1. Pre-Break Plus/Delta Results CSSE 333 Fundamentals of Database Systems Winter 2005–2006

2. Level of Experience

3. Lecture Pace

4. Lecture Comments Keep –Quizzes (6) –Slides (4) –Availability of slides (3) –Live examples (3) –Focus (1) –Weekly homework (1) –Coverage of terms (1) Change –Don’t lecture for 2 hrs. (4) –Sep. time for quizzes (3) –Order quizzes to match lecture (2) –Cover all matl. for HW (2) –Get rid of quizzes (1) –Fewer slides (1) –More examples (1)

5. Helpfulness of Daily Quizzes

6. Quiz Comments Keep –Excellent for review (6) –Quizzes in general (6) –Help to pay attn. (3) Change –Allow group work (4) –Less open ended (3) –Get rid of them (1) –Don’t carry over (1) –Tie to slides (1) –More detailed (1)

7. Helpfulness of Homework

8. Difficulty of Homework

9. Homework Comments Keep –Forces you to read, think more (9) –Due weekly (2) –Not too hard (2) Change –Relate them to lecture instead of reading (4) –Make shorter (2) –Work on computer (1) –Suggest challenge problems (1) –Discuss questions in class before HW due date (1)

10. Difficulty of Labs

11. Lab Comments Keep –Practical (11) –Getting to see results (2) –Lots of assistants (2) –Clear instructions (1) –Extra projects of experienced people (1) Change –Be more specific (5) –List the known pitfalls (2) –Give more time (1) –More labs (1) –Need more depth (1)