GEOL-1002-(year 2002) /
Faults, Folds, and Mountain Belts
Course Assessment and Feedback


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Patrice

QUESTIONNAIRE


Achieving Aims and Objectives

Q1: I know what the crust, the lithosphere and the asthenosphere are.
Q2: I know what their respective average density is and what the average temperature at the continental Moho is.
Q3: I know the main characteristics of plate boundaries.
Q4: I know the characteristics of normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults.
Q5: I know what hydrostatic and deviatoric stress means.
Q6: I know what isostasy is.
Q7: I know how mountain belts and oceanic basins form.
Q8: I know the difference between tectonic forces and body forces.
Q9: This course provided a good overview of tectonic processes.


Organisation and Teaching Methods

Q10: The lectures were presented in a systematic and coherent format.
Q11: Despite his accent, the French lecturer was understandable.
Q12: The use of Power-Point presentations made the lectures more interesting.
Q13: It was good to have the lectures available on the Internet.
Q14: The lectures were easily downloadable and printable from the Internet.
Q15: I had no trouble on my computer to see the movies embedded in the lectures.
Q16: The quizes provided at the end of each lectures were helpful to see what was important.
Q17: Efforts were made to understand the difficulties I had with my work.
Q18: Overall, this part of the course was well organised.
Q19: I like geology better after following this part of the course.


The Lecturer

Q20: The lecturer was committed to his course and his students.
Q21: The lecturer motivated me to do my best work.
Q22: The lecturer worked hard to make his course interesting.
Q23: The lecturer was good at explaining things.
Q24: The lecturer was helpful and approachable.
Q25: The lecturer was concerned that students learnt efficiently in this class.
Q26: The lecturer made himself available for his students.
Q27: The lecturer had reasonable expectation on what I could achieve.
Q28: The lecturer made efforts to provide a friendly learning environment.
Q29: The lecturer explained at the beginning his teaching strategy and methods and provided an email address for feedback and complaints.
Q30: The lecturer respected students and responded to students needs.
Q31: The lecturer treated students fairly and impartially.


The Content

Q32: The content specified for this unit of study was covered.
Q33: The topics were interesting and relevant.
Q34: Although the lectures were on the Internet I learnt better by attending the lectures.
Q35: The lectures on the web encouraged me not to attend all the lectures.
Q36: I had sufficient information to source additional relevant information.
Q37: I had sufficient computer skills to cope with the use of IT in this course.
Q38: I could cope with the mathematics and physics aspects of the course.
Q39: The topics were of similar level of difficulty.
Q40: I feel comfortable reading and learning from textbooks.
Q41: I can see how the topics were linked together.

You

Q42: I invested up to 5-10-15-20-25 hours per week into this course.
Q43: I did the best I could.
Q44: I was proactive and let the lecturer know when I had some difficulties.
Q45: I attended all the lectures and practicals.
Q46: I am satisfied with my work.



         Please list at least the two things that helped you to learn in this subject and explain why each was important to you.

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            Please list at least two things that could be improved and explain why these changes would help you to learn. 

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