How do students who have taken CHEM-342 describe it?

The final course evaluation in CHEM-342 asks students the following question: In an informative sentence or two, describe or characterize CHEM-342 to someone who might consider taking the course. The 20 students who took the course in 1998 responded as follows.

The students also responded to the following on the final questionnaire:

1. Consider the following items and rate them with respect to how important they are for success in CHEM-342.

A summary of the responses is in the table below.

Item Extremely

Important

Very

Important

Reasonably

Important

Slightly

Important

Not

Important

Mean

± S.D.

Question 2

Responses

a. Personal Initiative 12 6 2 0 0 1.50 ± 0.67 8
b. Library Research Skills 8 7 3 2 0 1.95 ± 0.97 9
c. Taking Notes in Class 2 9 6 1 2 2.60 ± 1.07 2
d. Writing Skills 6 5 7 1 0 2.16 ± 0.93 5
e. Collaboration with Classmates 11 5 2 2 0 1.75 ± 0.99 10
f. Oral Communication Skills 6 8 3 2 0 2.05 ± 0.94 8
g. Prior Knowledge 3 4 8 3 2 2.85 ± 1.15 6
h. Memorization 3 1 5 8 3 3.35 ± 1.24 0
i. Learning New Information 10 6 3 0 1 1.80 ± 1.03 3
j. Problem Solving Skills 10 6 2 2 0 1.80 ± 0.98 9
k. Conceptualization 12 5 3 0 0 1.55 ± 0.74 10
l. Attendance 14 3 0 3 0 1.60 ± 1.07 6

2. Reconsider the items a through l in relation to other science courses you have had. Circle those items which, in your experience, are more important in CHEM-342 than in those other courses. (Circle as many as are appropriate.)

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