Replies to Feedback Questionaire Term 1 2000/2001 School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London

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Feedback Questionnaire Term 1

Individual Student Replies - Round brakets () around name(s) indicate "anonymous" feedback(s).

(John William Bond)
Mark Anthony Farnworth
(Noreen Hanif)
Lakshminarayanan Rajamani
Wolfgang Seidl
Robert John Whittock

Collated Replies

Average hours per week spent on studying course material

< 3	0
3 to 5	3
5 to 7	0
7 to 9	1
9 to 12	0
> 12	0

Level of the course material

Too low	0
A bit low	1
About right	3
A bit high	0
Too high	0

Quality of the course material

Very poor	0
Poor	0
OK	0
High	2
Very high	2

Pace of the course material

Too slow	0
About right	3
Too fast	0
(Not answered)	1

Easiest topic (release) and hours

2. Introduction to Powder Diffraction	1 to 3
2. Introduction to Powder Diffraction	1 to 3
2. Introduction to Powder Diffraction	1 to 3
11. Qualitative Analysis	1 to 3

Hardest topic (release) and hours

6. Symmetry II	5 to 7
6. Symmetry II	7 to 9
6. Symmetry II	11 to 13
9. Symmetry III	7 to 9

Course work (assignments)

Very useful	3
Useful	0
Not useful	0
(Not answered)	1

Student-tutor interactions

Very good	1
Good	1
OK	2
Poor	0
Very poor	0

Printing

Yes, in colour	1
Yes, in black & white	3
Sometimes	0
No	0

Screen setup

1200 x 1024 pixels with neither 8, 16, 24, or 32 bit colour

1024 x 768 pixels (XVGA) with 16 bit / 65k colours

Not sure

Not sure

Downloading/access problems

Yes	0
No	4

Other comments:

• Good plan to intersperse the Symmetry sessions with easier work. Symmetry/point/space groups are by far the most difficult aspect of the course. I would like to get a better idea about the level of understanding of of these needed for the final examination. Do you have a date yet for the examination ? (it will aid diary planning). What form will the examination take? (multiple choice?, 3 from 5 or 5 from 8 questions? etc.) Do we have to revise all the course material for the examination?
• Connect assignments closer to the related topic. If necessary cut them in pieces and bring them with the related topics.
  Minor problem: In printing black and white some colours vanish completely!
• Overall a very well put together course. I was especially impressed with the section on diffraction 1&2 the structure factor eqn. & how to use it since I am not at all mathematically minded, yet found it easy to understand.

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