Bios 211 Introduction to Experimental Biosciences
End of semester evaluation questions

Tomorrow will be the first day of the rest of your life after Bios 211. Happy birthday! We would greatly appreciate if you would evaluate your learning experience in Bios 211, using the following set of questions as a guide. Your responses will be especially useful if you illustrate your responses to the indicated questions with one or more specific examples.

Thank you!

1. Were you adequately prepared to take this course?

Very prepared
Somewhat prepared
Neutral
Somewhat unprepared
Very unprepared

Specific examples

2. How has your perception of the instructor and/or the instructor's department changed, after completing this course?

My perception is much more positive
My perception is somewhat more positive
My perception is unchanged
My perception is somewhat more negative
My perception is much more negative

Specific examples

3. How much did you learn in this course compared to the average course at Rice?

I learned much more in this course than in most Rice courses
I learned somewhat more in this course than in most Rice courses
I learned about in this course than in most Rice courses
I learned somewhat less in this course than in most Rice courses
I learned far less in this course than in most Rice courses

Specific examples

4. How would you describe the communication of critical information in this course, through instructor feedback, lecture material, and other information sources?

Very effective
Somewhat effective
Neutral
Somewhat ineffective
Very ineffective

Specific examples

5. How would you describe the level of difficulty of this course compared to that of other Rice courses that you have taken?

Very difficult
Somewhat difficult
About the same
Somewhat less difficult
Considerably less difficult

Specific examples

6. [OPTIONAL] Correlations between responses and actual performance in the course can tell us a great deal. Because these evaluations are submitted anonymously, we cannot look for such correlations without your help. Only if you feel comfortable doing so,please select the letter grade that corresponds to your most recent cumulative course score, sent to you by the instructor.

A+
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
D
F

Please add any additional comments that you think are appropriate.



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Created by David R. Caprette (caprette@rice.edu), Rice University 10 May 07