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			    COURSE SURVEY

	     T-61.271 Information visualization fall 2002

Please fill in this survey, if you have not already done so. If you
want, you can answer anonymously. Please leave the filled form with
the exam paper or mail it later using internal mail (e.g. from
"vahtimestarin koppi", T building) to Kai Puolamäki, PL 9800, 02015
TKK. You can answer also in Finnish.

How important are the following in understanding the course? 
(on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being "could do without" and 5 being
"very important") 
	lectures				1   2   3   4   5
	solving exercises			1   2   3   4   5
	exercise sessions			1   2   3   4   5
	visualization project			1   2   3   4   5
	lecture slides				1   2   3   4   5
	literature				1   2   3   4   5
	communication with fellow students	1   2   3   4   5
	other? ___________________________	1   2   3   4   5

What grade would you give to the following?
(on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being "bad", 3 being "satisfactory" and
5 being "excellent") 
	lectures				1   2   3   4   5
	exercise sessions			1   2   3   4   5
	lecture slides				1   2   3   4   5
	literature				1   2   3   4   5
        external conditions (lecture rooms, equipment, ...)
						1   2   3   4   5
	the course as a whole			1   2   3   4   5

How many study credits should the students be awarded for passing the
course (you'll get three)?			1   2   3   4   5

How demanding was the course? (on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being "too
easy", 3 being "about right" and 5 being "too demanding")
						1   2   3   4   5

How interesting was the course, as compared to you expectations? 
(on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being "not interesting" and 5 being "very
interesting")					1   2   3   4   5

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Answer the following questions on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being "no" and
5 being "yes":

Have you attended to the first two year's mathematics courses (or
equivalent)?				        1   2   3   4   5

This course was held in English. Did this cause difficulties in
understanding the course?			1   2   3   4   5

Do you feel that you have learned the topics discussed in the course?
						1   2   3   4   5

Do you think the things you have learned will be of use to you in the
future? 					1   2   3   4   5

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Have you got a clear picture of which of the topics discussed in the
course are useful and important?		1   2   3   4   5

Did the course have a good atmosphere?		1   2   3   4   5

Have we made a clear difference between relevant and irrelevant?
						1   2   3   4   5

Have also difficult things been presented understandably?
						1   2   3   4   5

Have the students been encouraged to think independently and
critically?					1   2   3   4   5

Did the different parts of the course (lectures, exercises, ...)
support each other well?			1   2   3   4   5

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What was best in the course?











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What was the worst weakness?











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How would you develop the course in the future?











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Thank you for your time!