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Functional programming, L2 ht10, TDA451 / DIT141

Your own effort

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

At most 15 hours/week»		12		37%
Around 20 hours/week»		9		28%
Around 25 hours/week»		5		15%
Around 30 hours/week»		6		18%
At least 35 hours/week»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.15 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

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

0%»		1		3%
25%»		1		3%
50%»		2		6%
75%»		10		31%
100%»		18		56%

Genomsnitt: 4.34 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

Genomsnitt totalt för detta stycke: 3.25

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		12		37%
The goals are difficult to understand»		1		3%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		5		15%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		14		43%

Genomsnitt: 2.65

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

No, the goals are set too low»		1		4%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		22		95%
No, the goals are set too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.95

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

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

No, not at all»		0		0%
To some extent»		2		6%
Yes, definitely»		8		25%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		17		53%

- At the attendance, I do calculate the lectures that where filmed as attended» (I don"t know/have not been examined yet)
- it"s never easy to write code on paper, but the questions were very good and covered many aspects.» (Yes, definitely)
- this exam need more time » (Yes, definitely)
- since I haven"t read the goals it"s diffcult to say. but the exam did reflect the lectures and course in general very well. » ()
- It was unexpected. » (Yes, definitely)
- The exam covered most of the important parts of what we were supposed to understand so far and did so in a good way. It was also a well laid-out exam all-in-all. Didn"t force you to fight against time, anything between 2h and 3½,h could be spent on it as I see it. Forced you to think and be a bit clever and use the tricks we were supposed to have picked up.» (Yes, definitely)

Teaching and course administration

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

Small extent»		1		3%
To some extent»		2		6%
Large extent»		13		40%
Great extent»		16		50%

Genomsnitt: 3.37

- Dave is quite famous for this :-)» (Large extent)
- I like the lecture. It is so helpful. But it would have been good if this course can run for one semester and has 15 credits. Because there is not to read, you should always on assignments. Due to this reason, it has an impact on other course the students are taking. That is why i said it should run for semester with 15 credit.» (Large extent)
- Dave is a really great teacher! Always funny and involved.» (Great extent)
- Super Dave!» (Great extent)
- Teaching has generally been of very high quality! It"s always a treat to listen to native speakers of English, but apart from that I also found the lectures instructive and informative with a nice atmosphere to them. I got the feeling that Dave really knows his Haskell. » (Great extent)
- Really good lecturer, makes some of the concepts clearer by good examples and pedagogical approach.» (Great extent)
- I didn"t buy any book, the lab and exercises on the web page was 100% of my studies. I also looked at Learnyouhaskel.com, which was a great beginners online book.» (Great extent)
- David Sands lectures is great» (Great extent)
- David has learned the students all about FP. He has been great during the whole course!» (Great extent)
- Sands is an excellent teacher, his lectures were splendid.» (Great extent)

7. How useful were the Videos of the lectures?

30 svarande

Not useful at all»		6		20%
Somewhat useful»		9		30%
Very useful»		15		50%

Genomsnitt: 2.3

- Did not seen any of them since I went to most of the lectures.» (?)
- I haven"t actually looked at them myself so the rating is very subjective.» (Not useful at all)
- I did not look at them. But it"s a good inititive. If you become ill or by some other cause miss the lecture it"s great to be able to look at it afterwards.» (Not useful at all)
- Maybe they were useful, i didn"t use them though.» (Not useful at all)
- Not useful to me as I didn"t ever watch them, but it"s still great that they are there so anyone who wants can easily review lectures if they missed anything.» (Not useful at all)
- Great when you want to recap lecture or forgot what he sad.» (Somewhat useful)
- I have yet to viewed any of them, so I cannot comment them.» (Somewhat useful)
- Sorry, I didn"t have the time to view all of them...» (Somewhat useful)
- I had problems playing the flash videos» (Somewhat useful)
- Great to be able to repeat if you miss something.» (Very useful)
- I missed a bunch of lectures in the end, so this was a great deal for me. Also the ability to re watch a lecture when you have doubts is priceless.» (Very useful)
- I thought the videos were extremely useful since you could watch them at home at your own pace. If you wanted to take a break or try something you saw in the lecture you could just press pause, or rewind if there was something that was hard to understand.» (Very useful)
- Thanks, there were great. specially without them I would stuck in parsers» (Very useful)

8. Did you solve exercises which were recommended for each week?

Most of them»		5		15%
Some of them»		14		43%
Hardly any of them»		13		40%

Genomsnitt: 2.25

- fun and very useful» (Most of them)
- I did not do the last ones to full extent. I think it was covered good enough in the last lab.» (Most of them)
- if after each week the answers were uploaded it more useful and helpful» (Most of them)
- Too hard» (Some of them)
- Due to time constraints I focused on solving the labs, I felt you did not need to do the exercises to complete the lab. In preparation for the exam though, the exercises are very useful!» (Some of them)
- Not enough time. I probably failed the exam, so I will solve most of them for April"s exam.» (Some of them)
- Didn"t have the course literature, solved the rest of the exercises (up to week 5 at least).» (Some of them)
- the first week I did but later I didn"t have time.» (Hardly any of them)
- Not so funny and a bit disconnected with the learning pace?» (Hardly any of them)
- I got a good hand of the material with the labs.» (Hardly any of them)
- Lab assignments takes most of our time » (Hardly any of them)
- I did, however, sit down and solve Project Euler problems with Haskell instead. Going to look at the exercises during my christmas break for fun. Like with the videos (and more importantly here) it"s great that they are there as an aid to learning Haskell.» (Hardly any of them)

9. How useful were the assignments in helping you to find your strengths and weaknesses?

Not useful at all»		0		0%
Useful to some extent»		10		32%
Very useful»		21		67%

Genomsnitt: 2.67

- Fun labs, perhaps a bit easy to guiding?» (Very useful)
- Good level» (Very useful)
- I am very well aware of what mistakes I might make when producing function oriented code due to the assignments .» (Very useful)
- I found some weekness just before the exam in one of the last exercises. Keep them one the course page!» (Very useful)
- Having laborations/assignments helps you to being up-to-date with the course. The were really structured and well-formed. » (Very useful)
- The assignments were great! I quickly saw what parts I had problems understanding and what parts were a breeze. They also taught me a great deal overall.» (Very useful)

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

Small extent»		5		16%
Some extent»		15		50%
Large extent»		7		23%
Great extent»		3		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.26

- Only used the slides and hoogle and google.» (?)
- No book just, http://learnyouahaskell.com/» (Some extent)
- read learn you a haskell for greater good and that was covered better in the lectures» (Some extent)
- I have not actually bought any litterature, but there is plenty of guidance to be found online. » (Some extent)
- Didn"t buy any book. The slides etc was very useful, and the links to useful webpages.» (Some extent)
- I had Thompson"s book and it helped to get started but i rarely used it later in the course.» (Some extent)
- I bought the Hutton book, which was very good but it did not contain everything in the course. I especially miss information about QuickCheck.» (Some extent)
- The course slides are a bit confusing, going back and forth sometimes.» (Some extent)
- I only use learnyouhaskell.com» (Some extent)
- Haven"t taken a look at any course literature, but "other material" has been of great help. learnyouahaskell.com is splendid. Looked through that before this course. Hoogle and other such resources offer really good and solid information. Other than that, google offered any additional help needed.» (Great extent)

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

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		0		0%
Rather well»		15		46%
Very well»		17		53%

Genomsnitt: 3.53

- Didn"t really use it much, but it was good for any information I needed.» (Rather well)
- Great with a google group.» (Very well)
- great course page!» (Very well)
- Really good!» (Very well)

Study climate

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

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		2		6%
Rather good»		7		21%
Very good»		12		37%
I did not seek help»		11		34%

Genomsnitt: 4

- I understand that the system with drop-in-times are convenient, but it does mean that you have to have a quite important question to make it worth preparing it and going there to ask, so you miss out on asking the small on-the-side questions which pop up while your working, wich are not essential to manage the task but wich would probably deepen your understanding.» (Rather poor)
- Missed having regular exercises.» (Rather poor)
- Ann was helpfull.» (Rather good)
- Above average I would say.» (Rather good)
- I actually missed having some exercies. But, to be honest, I don"t think I would go to any of them if they did exist. But somehow I still missed the exercis sessions... Strange, isn"t! =)» (Rather good)
- But it seemed to be good, I like the idea of open office where you can drop by with questions. I"ve missed that oppertunity in other courses where I actually would have needed it.» (I did not seek help)

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

Very poorly»		0		0%
Rather poorly»		0		0%
Rather well»		5		15%
Very well»		26		81%
I did not seek coopeation»		1		3%

Genomsnitt: 3.87

- Just my lab partner ofc. Not really relevant question. » (Very well)
- I found a good lab partner who was on the same level as me. But, I guess it could have been better if a computer room was booked for a session each week. Then students who had weaker skills would have a natural place to meet for discussion. » (Very well)
- A couple of friends from my year also took the course, we discussed and helped eachother a bit.» (Very well)

Summarizing questions

14. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		0		0%
Fair»		0		0%
Adequate»		0		0%
Good»		12		37%
Excellent»		20		62%

Genomsnitt: 4.62

- The lectures where very good! Easy to follow and interesting.» (Good)
- It"s a big deal to learn Haskell from scratch in 7 weeks. I would say "excellent", but I had problem to classify the different notions in my mind and the slides didn"t help me much on this.» (Good)
- Fun!» (Excellent)
- good to learn and see methods calls and error that happend even if these weren"t planed (during the lectures).» (Excellent)
- That is because of David - for sure!» (Excellent)
- I"m in love with functional programming! Was fairly sure that I wanted to study Computer Science here at Chalmers for my Master"s Degree, and now it"s pretty much set in stone. Won"t take the advanced course this year, but probably next year.» (Excellent)

15. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

16. What should definitely be changed to next year?

17. Additional comments

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