| Zeilberger D Spring 2014, 16:640:640:01 — Experimental Math (index #64720) Enrollment= 14, Responses= 13 Part A: University-wide Questions: |
Student Responses | Weighted Means | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Disagree 1 |
Strong Agree 5 |
No response |
Section | Course | Level | Dept | ||||
| 1. The instructor was prepared for class and presented the material in an organized manner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4.77 | 4.77 | 4.77 | 4.66 |
| 2. The instructor responded effectively to student comments and questions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4.85 | 4.85 | 4.85 | 4.49 |
| 3. The instructor generated interest in the course material | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4.54 | 4.54 | 4.54 | 4.36 |
| 4. The instructor had a positive attitude toward assisting all students in understanding course material | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4.85 | 4.85 | 4.85 | 4.50 |
| 5. The instructor assigned grades fairly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4.77 | 4.77 | 4.77 | 4.54 |
| 6. The instructional methods encouraged student learning | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4.62 | 4.62 | 4.62 | 4.42 |
| 7. I learned a great deal in this course | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4.62 | 4.62 | 4.62 | 4.53 |
| 8. I had a strong prior interest in the subject matter and wanted to take this course | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4.31 | 4.31 | 4.31 | 4.42 |
| Poor | Excellent | |||||||||
| 9. I rate the teaching effectiveness of the instructor as | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4.85 | 4.85 | 4.85 | 4.51 |
| 10. I rate the overall quality of the course as | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4.77 | 4.77 | 4.77 | 4.64 |
What do you like best about this course?:
This course put a symbolic spin on numerical analysis. I had never seen anything like this before.
Dr. Zeilberger
It was really new material for me. It was great to get some experience with programming that was oriented towards math, because I had never had a class like that.
Learning how to use computers to attack mathematical problems was interesting and hopefully will be useful.
The way that discrete experimental math was applied to numerical analysis was fascinating.
Accessible for all levels while pushing for improvement.
I LOVE THIS CLASS! EVERY ASPECTS OF IT!
If you were teaching this course, what would you do differently?:
I would occasionally prepare some of the more complicated code ahead of time, but for the most part, I would change little.
I wouldn't have picked numerical analysis as a topic! That was a shame.
I might focus a bit more on why we're doing what we're doing, since I think it's easy to get lost in the details. Having people work in small groups on implementing some functionality before doing it all together might be interesting.
Nothing.
Not much.
In what ways, if any, has this course or the instructor encouraged your intellectual growth and progress?:
This course has confirmed the fact that I like experimental mathematics.
This course has made me curious about ways I could use computational methods in my research.
The project towards the end of the semester allowed me to think independently about a topic I was interested in.
He did a good job asking challenging questions that were perfect for all levels of student.
Other comments or suggestions::
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I Love Experimental Math!