Delphi Evaluation Results PBA Back-End development, Autumn 2012

Delphi evaluation, BEWP A12 Conducted week 45, (9.nov 2012) Course has 23 students (de facto ~20) 16 students handed in an evaluation (16 students were present at the evaluation)

Positive statements ”We like the Teacher” # Agree We got a good teacher15 Good teaching15 Teacher is very cooperative14 Considerate teacher. Explains every question from us. Answer questions when we ask 13 Teachers are professional12

Positive statements ”We like the Teaching Style”# Agree Teaching class step by step Teaching style 15 The teacher is good at explaining things, he uses a lot of examples and draws on the blackboard 13 Good teaching style/behavior The teacher is speaking in a good pace 13 When an exercise is hard, it is nice that the teacher writes some of it and shows it on the projector 12 Easy to follow instructions Frankly help to students 9999 Teaching from the shallow to the deeper, so we have a good understanding 8 You explain the exercises on the projector8

Positive statements ”We like the Exercises”# Agree Exercises for every lessons16 We have a lot of related exercises Good amount of small exercises Exercises The difficulty does not get too hard from exercise to exercise 11 It is nice to make exercises afterwards the teaching (step by step)11 Great descriptions of exercises – also comments in code are good9 Exercises and home work7

Positive statements ”We like the Solutions to Exercises, and the class website in general” # Agree All exercises are on the website along with your notes – easy to work on it at home 14 Solutions on teachers homepage Solution for every exercise 14 To put solutions on teachers website is very good13 Good ”Teachers Note” which describes the elements in the course great11 Nice that (almost) all tasks are on the homepage11

Positive statements ”We like the larger, one-day project”# Agree Good ”sum-up” assignment (CasinoSimulator)9 Nice project (just after the vacation) – good for repetition8 The ”whole-day” test was a very good experience, since I have learned a lot that day 6

Positive statements ”We also like…”# Agree Gives much knowledge about C#8 Everything is good6 Boolean (?)3

”Could be better” - statements Repetition# Agree Could use some more exercises on the same subject – it is going very fast11 More repetition from time to time – so it’s easier to remember10 Need more examples to prove8 Revision for poor student Would be better if we got time for revision of basic parts 5353

”Could be better” - statements Variation in teaching style# Agree We have different background. So please tell us some more knowledge about programming logic 11 Working in groups5 Want one vast assignment again which covers a whole day, make all perfect instead of many small 4 Sometimes it is hard to concentrate the whole day. Maybe we could do some group presentations for some assignments 3 The teacher should use different ways to work, since it can be too much the same each week (teach->exercise->teach->exercise.>…) 3

”Could be better” - statements Time/difficultly of exercises# Agree We need more time to do the exercises More explanation in the solved versions of the exercises 8888 Sometimes it would be nice if the text in the exercises were a bit more detailed 7 Exercises is a little bit hard The exercises can sometimes be difficult to solve 7575 More exercises2

”Could be better” - statements Exercise management# Agree Sometimes the solutions to the exercises are given too fast8 Sometimes when you say ”work with this exercise”, you tell the solution very soon after we begin – you should wait 6 When Per has written some of the code in an exercise (only the begin- ning), sometimes we move on to see the whole code a bit too quickly 5

”Could be better” - statements Course logistics# Agree It is too early to get to school at winter12 It is difficult to get up so early in the morning5

”Could be better” - statements Course context (link to other courses)# Agree Did not have much more link about learn it by ourselves8 Does not combine with other subjects6 Make the project by myself – not just understand2

”Could be better” - statements Other issues…# Agree We need more (socket?)7 More cake5 Syntax rules3 We are very quiet2 Asking help from teacher Helping each other 1111

Conclusions – Positive statements Students seem generally satisfied with – The teacher – The teaching style – Exercises and resources But.. – Are exercises clear enough? – Should we also have ”home work” exercises? – Is there enough attention to weaker students?

Conclusions – ”could be better” statements Need a better introduction to programming on a ”conceptual” level, since it is new to many students Pace might be a bit too high – more time for exercises Need to spend more time on repetition-oriented activities More variation in classroom activities (e.g. group work) More ”patience” on the teachers side when doing exercises – don’t show solution too soon Clearer link to other courses Starting very early in the morning…