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13. The class was great! It was very challenging though. I felt like I
had to teach myself a lot because I didn't really understand the concepts
in class. I am so glad Phil had the review because otherwise I would have
been very confused.
14. The technology is good, specifically CourseCompass and the class
blog. There is too much of it really. The notes are awful, I understand
they are used by the entire department but they truly serve us no purpose.
When I did attend class and listened and tried, they still were of no help
to me after class because they are so incomplete. I didn't attend class
much after the first 3 weeks. I found no point in it as I couldn't retain
the information. Teaching came off sporadic and was not very informative.
Simple concepts, that I would later teach myself, where made to seem very
complex. The job of a teacher is to break down a concept for their
students, allowing the students to learn step by step. This class wasn't
like this. There is a reason less than 10% of the class showed up every
day.
15. The TA and professor give students the confidence to success this
course.
16. I liked how you used various ways for people to further learn on
their own and study the material. The technology used was very helpful. I
really enjoyed Phil's blog because it told me the main points I needed to
focus on for the exams.
17. I thought feel has done a very good job especially in with the
review session. That and CourseCompass are the only thing that helped.
Everything else was pretty much a waste of time.
18. I feel better about the teaching structures of this course as
opposed to others because of the amount of internet resources available.
19. I find that the use of technology has greatly benefited my ability
to learn in this course. I feel like if I missed anything in class I could
easily find it in all the available sources offered to us online. Having
everything on Blackboard made it easy to find. Compared to other classes I
have taken where very little or no extra course material was available to
me online. I like the use of humor in the course. The study sessions
offered by Phil were also very informing and definitely helped me with the
exams.
20. The teaching curriculum for this class has been much easier to
follow than that of other classes. The class schedule is more consistent
and the learning content is better.
21. I find it better because you make yourselves more available to us if
we have questions and you explain everything thoroughly so we can all
understand it. You both take the time out of your days to make sure we all
succeed and not many teachers are willing to do that.
22. I find it very helpful that Phil teaches the help sessions before
the exams and I appreciate how available you both are.
23. You both are very involved teachers! And that is a very good
thing. Some of the technology may be
useless it seems and may break the concentration that a student has if the
technology does not flow smoothly.
24. The blog, weekly review sessions, weekly exams, CourseCompass and
having the PowerPoints online are great. Everything you need to do well in
the class is online which makes attending lecture a little frustrating. In
other classes, if I didn't attend lecture, I wouldn't do well in the
course.
25. I thought that some of the requirements of the course were a little
unclear. However I did think that all the learning tools were quite
helpful.
26. You have done wonders. You have done your best compared to any other
course.
Keep it up!
27. Better: Use of the blog, study sessions before weekly exams.
Worse: Use of masks, pushing the Ning network when all students already
have Facebook, over-reaching with technology (I thought the Twitter account
would be fun, but I never saw anything worthwhile on their regarding class,
I dropped his account a little over a week ago)
28. I like Phil. He is the best thing that has ever happened to this
course. He teaches everything you need to know in 30 min!
29. Good study sessions before tests.
30. It went very well
31. I really feel more comfortable about asking questions in Stats 201
than most other business/math classes. I enjoy the constant communication
through technology, frequent grading updates, and review sessions on Tuesdays.
These are really helpful tools that I never see in most other classes.
32. The thing I think I
liked most about the course was the weekly exams. Having an exam every week makes you keep
up with the course so you will succeed.
I did not like the projects.
I thought at times they were useless to my potential success in the
"real world."
33. The availability to speak with both of you is very reassuring and
helpful. The review sessions right before the exam are also a huge help.
The hours before class to ask last minute questions about homework really
help as well.
34. I have found that I prefer less technology in the classroom. The
amount used in this class was fairly overwhelming, so I chose to only use
blackboard and CourseCompass to keep things simple. When there are more
than three websites involved it just makes it more difficult for me to keep
track of everything. I prefer it when professors take a more traditional
route to teaching with less technology. I feel like the student-professor
relationship is stronger when there is more face to face contact and less
cyberspace interaction.
35. N/A
36. I find the lectures beneficial and in the case of having to miss it
is convenient to have them to listen to online as well. I learned a lot
from the class blog as well as by using CourseCompass. The most beneficial
part for me was the review session before the Tuesday exams. I would also
like other classes to post more things like a blog throughout a class that
was very helpful in condensing the information.
37. Most courses have review sessions a day or two before an exam, if
they even have a review session. Having the review sessions minutes before
the exam was extremely helpful.
38. The only thing that comes to mind is that I feel so bad for you when
folks don't come to class. Since you
do use technology so much, there needs to be something that will give
incentive for students to come to the class. You could stagger the quizzes
from Tues to Thurs, beginning of class to end of class and never let us
know. That way, folks will have to
come to class and if you have this set up from the beginning then it
doesn't seem like punishment, but rather, just your way of doing it.
39. I believe that the use of the blog is really helpful.
40. Most classes don't offer the amount of face time with instructors
and TA's that I've encountered in this class. That's the most positive
thing in my opinion.
41. Well, I think that the use of technology was better than that of
most teachers. However, the overall use of the technology was a little
over-kill. Phil's help sessions were the best part. I prefer straight to
the point old fashioned teaching. If you would have relied less on slide
shows and just videotaped the class of you actually working problems on a
board that would have been better for me.
42. The use of technology far surpassed
that any course I have taken here at UTK. The teachers were very
understanding, while keeping their personal egos in check, always keeping
the student first.
43. The technology makes the class more
convenient and easier to get help when needed by TA or instructor.
44. The review sessions before the weekly exams
help me a great deal. Most classes do not give review sessions, but the
ones that do I tend to do better in.
45. I like the weekly tests: They keeps
other material refreshed and gives you an idea of what kind of knowledge
you are expecting from us. I like the amount of effort you put into the homework:
that helps a lot! And also, the class blog and trying to help keep things
interesting.
46. Methods of teaching are better because
you include so many advances in technology.
47. Way better, more personalized
48. I have had a good experience in this
course for the most part. I like how
Dr. Leon is personable by showing the class his background etc. on the
first day. I have found it very
helpful to get in touch with the TA very easily. Phil will email me back the day that I
send the email. Also, the review
sessions have been extremely helpful.
The extra "cram session" really helps me on the tests.
49. I wish you had taken more time to
interact with the students and go through the processes, especially JMP,
instead of letting your extra technological elements do it. In the past when I have taken stat
classes, there was a very strong element of group work and class
participation that is completely missing from this class and it think it
hurt the class overall.
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