Visa resultat

BOM-Structural systems:design and assessment 2012, VBB122

Learning outcomes and examination

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

No, the goals are set too low»		1		2%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		40		93%
No, the goals are set too high»		2		4%

Genomsnitt: 2.02

- Actually, we neither have the final grade we got or the feedbacks about our final report so it"s hard to tell if the goals seem reasonable» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)

2. To what extent have you reached the learning outcomes?

0-20%»		1		2%
20-40%»		1		2%
40-60%»		4		9%
60-80%»		22		51%
80-100%»		15		34%

Genomsnitt: 4.13

- Too little time compared to all "free" afternoons could be used for self studies.» (40-60%)
- do not feel I really understood what I was requires to achieve,» (40-60%)
- Calculations» (60-80%)
- Was a bit lazy this quarter so it"s mostly my own fault. » (60-80%)
- façades solutions» (60-80%)
- Stabilization» (60-80%)
- Stabilization » (60-80%)
- I hoped that we would go slightly deeper in structure design instead of concerning on sometimes boring parts as evaluation matrices. But it is only my opinion because I am an ex-change student with different background (more orientated in design). Now in course aimed in FEM I can see that swedish Chalmers students have excelent theoretical knowledge in Math, skilled in Matlab, but someone cannot use AutoCAD. I hoped in evaluation of structures more in detail. But generally I am satisfied.» (80-100%)

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

43 svarande

No, not at all»		0		0%
To some extent»		19		44%
Yes, definitely»		23		53%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 2.58

- "Dugga" time too short. Project work too long. Too little time to practice on examples.» (To some extent)
- To some extant, though poorly so.» (To some extent)
- The time limit on the test was to little in my opinion» (To some extent)
- There where appallingly little time on the test (Dugga), you"re supposed to check knowledge, NOT outright speed. Otherwise I think it was balanced.» (To some extent)
- It is always hard to judge a group work, and when it is two or three out of a group of seven that do more than 90% of the project while the others don"t bother to show up, show up but are studying for the individual exam or just playing with their phones or on the computer the work loar accelerate to much to high» (To some extent)
- I think it was quite clear. Dugga in loads and final project (should be concerned more in detail, mainly in case of small or simply buildings).» (Yes, definitely)
- None» (Yes, definitely)
- None » (Yes, definitely)

Teaching and learning

4. To what extent has the organised teaching activities been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		1		2%
Some extent»		14		32%
Large extent»		19		44%
Great extent»		9		20%

Genomsnitt: 2.83

- The supervisors was a really good help!» (Some extent)
- more examples classes for the dugga, and more help on the group project» (Some extent)
- It isn"t quite possible to handle the projects without knowledge about them.» (Large extent)
- The project enables me to use a lot the lectures.» (Great extent)
- Very good lectures and organisation of the cours» (Great extent)

5. To what extent has the teaching material and the course home page been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		3		7%
Some extent»		8		19%
Large extent»		20		47%
Great extent»		11		26%

Genomsnitt: 2.92

- I really appreciate to have been given the teaching material we need because for Erasmus student the number of printers per semester is very small when we know that printing in Chalmers in the only option we have» (Large extent)

6. How were the opportunities to get feedback and for asking questions and getting help from teachers and supervisors?

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		3		6%
Rather good»		17		39%
Very good»		23		53%

Genomsnitt: 3.46

- I am disappointed not to have feedbacks about our final reports and the answers we got about quetsions regarding to exercies to pratices the dugga were confusing» (Rather poor)
- supervisor didn"t give direct answers, and help for the project was limited» (Rather poor)

Course organisation

7. How well did the course organisation, course information, course home page, handouts etc work?

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		0		0%
Rather well»		22		52%
Very well»		20		47%

Genomsnitt: 3.47

- Except the group size, the were to large.» (Rather well)
- But we should have been warned earlier about The hand in for the detail-drawings of the facade, connections etc» (Rather well)
- I think that some of the extra task given in the project work (e.g. the facade solution) should have been introduced earlier in the course and not been given one week before final presentation.» (Rather well)

Study climate

8. To what extent have the facilties at Chalmers been appropriate to support your studies in this course, e.g. lecture halls, study rooms, equipment, computer labs etc.

Small extent»		1		2%
Some extent»		10		23%
Large extent»		18		41%
Great extent»		14		32%

Genomsnitt: 3.04

- Too few study rooms in V department.There is usually only one group in each classsroom - why not make group rooms instead of some of the existing large classrooms?» (Small extent)
- Sometimes not enough room (need for more smaller group rooms) and more computers» (Large extent)
- Computers in V-building are to slow, they just barley manage to open a simple PDF-file.» (Large extent)
- would be good to have access to the full eurocodes. I relied on my existing access to the British standards» (Large extent)
- In smaller grupp rooms we cannot control the ventilation which is sometimes too powerful.» (Great extent)

9. How much of your available time for studies in this study period did you spend on this course?

43 svarande

less than 20%»		0		0%
20-40%»		3		6%
about 50%»		16		37%
60-80%»		17		39%
more than 80%»		7		16%

Genomsnitt: 3.65

- Where of almost all 50% spent on Project. Not much time left for practicing with examples. Project sometimes divided and you don"t see all problems.» (about 50%)
- About 50-70% but much much more tome than for a normal cours of 7,5 hp due to the uneven engagement from the group members in the project» (about 50%)
- project work took a lot time» (60-80%)
- 60%» (60-80%)
- I spend more in this course because project in structural systems was more interesting than durability of concrete, so it was pleasant time.» (60-80%)
- very intensive course, maybe due to my group, but it left very little available time for my other module.» (more than 80%)

10. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		24		55%
High»		13		30%
Too high»		6		13%

Genomsnitt: 3.58

- Very high in the beginning (about W3) over all OK» (Adequate)
- The course workload depends very much on the group we work with. » (Adequate)
- But it is expected to be a little challenging» (High)
- see above, if the group would have been helping, or atleas half of it it could be more reasonable» (Too high)

Summarising questions

11. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		0		0%
Fair»		2		4%
Adequate»		4		9%
Good»		24		57%
Excellent»		12		28%

Genomsnitt: 4.09

- Smaller groups to work in is preferable!» (Good)
- Good project and supervisor.» (Good)
- But have to do something about the groups, it"s not working, especially the exchange students since they are not used to work in groups, and some of them have big problems working with girs and can be very rude and ignorant» (Excellent)

12. What is the remaining value of the course in the future

Very small»		0		0%
Rather small»		2		4%
Neutral»		7		16%
Rahter high»		26		60%
Very high»		8		18%

Genomsnitt: 3.93

- I am sorry, but I do not fully understand this question.» (Neutral)
- The course material is very well targeted to teach students some of the most important engineering principles and calculations and so will be used many times in practice in future» (Very high)

13. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

14. What should definitely be changed to next year?