The course was rather easy for us with chemical engineering background» (Low)
- Having the larger project excerscises at the end of the period is a bit stressful but maybe there"s nothing to do about it. » (Adequate)
- it will be better, if 1 week before the exam there isn"t any assignment left» (Adequate)
- I think it was perfect, I learned a lot without feeling stressed.» (Adequate)

23. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		2		3%
Low»		6		11%
Adequate»		27		52%
High»		12		23%
Too high»		4		7%

Genomsnitt: 3.19

- my other course was easy.» (Low)
- But at the end of the period, the workload in both my courses increased a lot! » (Adequate)
- But i read at 150%» (Too high)

Summarizing questions

24. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		0		0%
Fair»		1		1%
Adequate»		2		3%
Good»		39		75%
Excellent»		10		19%

Genomsnitt: 4.11

- Previously, I had learned a little things about pinch technology.Here, I am pleased to have opportunity to get into detail about industrial energy.For me, exercise projects were successful to enhance understanding of the course material.However, more we know makes we know if our know is nothing. » (Good)
- This wasn a good course with intresting objectives!» (Good)
- interesting» (Good)
- Interesting course!» (Good)
- Very good with all projects, and the effort from the staff by correcting them in time. That was a great help for the exam!» (Good)
- Definetly intresting and concrete.» (Good)
- Interesting.» (Good)
- It could have been a bit harder though» (Good)
- some of the lectures are slow and a bit time wasting. The excercises are excellent! it is very good that you all the time has to work with what we are laerning during the course. the exam questions could have been announced earlier to get a better chance of practicing...» (Good)
- I liked how the material you learned in the course was connected to the reality.» (Excellent)
- It is a great course with a very intresting content. I will recommend other students to choose this course next year. The course material is good.» (Excellent)

25. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

26. What should definitely be changed to next year?

27. Additional comments