End of Semester Survey (Sp00)
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Thanks for all your help this semester with this project. Your final contribution is this survey. For each question circle only one answer:
1. I am a: Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
2. I am: Male Female
3. My major (or expected major) is:
4. Is this the first class where the website figures prominently? Yes No
5. How often did you visit the class website?
Once a month Once a week Twice a week More often
6. How often did you post a message on the on-line discussion forum other than when a specific assignment required you to do so?
Never Once a month Once a week Twice a week More often
If you answered "never," please explain why not______________________
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If you did post a message on the forum, why did you post it there, rather than bringing it up in class? _______________________________________________
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7. How often did you read messages on the on-line discussion forum other than when a specific assignment required you to do so?
Never Once a month Once a week Twice a week More often
If you answered "never," please explain why not______________________
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8. How often did you read the assigned readings in the textbook?
Never Once a month Once a week Twice a week More often
If you answered "never," please explain why not______________________
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9. Have you ever taken a class that used an on-line discussion forum before?
Yes No
10. Please give your evaluation of on-line discussions to your overall learning experience in those earlier courses (5=Very important, 1=Not important)
5 4 3 2 1
11. As the semester progressed, did you ever go back and read primary source documents assigned earlier in the semester?
Yes No
If you answered "Yes," how often did you go back to these earlier documents?
Once Twice Three times Four times More often
12. As the semester progressed, did you venture beyond the sources on linked to the class website to find new sources?
Yes No
If you answered "Yes," how often did you venture beyond the sources linked to the class site?
Once Twice Three times Four times More often
If you answered "Yes," for which assignment(s) did you venture beyond the sources linked to the class site? _________________________________________
If you answered "Yes," did anything you found "out on the web" influence your thinking about the assignment you were working on, and, if so, how? __________
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13. Would you have preferred using print sources (books, etc.) to sources available on the web?
Yes No
Please tell me why you prefer web or print: ____________________________
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14. Would you have preferred a lecture course to one that was so discussion oriented?
Yes No
Please tell me why you prefer lecture or discussion: _______________________
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15. Would you have preferred a course that covered as much historical material as possible, rather than one that spent two weeks on several specific topics?
Yes No
Please tell me why you prefer "coverage" or "focused":_____________________
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16. Please evaluate how useful it was for you to spend the first two weeks of the semester on "historical methods"? (5=very useful, 1=not at all useful)
5 4 3 2 1
17. Would you have preferred examinations to papers as the primary mode of evaluation for this course?
Yes No
Please tell me why you prefer exams to papers:__________________________
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18. Did you use the book by Richard Marius to help you with your writing assignments?
Yes No
If you answered "Yes," how often did you use it?
Once Twice Three times Four times More often
19. Did you use the "Student Guide to Writing a Paper" that was part of the website?
Yes No
If you answered "Yes," how often did you use it?
Once Twice Three times Four times More often
20. Do you own a computer? Yes No
21. Do you have access to a computer where you live? Yes No
Please add any additional comments you would like to make about this course: