Teacher/Faculty Workshop Evaluations

Instrument 9: Attendee Evaluation Form

Project: Professor Training Course for Geosynthetics
Auburn University

Funding Source: NSF: Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement (DUE)

Purpose: To evaluate each civil engineering professor's knowledge of geosynthetics, importance of the content, and availability of resources for teaching geosynthetics after participating in the training course

Administered To: Faculty who attended the week-long training in geosynthetics and who teach undergraduate students in civil engineering

Topics Covered:

• Content Specific Assessment: geosynthetics
• Limitations & Barriers: classroom resources
• Plans & Expectations (Teacher/Faculty): project implementation
• Self-Assessment (Teacher/Faculty): confidence, implementation activities

Format/Length: 85 questions total, 84 closed- and 1 open-ended. Formats include true/false, multiple-choice, and Likert scale.

Attendee Evaluation Form

Your name:  ___________________________________________

Purpose: The purpose of these questions is to obtain information regarding your geotechnical/geosynthetics background. This information will be very useful for this week's training course. Your name is needed so we can link this information to the post-course surveys. No individual names will be reported to anyone, only group statistics.

  Directions: Circle True, False or Don't Know (DK).

 

1.	T	F	DK	Clays have low permeability.
2.	T	F	DK	Lateral earth pressure is based on the strength of the soil.
3.	T	F	DK	Slope stability is related to the moisture in the slope.
4.	T	F	DK	The shear strength of soil depends on how it's measured.
5.	T	F	DK	Wide width testing is better than grab testing for evaluation of the strength of geotextiles.
6.	T	F	DK	Clay soil can be filtered with geotextiles.
7.	T	F	DK	Polypropylene is the most common "geo-polymer."
8.	T	F	DK	Reinforced earth walls are easier to construct than reinforced concrete walls.
9.	T	F	DK	The blocks on modular block walls are required to support the soil.
10.	T	F	DK	Modular block walls require more skill to erect than reinforced concrete walls.
11.	T	F	DK	Nonwoven geotextiles are soft and fuzzy.
12.	T	F	DK	Geocells can be filled with concrete for erosion control.
13.	T	F	DK	Mechanically stabilized backfill walls are in the active state of stress.
14.	T	F	DK	Geotextiles are made with many different weaving patterns.
15.	T	F	DK	Needlepunching is used to produce geotextiles.
16.	T	F	DK	"Hard armor" refers to a type of wall facing.
17.	T	F	DK	Modular block walls use mortar between the blocks.
18.	T	F	DK	Geomembranes are used to reinforce steep slopes.
19.	T	F	DK	Landfill design uses almost all types of geosynthetics.
20.	T	F	DK	Landfill liners have drains above them.
21.	T	F	DK	The steepest reinforced slope that can be built using geosynthetics is 45 degrees.
22.	T	F	DK	Geocells are less expensive per square yard than geotextiles.
23.	T	F	DK	Nonwoven geotextiles can be used as soil filters.
24.	T	F	DK	Woven geotextiles can be used as soil filters.

25. What Greek letter is used to express the angle of internal friction? _________

Directions: Circle your answer.

26.	What are geocells used for?
	a. erosion control	b. filtration	c. reinforcement
	d. a, b, and c	e. Don't know

32. Please examine each of the following topics related to the use of geosynthetics carefully. For each topic, please indicate the extent to which you feel you have sufficient materials to teach the topic and your level of confidence in teaching this topic.

33. For each of the following topics related to the use of geosynthetics, please indicate the extent to which you plan to address it over the next academic year.

34. Please indicate the types of resources you have to teach each of the following topics in your existing courses.

A. Erosion Control
	Not Sufficient			Very Sufficient
Books	1	2	3	4	5
Lecture Notes	1	2	3	4	5
Engineering Design Samples	1	2	3	4	5
Software	1	2	3	4	5
Instructional Materials	1	2	3	4	5
Informational Contacts (experts, Internet, etc.)	1	2	3	4	5