Weekend College Evaluation

Dear Student- As you know, the course in which you are currently enrolled is part of a pilot study for the proposed Weekend College program. Since Weekend College courses differ from more traditional courses in a number of ways, we would like to find out how well the format is currently working, and how it could be improved. An integral part of our analysis will come from your experiences. We would like to assess the degree to which you feel you have profited from this program.

We have identified a series of factors that we think are important contributors to the success of any college course. For each factor, we would like you to answer three separate questions. The first question will ask you to evaluate the course you are taking on an absolute basis-- in other words, thinking about this course by itself. The second question will ask you to compare this course to other, more "traditional" courses-- e.g.- ones that meet more regularly during the semester. Finally, we would like you to rate how important this factor is to you. All of these questions are important in assessing how well the Weekend College courses are working, especially given the differences between them and more traditional courses. Following each set of questions, we have left space for you to make comments specifically about the topic.

We have divided the survey into three sections. What we are interested in finding out in the first section is your level of satisfaction with the coverage of material. Did you get a broad enough perspective of the subject? How satisfied were you with the overall amount of material covered in the course? The second section deals with issues of teaching and course structure. Finally, the third section asks questions of a more global nature about the course and your performance in it.

Section A: Coverage of content.

The first three questions concern how adequately the course covered the subject matter. The first question concerns the breadth of coverage in the course. In other words, how wide of a perspective on the topic did you get from taking this course? The second question looks at content from the perspective of depth of coverage-- i.e., how complexly were topics analyzed? The third question asks you to give an overall assessment of the amount of material covered. 

 1.The breadth of coverage in this course was:

          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not nearly enough       the right amount          Way too much


   Compared to a "traditional" course:
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   A much narrower         About the same            A much wider
  range of material      range of material        range of material
     was covered            was covered              was covered


   How important is being exposed to a wide range of material to you?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not important at all    Fairly important         Very Important


Comments:



 2.The depth of coverage in this course was?

          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not nearly enough       the right amount            Way too much

   Compared to a "traditional" course:
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Material was             material was           material was
 covered in much          covered in about         covered in much
   less depth              the same depth           more depth
  

   How important is depth of coverage to you?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not important at all    Fairly important           Very Important

Comments:



 3.The amount of material covered in this course was:

          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not nearly enough       the right amount            Way too much

   Compared to a "traditional" course:
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
       Much less            About the same              Much more   
    material was          amount of material           material was
       covered                  covered                   covered

   How important is covering a lot of material to you?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not important at all    Fairly important           Very Important

Comments:

Section B: Pedagogy

The next four questions ask you to assess aspects of how the course was taught and structured.


 4.The opportunity for discussion in this course was:

          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not nearly enough       the right amount            Way too much

   Compared to a "traditional" course, the opportunity for discussion in this course was:
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
    Much less               About the same              Much more

   How important is discussion to your learning?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not important at all    Fairly important           Very Important

Comments:



 5.The opportunity to integrate material in this course was:

          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not nearly enough       the right amount            Way too much

   Compared to a "traditional" course, how much of an opportunity 
   did you have to integrate material?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
    Much less               About the same              Much more

   How important is the opportunity to synthesize material to you?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not important at all    Fairly important           Very Important

Comments:




 6.To what extent was critical thinking required in this course?

          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
    Much less               a fair amount              A great deal
   than enough

   Compared to a "traditional" course, to what extent was critical
   thinking required in this course?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Much less                 About what             Much more
 than I expected             I expected          than I expected

   How important is critical thinking to your learning?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not important at all    Fairly important           Very Important

Comments:



 7.How accessable was the instructor of this course?

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     Not very               a fair amount               Very

   Compared to a "traditional" course, how accessable was the
   instructor of this course?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
    Much less               About the same            Much more

   How important is accessability of the instructor to your
   learning?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not important at all    Fairly important           Very Important

Comments:



 8.How effectively was technology used in this course?

          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Much less                 About what             Much more
 than I expected             I expected          than I expected

   Compared to a "traditional" course, how effectively was technology
   used in this course?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
    Much less               About the same              Much more

   How important is the use of technology to your learning?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not important at all    Fairly important           Very Important

Comments:

Section C: Global Issues

. The final four questions ask you to give some global assessments of the impact of the course, and your effort in it.

 9.How well will you be able to use the material in this course in
   the future?
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        Not very well       a fair amount               Very well

   Compared to a "traditional" course, how well will you be able to
   use the material in this course in the future?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
       Much less            About the same               Much more

   How important is being able to use the material to you?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not important at all    Fairly important           Very Important

Comments:




 10.How much did you learn in this course?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Much less                 About what             Much more
 than I expected             I expected          than I expected

   Compared to a "traditional" course, how much did you learn in
   this course?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
    Much less               About the same              Much more

   How important is learning new material to you?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not important at all    Fairly important           Very Important

Comments:



 11.How much did you enjoy this course?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Much less                 About what             Much more
 than I expected             I expected          than I expected

   Compared to a "traditional" course, how much did you enjoy this
   course?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
    Much less               About the same              Much more

   How important is enjoyment of a class to you?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not important at all    Fairly important           Very Important

Comments:



 12.How hard have you worked in this course?

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   Not very hard            a fair amount               Very hard

   Compared to a "traditional" course, how hard have you worked?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
       Much less            About the same              Much more

   How important is working hard to you?
          1 ----- 2 ----- 3 ----- 4 ----- 5 ----- 6 ----- 7
   Not important at all    Fairly important           Very Important

Comments:
13.We would like you to estimate how you interacted with the material in the course during the two weeks between classes. Think back over the semester and try to reconstruct a "typical" two week period. On the scale below, please circle days when you did something related to the course, such as read the text, talk to other class members or the professor, or just spent a concentrated time thinking about the subject. Please list the activity, and about how much time you spent engaged in the activity. 
(Class)----Sun----M---Tu----Wed----Th----Fr----Sa

           Sun----M----Tu----Wed----Th----Fr----(Class)
Comments:

Please use the space belowto give us whatever feedback about your experience you think would be helpful to us in improving Weekend College. Thank you for your cooperation!