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Advanced functional programming, lp3 VT11, TDA342/DIT260

Your own effort

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

At most 15 hours/week»		1		6%
Around 20 hours/week»		5		33%
Around 25 hours/week»		6		40%
Around 30 hours/week»		2		13%
At least 35 hours/week»		1		6%

Genomsnitt: 2.8 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

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

0%»		3		20%
25%»		0		0%
50%»		2		13%
75%»		6		40%
100%»		4		26%

Genomsnitt: 3.53 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

Genomsnitt totalt för detta stycke: 3.16

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		3		20%
The goals are difficult to understand»		0		0%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		6		40%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		6		40%

Genomsnitt: 3

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

No, the goals are set too low»		0		0%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		12		85%
No, the goals are set too high»		2		14%

Genomsnitt: 2.14

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»		10		66%
Yes, definitely»		4		26%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		0		0%

- the exam was a bit arbitrary.. » (To some extent)
- I understood an important part to be monads and -transformers, which was not much seen at the exam. Not so nice to require us to know what for example the Difference List data structure is, without a hint. Too bad for me anyway :) </whine>» (To some extent)
- If you include unusual data structures such as the difference list on the exam, you should have a description of how it"s supposed to work. It was included as an example in the course literature, but this course is supposed to be about advanced functional programming, not data structures.» (To some extent)

Teaching and course administration

6. Do you want more or less "live coding" (compared to beamer presentations / black-board)?

Less»		4		28%
Good as it is»		9		64%
More»		1		7%

Genomsnitt: 1.78

- The concepts are rather hard to comprehend. The amount of live coding doesn"t matter much, rather the method of conveying the concepts does matter a lot. Being a good programmer, I had hard time to grasp the hidden concepts, even though the code was easier to understand. Moreover, its good if you get slow while showing the code and explaining it. Skipping large parts of code is like frustrating. Only display the required parts of code (hiding others).» (Less)
- Live code is nice, but there could be less code demonstrated in each step. That would make the lectures easier to follow» (Less)
- Live coding and the bad english level of the teacher made me stop going to classes after seeing only the monads, I had the feeling I knew more about monads before going to that class.» (Less)
- No real opinion as I did not attend.» (Good as it is)
- But take care to focus on the subject of the lecture, even if it is fun to hack away sometimes.. » (Good as it is)

7. Would you like to have the lectures recorded (screencast + sounds or so)?

Yes»		10		71%
No»		4		28%

Genomsnitt: 1.28

- Would be helpful » (Yes)
- small videos are always nice and usesful to watch» (Yes)
- screencast + sound would be good for missed lectures» (Yes)
- Recorded lectures will be a great help, as many hard concepts require repetition to fully understand them. Such as Monad Transformers.» (Yes)
- Great idea! Often I don"t have time to (espacially when you code live) take notes at the same time as I"m trying to comprehend the content of the lecture.» (Yes)
- That"s a great idea!» (Yes)
- I don"t think I"d watch them, though I think that a lot of non-chalmers students would appreciate it.» (No)
- I feel that if you miss a lecture it should be just as easy to learn what the lecture covered from the material on the webpage, the course book and other resources on the internet etc. Plus it makes you loose some of the incentive to attend lectures.» (No)

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

Small extent»		4		28%
To some extent»		5		35%
Large extent»		2		14%
Great extent»		3		21%

Genomsnitt: 2.28

- Alot of self learning. Felt my background knowledge in functional programing was unsufficent. Wasn"t until maybe week 5 or 6 that I could fully appriciate lecture 2 and 3. Felt I needed a "Intermidiate Functional Programming" course:)» (Small extent)
- Personally, I cannot study properly without teaching. Its not because I cannot, but because I do not (being somewhat lazy like Haskell: don"t do it unless someone wants it :-)» (Great extent)

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

Small extent»		3		20%
Some extent»		7		46%
Large extent»		3		20%
Great extent»		2		13%

Genomsnitt: 2.26

- I did not read the book much. But it was helpful as were other tutorials and books.» (Some extent)
- Read the book alot, also the links on the homepage.» (Large extent)

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

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		1		6%
Rather well»		5		33%
Very well»		9		60%

Genomsnitt: 3.53

- Everything is better then pingpong.» (Rather well)
- One of the mest well-organized courses I have taken in these 5 years. Thanks» (Very well)

Study climate

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

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		1		6%
Rather good»		1		6%
Very good»		9		60%
I did not seek help»		4		26%

Genomsnitt: 4.06

- Bernardy was available when we needed help.» (Very good)
- I really appreciated that Patrik sometimes took the time to walk around in the class during the break and check that everything made sense.» (Very good)

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

Very poorly»		1		6%
Rather poorly»		1		6%
Rather well»		5		33%
Very well»		8		53%
I did not seek coopeation»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.33

- My lab partner left me in the lurch two times which meant I had to do a good part of the labs with just hours left for the deadline.» (Very poorly)
- it would be nice to be able to do the labs alone. you learn more and you can do them whenever you have time..» (Rather well)

Summarizing questions

13. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		1		6%
Fair»		0		0%
Adequate»		3		20%
Good»		8		53%
Excellent»		3		20%

Genomsnitt: 3.8

- Yeah I learned a few things, but I got the feeling I could have learnt a lot more.» (Poor)
- Very fun, and leared alot! ..but also very hard and demanding» (Good)

14. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

15. What should definitely be changed to next year?

16. Additional comments

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