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GEOL-1002-(year 2003) /
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| Questions 1 to 41 relative to the course and lecturer. |
The graph at the bottom is relative to the students involvement (questions 42 to 46)
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Details of the survey....
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11 | 29 | 28 | 44 | 32 | ||
| Q1: I know what the crust, the lithosphere and the asthenosphere are. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Q2: I know what their respective average density is and what the average temperature at the continental Moho is. | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Q3: I know the main characteristics of plate boundaries. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Q4: I know the characteristics of normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults. | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Q5: I know what hydrostatic and deviatoric stress means. | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Q6: I know what isostasy is. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Q7: I know how mountain belts and oceanic basins form. | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Q8: I know the difference between tectonic forces and body forces. | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Q9: This course provided a good overview of tectonic processes. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | ||
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3 | 8 | 38 | 52 | 59 | ||
| Q10: The lectures were presented in a systematic and coherent format. | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Q11: Despite his accent, the French lecturer was understandable. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Q12: The use of Power-Point presentations made the lectures more interesting. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Q13: It was good to have the lectures available on the Internet. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | ||
| Q14: The lectures were easily downloadable and printable from the Internet. | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Q15: I had no trouble on my computer to see the movies embedded in the lectures. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Q16: The quizzes provided at the end of each lectures were helpful to see what was important. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Q17: Efforts were made to understand the difficulties I had with my work. | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Q18: Overall, this part of the course was well organised. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Q19: I like geology better after following this part of the course. | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | ||
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0 | 5 | 49 | 68 | 50 | ||
| Q20: The lecturer was committed to his course and his students. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Q21: The lecturer motivated me to do my best work. | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Q22: The lecturer worked hard to make his course interesting. | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Q23: The lecturer was good at explaining things. | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Q24: The lecturer was helpful and approachable. | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Q25: The lecturer was concerned that students learnt efficiently in this class. | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Q26: The lecturer made himself available for his students. | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Q27: The lecturer had reasonable expectation on what I could achieve. | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Q28: The lecturer made efforts to provide a friendly learning environment. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Q29: The lecturer explained at the beginning his teaching strategy and methods and provided an email address for feedback and complaints. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Q30: The lecturer respected students and responded to students needs. | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Q31: The lecturer treated students fairly and impartially. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
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6 | 15 | 29 | 55 | 28 | ||
| Q32: The content specified for this unit of study was covered. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Q33: The topics were interesting and relevant. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Q34: Although the lectures were on the Internet I learnt better by attending the lectures. | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Q35: The lectures on the web encouraged me not to attend all the lectures. | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Q36: I had sufficient information to source additional relevant information. | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Q37: I had sufficient computer skills to cope with the use of IT in this course. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Q38: I could cope with the mathematics and physics aspects of the course. | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Q39: The topics were of similar level of difficulty. | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Q40: I feel comfortable reading and learning from textbooks. | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Q41: I can see how the topics were linked together. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | ||
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16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | ||
| Q42: I invested up to 5-10-15-20-25 hours per week into this course. | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Q43: I did the best I could. | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Q44: I was proactive and let the lecturer know when I had some difficulties. | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Q45: I attended all the lectures and practicals. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Q46: I am satisfied with my work. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Please list at least the two things that helped you to learn in this subject and explain why each was important to you.
PowerPoint presentation good for studying as we spend more time listening than writting in class; Review questions make the learning active rather than passive. Having the lectures on the net; Quizzes; Great notes, they helped me understand concepts I didn't understand in lectures. Lecture notes on the net because one can't get everything down in lectures. Resources on the net are very helpfull. Movies helped to visualize concepts.
Please list at least two things that could be improved and explain why these changes would help you to learn.
Boredom-Sometimes too much time was spent explaining something, the lectures could have progressed faster. Pace a little too fast. Difficulty to print lecture notes. Some concepts could have been explained more clearly and simply.