Curriculum Development Instruments

Student Course Evaluations

Instrument 7: Instrumental Analysis — Computer Survey

Project: Development and Evaluation of Internet-Based Hypermedia Chemistry Tutorials
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Funding Source: NSF: Course and Curriculum Development (DUE)

Purpose: To develop and evaluate Internet-based hypermedia tutorials for undergraduate chemistry courses

Administered To: Students in an undergraduate course

Topics Covered:

• Course Evaluation: areas for program improvement, comparisons, opportunity to learn, opportunity to practice
• Impact on Outcomes: assignments, skills, student understanding
• Instructional Preferences: assignments, preparation, technology
• Self-Assessment (Student): academic habits
• Background Characteristics & Activities (Student): technology

Format/Length: 10 questions, 9 closed-ended 5-point Likert scale, 1 open-ended, and an additional 4 demographic questions

CHEM 4114 - Instrumental Analysis - Computer Survey
12/10/96

Please answer the following survey to help me design future instructional hypermedia. Failure to complete this survey will not affect your grade, but could give you bad karma.

1 is Agree Strongly,

2 is Agree,

3 is Neutral,

4 is Disagree,

5 is Disagree Strongly.

Doing the prelab exercise helped prepare me to perform the upcoming laboratory work.

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5

Doing the prelab exercise helped me to understand the underlying concepts.

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5

I would like to have more computer-based exercises to help me prepare for laboratory.

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5

I would like to have computer-based exercises to help me with the lecture material.

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5

I read all of the textbook reading assignments.

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5

I learned more from the prelab exercises than from reading the textbook.

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5

I learned more from the prelab exercises than from the homework problems.

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5

I saved or printed the prelab documents or questions for later review.

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5

I had sufficient and convenient access to the Internet.

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5

Do you have an e-mail account?  YES  NO

Do you have a computer where you live?  YES  NO

If so, do you have access to the Internet?  YES  NO

From where did you primarily do the prelab exercises?

1. Home
2. Instrumental analysis laboratory
3. Chemistry Department computer laboratory in Davidson 123E
4. Newman library
5. University computer lab (please specify)  ___________________
6. Other (please specify)  ______________________

Please write any other comment below or on the back. Thank you for your assistance.

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