Survey of Students Opinion - CA447 Software Process Improvement

These are the results of the student survey of teaching on CA447 to CAIS4 and CAE4 in Semester 1 of 2003/4.A total of 20 questions were asked. All responses were anonymous.

The results of this survey are presented in the following sections:

Combined CAIS4 (day) & CAE4 (evening) survey results

Questions  <50%  51-75% 76-90% 91-100%
The % of lectures that I have attended  is in the  range:          
 

 Strongly 
Agree 

  Agree 

 Mixed
 Feelings 

 Disagree 
Strongly 

  Disagree 
The lecturer is well organised          
It is clear how topics in the course relate to one another           
The pace of lectures is ideal          
The subject matter is presented clearly          
The course covers the right amount of material per module/year           
The pace of the course is satisfactory          
The lecturer handles questions well          
The lecturer is accessible for questions          
The lecturer is always approachable          
The library's is well stocked with books relevant to this course          
The recommended textbooks are very useful          
The assignment load is appropriate to the course          
I have learned a lot from taking this course          
  Yes No
I used the  e-books for this module    

CAIS4 (day) survey results

Questions  <50%  51-75% 76-90% 91-100%
The % of lectures that I have attended  is in the  range:          
 

 Strongly 
Agree 

  Agree 

 Mixed
 Feelings 

 Disagree 
Strongly 

  Disagree 
The lecturer is well organised          
It is clear how topics in the course relate to one another           
The pace of lectures is ideal          
The subject matter is presented clearly          
The course covers the right amount of material per module/year           
The pace of the course is satisfactory          
The lecturer handles questions well          
The lecturer is accessible for questions          
The lecturer is always approachable          
The library's is well stocked with books relevant to this course          
The recommended textbooks are very useful          
The assignment load is appropriate to the course          
I have learned a lot from taking this course          
  Yes No
I used the  e-books for this module    
Open Question Comments
I found the  e-books useful for this module  
The three most interesting parts of this course are:   
The three least interesting parts of this course are:  
The things I would like to see changing about this course are:  
The most important improvements to this course should be:  

CAE4 (evening) survey results

Questions  <50%  51-75% 76-90% 91-100%
The % of lectures that I have attended  is in the  range:   1 1 7 10
 

 Strongly 
Agree 

  Agree 

 Mixed
 Feelings 

 Disagree 
Strongly 

  Disagree 
The lecturer is well organised 16 3 0 0 0
It is clear how topics in the course relate to one another  7 11 1 0 0
The pace of lectures is ideal 3 10 4 1 1
The subject matter is presented clearly 13 5 1 0 0
The course covers the right amount of material per module/year  4 7 6 2 0
The pace of the course is satisfactory 4 9 3 3 0
The lecturer handles questions well 12 7 0 0 0
The lecturer is accessible for questions 15 4 0 0 0
The lecturer is always approachable 15 4 0 0 0
The library's is well stocked with books relevant to this course 1 7 8 2 1
The recommended textbooks are very useful 0 5 12 2 0
The assignment load is appropriate to the course 1 6 6 4 2
I have learned a lot from taking this course 5 7 6 1 0
  Yes No
I used the  e-books for this module 2 17
Open Question Comments
I found the  e-books useful for this module
  • Found them useful
  • Should have more that are revelent to other module 
  • Short time limit on them
The three most interesting parts of this course are: 
  • Course notes good
  • Lecturer enthustaic
  • PSP
  • XP
  • Case studies / real world examples
The three least interesting parts of this course are:
  • Material can be repatitive
  • CMM
  • CMM very large (may never be relevant)
  • PSP & CMM (but we should know them) 
The things I would like to see changing about this course are:
  • Small assignment
  • More case studies
  • More time on CMM
  • More time on PSP
  • Less CMM
  • Too many buzzwords to remember
The most important improvements to this course should be:
  • More real world discussion / examples
  • More time for project

 

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