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Kaplan University 0904A Online Undergraduate End of Term Student Satisfaction Survey: Survey Summary Detailed Report with Write-In Responses SS310-Aug26-Nov3-08 Exploring the 1960s: An Interdisciplinary Approach (0904A: 08/09) Ronald Bolender |
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| 1. [D] I took this course because: | |||||||||
| It was a major/minor requirement. | It was a major/minor elective. | It was an open elective. | I don't know. | Other | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 13 (59%) | 6 (27%) | 3 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 1.55 | 0.74 | ||
| 2. [D] I had a strong desire to take this course. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 1 (5%) | 5 (23%) | 12 (55%) | 4 (18%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 3.14 | 0.77 | ||
| 3. [D] My previous learning adequately prepared me for the material in this course. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 1 (5%) | 10 (45%) | 8 (36%) | 2 (9%) | 1 (5%) | 22 | 3.36 | 0.9 | ||
| 4. [D] I put forth my best effort in this course. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 11 (50%) | 8 (36%) | 3 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.36 | 0.73 | ||
| 5. [L] I increased my problem-solving skills as a result of taking this course. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 3 (14%) | 10 (45%) | 8 (36%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 3.68 | 0.78 | ||
| 6. [L] I value what I learned in this course. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 7 (32%) | 11 (50%) | 4 (18%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.14 | 0.71 | ||
| 7. [L] I have become more competent in my professional abilities as a result of taking this course. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 1 (5%) | 10 (45%) | 11 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 3.55 | 0.6 | ||
| 8. [S] I gained a broader understanding and appreciation of diversity and social responsibility as a result of taking this course. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 9 (41%) | 10 (45%) | 3 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.27 | 0.7 | ||
| 9. [LO] Overall, I rate my learning in this course as: | |||||||||
| Excellent | Above Average | Average | Below Average | Poor | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 9 (41%) | 5 (23%) | 8 (36%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.05 | 0.9 | ||
| 10. [CL] The most important things that I learned in this course are... | |||||||||
| * turn in work on time | |||||||||
| * There were a lot of things I didn't know about the 60's. Learning some of these things changed my viewpoint on many things. | |||||||||
| * Don't take nothing for granted because we have come a long way. | |||||||||
| * I learned that I had a very limited knowledge of this topic, and now I have a desire to learn more and pay attention to politics. I also learned how psychology plays an important part in this subject. | |||||||||
| * The most important things I learned in this case was the laws that took place as a result of the movements in the 1960's since I'm a legal studies major those are the most important aspects to me. | |||||||||
| * Te different cultures and perspectives of the world. | |||||||||
| * Civil Rights History | |||||||||
| * Things in the 60's were not much different then they are today. | |||||||||
| * The importance and role of our society. | |||||||||
| * everything | |||||||||
| * This was an interesting course. I learned more about the 60s than I really thought I knew. It was a worthwhile class. | |||||||||
| * the complex 60's | |||||||||
| * 1) The 1960s 2) The Technology with NASA | |||||||||
| * I learned a great deal in this class overall. I wouldn't pinpoint one thing. I have a better understanding of many of the events in the 1960's than I did before I took this class!! | |||||||||
| * The history of the 1960s and how they affected life in the 21st century. | |||||||||
| * interdisciplinary exploring of the 1960's and how it made its mark in history; the ideologies that shaped our society and social science disciplines: anthropology,sociology, psychology, economics, political science and history in relation to social problems. | |||||||||
| 11. [C] The amount of work required was reasonable for the credits earned. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 7 (32%) | 10 (45%) | 5 (23%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.09 | 0.75 | ||
| 12. [C] The organization of the course supported my learning. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 7 (32%) | 11 (50%) | 2 (9%) | 2 (9%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.05 | 0.9 | ||
| 13. [C] The course content was appropriately challenging. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 8 (36%) | 9 (41%) | 5 (23%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.14 | 0.77 | ||
| 14. [C] The writing assignments enhanced my learning in this course. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | N/A | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 99 | n | Mean | STD | |
| 7 (32%) | 12 (55%) | 2 (9%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.14 | 0.77 | |
| 15. [C] The opportunities for discussion enhanced my learning in this course. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | N/A | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 99 | n | Mean | STD | |
| 8 (36%) | 12 (55%) | 2 (9%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.27 | 0.63 | |
| 16. [C] The assigned readings enhanced my learning in this course. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | N/A | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 99 | n | Mean | STD | |
| 8 (36%) | 11 (50%) | 2 (9%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.18 | 0.8 | |
| 17. [CO] Overall, I rate the course content and structure as: | |||||||||
| Excellent | Above Average | Average | Below Average | Poor | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 10 (45%) | 7 (32%) | 5 (23%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.23 | 0.81 | ||
| 18. [CC] What were the most useful materials or activities in this course? What were the least useful? (Please be specific and identify which were useful and which were not.) | |||||||||
| * The textbooks for this class were not very user friendly. I think these three books ought to be combined into one textbook and be taught in chapters or units. It was a little hard to follow because it jumped around from three different books. | |||||||||
| * books and internet | |||||||||
| * I enjoyed all the materials. | |||||||||
| * Everything from the text books to the weblinks were greatly useful. | |||||||||
| * The most useful was the readings and the seminars and the projects. The least useful was the word requirement for the writings it wasn't necessary for me to write 6 and more pages on topics in order to understand them and learn about them it was burdensome. | |||||||||
| * the most useful materials were doing the assignments. | |||||||||
| * Though I am not particularly interested in Sociology, I did enjoy the course, and learned alot. I don't know that I will use the knowledge that I have gained in the future, but it is always good to broaden the horizon. | |||||||||
| * This class was a bit confusing as we did not follow the class as outlined in our assignment area. The reading was confusing as we skipped around in our books a lot. | |||||||||
| * The most useful for this course was the disscusion board. I really do not feel any activties or course materials for this course was considered to be not useful in my opinion. | |||||||||
| * seminars and DQ | |||||||||
| * The books were excellent. The discussions were very helpful. The seminars were a good learning experience. Overall it was good. There wasn't anything that I thought was least useful. The professor was excellent. | |||||||||
| * teaching the resilience of the 60's | |||||||||
| * THE BOOKS WEB INSTRUCTOR | |||||||||
| * The most useful would be The Age of Great Dreams. I don't think there was a least useful. | |||||||||
| * The most useful activities of this course were the writing assignments. The least useful was the reading material Van Gosse. There weren't very many reading assignments for that book. | |||||||||
| * All of the materials and activities of this course were most useful and informative to my learning of this course, such as, reading assignments, web resource information, projects, discussion board and the option 2 seminars. | |||||||||
| 19. [T] The professor clearly stated what was expected of students. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 11 (50%) | 10 (45%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.45 | 0.6 | ||
| 20. [T] The professor was responsive to my questions and concerns. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | N/A | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 99 | n | Mean | STD | |
| 14 (64%) | 6 (27%) | 2 (9%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.55 | 0.67 | |
| 21. [T] I received helpful feedback from the professor on my course work. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 14 (64%) | 4 (18%) | 1 (5%) | 3 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.32 | 1.09 | ||
| 22. [T] The professor engaged students in seminar by... | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | N/A | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 99 | n | Mean | STD | |
| sharing relevant knowledge. | |||||||||
| 16 (73%) | 5 (23%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.68 | 0.57 | |
| keeping the discussion focused. | |||||||||
| 14 (64%) | 8 (36%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.64 | 0.49 | |
| building upon the contributions of students. | |||||||||
| 15 (68%) | 6 (27%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.64 | 0.58 | |
| encouraging all students to participate. | |||||||||
| 15 (68%) | 5 (23%) | 1 (5%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.55 | 0.8 | |
| 23. [T] The professor added value to the Discussion Thread by... | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| sharing relevant knowledge. | |||||||||
| 16 (73%) | 5 (23%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.68 | 0.57 | ||
| building upon the contributions of students. | |||||||||
| 16 (73%) | 5 (23%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.68 | 0.57 | ||
| providing useful insights. | |||||||||
| 16 (73%) | 6 (27%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.73 | 0.46 | ||
| connecting student responses to course material. | |||||||||
| 15 (68%) | 6 (27%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.59 | 0.73 | ||
| highlighting the practical relevance of course materials. | |||||||||
| 15 (68%) | 6 (27%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.59 | 0.73 | ||
| 24. [T] The professor encouraged me to do my best in this course. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 12 (55%) | 6 (27%) | 4 (18%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.36 | 0.79 | ||
| 25. [T] The professor's grading standards were appropriate. | |||||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 11 (50%) | 9 (41%) | 1 (5%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.36 | 0.79 | ||
| 26. [TO] Overall, I rate the professor as: | |||||||||
| Excellent | Above Average | Average | Below Average | Poor | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n | Mean | STD | ||
| 15 (68%) | 4 (18%) | 3 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 | 4.55 | 0.74 | ||
| 27. [CT] What are the professor's strengths and challenges as an educator? (Please be specific and identify which are strengths and which are challenges.) | |||||||||
| * willingness to help students | |||||||||
| * I don't have any complaints concerning my Professor. | |||||||||
| * My instructor challenged each one of us to think and apply our knowlede of discussions and readings to our seminars, discussion questions, and projects. | |||||||||
| * The professor's strengths are that he was very knowledgable on the subject and provided a good understanding of the course materials by discussing them in seminar. His challenges as an educator I think are over assigning papers that are too long in length requiring too much time consuming trying to think of something more to write about for the subject at hand. | |||||||||
| * no comment | |||||||||
| * The professor was very helpful and challenging. I see no challenges. | |||||||||
| * Although the professor was very knowledgeable he skipped around a lot in the material, and totally changed the subject from what was assigned for study. I studied for one thing and very seldom did we actually talk about what was assigned for seminar. It was hard to be in seminar because of this. | |||||||||
| * The professor's strenghts is his knowledge of course material and challenges each and every student to do their best. He is a great instructor overall. | |||||||||
| * n/a - he is a great professor and easy to listen to | |||||||||
| * Professor Bolender was excellent. He made the course very enjoyable and a great learning experience. He is a great communicator. | |||||||||
| * he challenged us to dig deeply into the 60's | |||||||||
| * He makes his students to understand and he makes his students to study and do the assignments without too difficulties. | |||||||||
| * I thought he was a great professor and I really enjoyed his class! | |||||||||
| * The professor was very in touch with the students. He was very easy to talk to and was very knowledgeable of the course materials and the history of the 1960s. | |||||||||
| * The professor's strengths was the teachings of the Interdisciplinary approach of exploring the 1960's through weekly reading assignments, projects, seminars and the discussion board, that made the course very interesting and enjoyable to learn. The professors challenges was keeping the students motivated and focused on learning the course material which he did, with feedback and encouragement. | |||||||||