I’ve completed grading the essays on the final assessment and thought you’d like to have some statistics about what you said – and what I learned. While grading them I kept track of your comments in a variety of categories suggested by what you wrote (see below) to get a sense of what worked and what needs to be improved.
I’ll use these results to try and improve what we do when next we offer CAEE-201 in the spring.
What Worked
Overall you were very positive about CAEE-201. You liked the variety of speakers, the exposure to what the CAEE majors consist of, and especially the site visits.
The breakdown of the comments overall was
- 87 Students completed the essay – 3 did not
- 50 wrote only positive comments
- 37 wrote both positive and negative comments
- No one wrote only a negative comment
- 259 Positive/Best comments
- 48 Negative/Worst/Needs Improvement comments
What Needs Improvement
As you’ll see in looking at the details the biggest area you felt needs improvement is the instructions for the labs (16 comments). There were 37 “worst” comments addressing some aspect of the labs (please note that there were 25 positive comments as well). There’s considerable variety in the specifics of what you felt was problematic.
Detailed Comment Breakdown
- The groups of comments are organized alphabetically within “Best” or “Worst”
- In some cases I included specific issues as well
Category Count Group Issue Comments
Best 39 Admin Variety of topics
Best 12 Admin Variety of Labs Need outside lab access
Best 11 Admin Course Organization Introduction to field; balance
Best 4 Admin Variety of Lectures
Best 2 Admin Work Required appropriate
Best 68 Admin Total
Best 27 Career Major Choice - Helps
Best 4 Career Career Path Clarification FE & PE
Best 31 Career Total
Best 21 Discussion Discussion
Best 21 Discussion Total
Best 10 Labs Revit Lab
Best 4 Labs HVAC Lab
Best 3 Labs Excel Skills
Best 3 Labs LCA Lab
Best 2 Labs Senior Design presentation
Best 1 Labs Graduated Difficulty of Labs
Best 1 Labs Lab Instructions Good
Best 1 Labs Water Budget - Rec Center
Best 25 Labs Total
Best 15 Lecture Lectures (especially variety)
Best 11 Lecture Lecturers Expert and Passionate
Best 1 Lecture Graduate Studies Panel
Best 1 Lecture JEM lecture delivery
Best 1 Lecture JEM Opening Google Earth Lecture
Best 1 Lecture Mullin Lecture
Best 30 Lecture Total
Best 47 Site Visits Bridge Visit
Best 32 Site Visits Rec Center Visit
Best 1 Site Visits Site Visits
Best 80 Site Visits Total
Best 4 TAs Helpful TAs
Best 4 TAs Total
Worst 1 Admin Not Interested in all topics
Worst 1 Admin Total
Worst 4 Discussion Discussions
Worst 4 Discussion Total
Worst 16 Labs Lab Instructions Confusing Want handout like HVAC; Became clear OR Became more difficult
Worst 9 Labs TA Explanations inadequate Want TA Schedule
Worst 2 Labs Lab Feedback inadequate Lack of rubrics
Worst 2 Labs Labs boring
Worst 2 Labs Labs too repetitive Too much Excel.
Worst 1 Labs Bridge Lab Instructions Confusing
Worst 1 Labs Delayed Feedback
Worst 1 Labs Due date too soon Make on Weekend
Worst 1 Labs Labs too structured Want more freeform
Worst 1 Labs Labs too varied No connections
Worst 1 Labs OpenOffice Didn't work
Worst 37 Labs Total
Worst 2 Students Discussions not taken seriously
Worst 1 Students Student disrespect in lecture Exchange Student: Arriving late, leaving early
Worst 3 Students Total
Worst 3 Time Time Required - Labs + Discussion
Worst 3 Time Total
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