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After you have completed this form, it will be collected by a class member who will send it to the UNIVERSITY ASSESSMENT CENTER. I will receive it only AFTER grades have been submitted and will use the results to assess content and procedures of this course as well as the benefits of educational communications technologies.
| PAST STUDENTS' COMMENTS* | INSTRUCTOR'S RESPONSE or STUDENTS' OWN SUGGESTED REMEDIES* |
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I did not fully understand the course organization till the end. The
final write-up helped me connect all of the concepts. (350/2000/#3)
I thought that this class was extremely difficult with not enough explanation to do the projects. The course was organized very well and it did help me in many ways to learn important new things.(350/2000/#4) I felt this was a challenging course and that the flow and tie-in from topic-to-topic was systematic and easy to follow. (350/2000/#5) This was the most difficult class I've taken in this dept. by far, and I have taken a few 400-level courses. (350/2000/#6)
I have gained a better understanding of local/regional economic
concepts. Organization of this course was wonderful. The Website for 350 was outstanding & often much clearer than the professor. (350/2000/#11) Content was minimal. I understand our region better as a whole, but not individual sectors. -- Quality of readings: too difficult to understand. -- Course logistics: Great! (350/2000/#12) The contents of this class were appropriate for a 300-level class. I have gained an improved understanding of the local/regional economy. The organization was great, his websites were very helpful and his quality of work in the course is great. (350/2000/#13) Some readings were not well connected to classwork and not discussed thoroughly enough to understand relevance. (350/2000/#15) I think that the class filled the requirements of a 300-level class. The content and degree of difficulty were suitable for the topic and themes of the class. Very well organized class but an enormous amount of information. (350/2000/#16) |
Project-related explanations are available in
class, on the Web, by Email and during office hours. The class- and Web-
explanations are highly integrated. If they do not suffice, you
have an obligation to speak up and ask. I do not receive overly many Email
inquiries and feel usually rather lonely during my office hours. Please
change that! (gk)
I would recommend a Pre-Rec class for this course. I did not take any prior Geog. courses and I believe at least an intro to Economic Geog. would have been appropriate. (350/2000/#10) Clarity of Website and professor: Website and in-class meetings have different functions. The Website has mainly basic conceptual, integrative (organizational) and resource functions. Class meetings in general aim for higher levels of learning and thinking and thus inevitably lead to uneven "intellectual happiness" among class members with varying backgrounds. However, I am aware of the need for utmost clarity and am striving continuously for such clarity. It might have been better to have the lectures more organized. (350/2000/#14) |
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II. SELF-REFLECTIONS: Why had you signed up for this course? Were
you well enough prepared for this course? If not why not? Were you
able to attend
classes regularly and spend the normal and expected amount of time
(class time + 10 hours per week) for this class? If not why not? Did your
motivation change during the quarter? If yes, how and why?
| PAST STUDENTS' COMMENTS* | INSTRUCTOR'S RESPONSE or STUDENTS' OWN REMEDIES* |
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| I signed up for this course because it was an
economic geography course, an area in which I was interested. I was not
prepared for the sort of course this was initially because this course was
very different (from) related courses that (I have) taken, but I adapted
to it. (350/2000/#1)
This course was taken because it goes along with my Economic Geog. focus. I attended regularly. I enjoyed the class and attending although as the theories and analyses started to pile up I kind of got lost and frustrated for a while. (350/2000/#5) I think we were expected to do way too much self-learning and weren't prepared to do this. I'm not aware of anyone who had the time to keep up with everything and to figure out all this on their own. We have other classes and jobs, you know. (350/2000/#6) Spent too much additional time having to learn how to create Web pages. (350/2000/#15) |
Staying motivated and "with it" throughout the
quarter is often a challenge. Seeing the instructor during times of
frustration should be a plausible remedy. Try it before the state of
frustration changes to a state of anger!(gk)
I wish I had taken the class that supposedly led into this one. I did not have enough base knowledge to comprehend the material well. (350/2000/#9) I believe (that Geog.) 207 is plenty preparation for this course. (350/2000/#11) I signed up for this class because I wanted to know about location. I was able to attend class regularly at the end, not at the beginning. (350/2000/#13) I attend class every time, otherwise I would have gotten behind. (350/2000/#14) |
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III. TEACHING OF COURSE: (The instructor's content knowledge,
specific
abilities and suggested areas for improvement; style of presentation and
interaction; organization of individual class meetings; ability to hold
your attention and "make you think" at this (lunch) time of day;
use of examples;
willingness to help with problems and assignments; extent and usefulness
of instructor's personal, written or E-mail comments on your work and
assignments; fairness of grading and other evaluations)
| PAST STUDENTS' COMMENTS* | INSTRUCTOR'S RESPONSE or STUDENTS' OWN REMEDIES* |
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On the whole, very good, although style was a bit rambling sometimes;
perhaps too much information was being presented at one time. Excellent
use of what examples could be used. (350/2000/#1) Meeting only twice a week made it harder to pick up new concepts (350/2000/#3) The instructor is very intellectual and as a result often speaks above the level of the students. The long lectures and the (lunch) time of day can be hard to maintain fous throughout. (350/2000/#5) I liked the days when we worked through problems as groups or on the overhead. Sometimes, I would get lost during lectures, mainly because I was hungry though. (350/2000/#7) Willingness to help with problems was great because it was more needed than in any class I have ever taken. (350/2000/#9) Very easy to reach and help with assignments. It helped me (that we) worked on the homework in class. (350/2000/#10) The instructor is often hard to follow and assumes that class knows a lot. Often homework was just given and does not get explained. (350/2000/#11) His response to q's or comments via email is very fast and helpful. (350/2000/#13) All good (350/2000/#15) He was very willing to help and interested in students' learning process and interdependency. He is very knowledgeable and tried to assist as much as possible for better understanding of class materials and assignments. (350/2000/#17) |
No doubt, the twice-per-week schedule requires
more self-discipline than a daily class. The instructor's intent is to use
electronic means to give the course a "daily" structure and presence yet
save commuting and logistics time.
However, you have to avail yourself to this electronic (daily)
organization. (gk)
Be always sure you have eaten something before a two-hour lecture, especially at lunch time. I would be happy to invite you to pull out your sandwich except we would be violating the Collaboratory rules. Always remind me of the needed break, should I inadvertently go on for too long. (gk) The instructor is very easy to communicate with, approach, and just plain talk to. (350/2000/#5) You always have answers to our questions and emails and that is very helpful. Your willingness to interact and answer questions is good, unfortunately, I wasn't using it enough (350/2000/#7) I prefer morning classes. (350/2000/#14) |
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IV. GUIDANCE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR SPECIAL INTERESTS AND NEEDS:
(Instructor's availability for advice and discussions outside of
class; quality of teaching/ learning on one-to-one basis;
sensitivity
toward your special problems and interests; help with improving your
study/learning/research skills; willingness and ability to respond to
questions about your academic program and career plans; have you become a
more motivated and independent learner? Did instructor help you in
overcoming barriers to learning?
| PAST STUDENTS' COMMENTS* | INSTRUCTOR'S RESPONSE or STUDENTS' OWN REMEDIES* |
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| -- very willing to help and work with
student needs. -- a great resource for everything, not just Geog. related
stuff. (350/2000/#5)
Great. (350/2000/#9) His one-to-one teaching was great. He is willing to spend much of his time one-one-one. Very helpful (350/2000/#13) The professor's availability was the "best" of any other prof. which I have had, which helped! (350/2000/#14) | Yes, I will never forget when you laughed for me never using the library. It got me out and using the library though. If I only had more time and energy to use more of the resources that you presented me with. (350/2000/#7) |
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V. INDEPENDENT & COLLABORATIVE WORK: How successful and useful was
the instructor's attempt to
achieve a high degree of integration of your interests and class
content?
Did your understanding of the class content improve as a result of
independent and collaborative work
related to your interests? Did your 'independent' explorations of
your interests become more meaningful as a result of the association
with
class content, the "class model" and the interests and backgrounds of
others in the class?
| PAST STUDENTS' COMMENTS* | INSTRUCTOR'S RESPONSE or STUDENTS' OWN REMEDIES* |
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| integration of your interests and class
content: excellent. I felt more liberated in this class since I was
able to explore my interests in relation to economic geography
(350/2000/#2)
I highly enjoyed the assignments. Since we needed a class focus, it made research a positive experience. The final was good since it helped wrap up all the concepts.(350/2000/#3) I love how the students are able to apply the general concepts/theories to their own "focus" areas. Makes it easier to understand/learn when the "topic" interests the student. (350/2000/#5) Great. (350/2000/#9) Integrating my interests into the class material helped me to understand the material better. (350/2000/#14) Best component of class (350/2000/#15) Sometimes the questions were a bit tedious but overall, his attempts to force us to focus our attention on a particular interest was noble. (350/2000/#16) |
More interaction with students
needed (350/2000/#10)
More collaborative work. Hearing instructions from different point(s) of view is helpful (350/2000/#11) |
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VI. TECHNOLOGIES: How do you evaluate the instructor's attempt to
provide
an electronic environment for this class? Was there sufficient
access to
hardware, software, personal assistance? Was the emphasis on electronic
resources appropriate? Was the emphasis on presenting assignments on the
Web appropriate? Suggestions for change.
| PAST STUDENTS' COMMENTS* | INSTRUCTOR'S RESPONSE or STUDENTS' OWN REMEDIES* |
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Could use more computers, more web training.
Also, current web explanation could be improved (350/2000/#1)
I learned HTML from this class. Now I can't stop posting and creating Web pages. It was a good experience learning to post on the Web. This should be a must in the future. See others' work helped me solve problems in my own assignments. (350/2000/#3) The electronic environment is better than any other I have experienced at this school. I have learned more about the Web, its resources and how to use them than at any other time in 4 years here. (350/2000/#4) Love it -- we all used some basic email, HTML skills. (350/2000/#5) He was very successful at making this course digital and PC-important! (350/2000/#8) Wonderful. (350/2000/#9) I liked learning about the Web. (350/2000/#14) No -- not enough instruction on the webpage applications -- no link to why webpage relevant to course (350/2000/#15) |
Our "Collaboratory" represents a
compromise between a classroom without computers and one where every
student has his/her own. The latter situation is not conducive to
interaction, since the computers are in the way. -- The Web training has
to
be limited since there is class content to be covered. In addition to
multiple step-by-step help pages, handouts and unlimited help made
available after class... (by generous students, paid helpers and by me),
what can I do? (gk)
Yes, I will connect this page more priminantly to the early class page [Why Should We Embrace the Internet in Economic Geography Classes?] (gk) |
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VII. COLLABORATION, OUTREACH & PEER TEACHING/LEARNING:
I would very much like to hear some of your thoughts about the Outreach/
Sharing-your-Skills Component of this class. What have been the benefits or
shortcomings of this component? How can it be improved? (Please answer
even if you have not participated)
| PAST STUDENTS' COMMENTS* | INSTRUCTOR'S RESPONSE or STUDENTS' OWN REMEDIES* |
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Collaboration with my peers gave me additional
hope when I had trouble grasping topics. A group project should help this
even more. (350/2000/#2)
In the collab is the best class room place. Sitting in groups gives the ease of helping each other with problems a push. Anthing from Web navigation to construction, to class assignment questions are much easier to tackle. (350/2000/#7) I didn't participate, but I never really thought that it would be important because my classmates on my table would help me anyways.(350/2000/#8) Great. (350/2000/#9) |
Have people report on their specific outreach
component (350/2000/#10)
Needs to be further focused. (350/2000/#15) I think it is a great idea. It might be helpful to have a little more time in class to focus on students' project similarities, so it is easier to talk about it. (350/2000/#18) |
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VIII. How much has the use of the Internet
helped you to achieve these objectives:
| PAST STUDENTS' COMMENTS | INSTRUCTOR'S RESPONSE or STUDENTS' OWN REMEDIES |
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IX. Which of the following Web pages have been (more or less) useful to your learning environment in this class:
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____ Alternative Textbook Page (5/7/6) ____ Assignment Guidelines (14/5/0) ____ Class Calendar (17/2/0) ____ Class Discussion (6/2/12) ____ Events - Economic News (2/6/10) ____ Front Page (Class Home Page) (15/1/3) ____ Glossary (15/4/0) ____ ____ |
____ Member List & Group Pages (11/4/2) ____ Recycled (Old) Tests (3/9/6) ____ Resource Page(s) for your Area of Interest (9/7/3) ____ Template(s) (8/4/5) ____ VLab (Virtual Lab Guide & Tasks) (11/4/2) ____ Web Page of the Week (4/5/8) ____ Weekly Agendas (12/3/2) ____ ____ |
Examples of Pages you would have liked to find in Krumme's
Websystem, but did not:
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| PAST STUDENTS' COMMENTS | INSTRUCTOR'S RESPONSE or STUDENTS' OWN REMEDIES |
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(Please use space on the back of this page)
Thank you very much for this input and for all your other feedback and great ideas during the quarter (and do not hesitate to "drop by" next quarter to discuss the class, your contributions and your continuing interest in economic geography)!
If you cannot return this form via the class envelope, please mail it directly to the Educational Assessment Center, Box 35 58 37, UW Campus Mail. (453 Schmitz).
Should you have other thoughts, insights or suggestions after the quarter is over, and after you received your grade, please do NOT HESITATE to send them by Email. Alternatively, you could use this form the results of which are sent directly to me. Thanks a million and have a lot more great classes like this ;-).
| PAST STUDENTS' COMMENTS | INSTRUCTOR'S RESPONSE or STUDENTS' OWN REMEDIES |
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Class was overshadowed by unmotivated students -- made it difficult for
teacher to connect and keep topics of discussion moving -- not sure what
can be done about that. Other than that, info w/be very useful in future.
Greates frustration was the Webpage component (350/2000/#15)
I only wish that this was not my last quarter at UW because I would like to study under Prof. Krumme again. A very unique, friendly, interesting teacher who challenges his students to think and apply themselves. (350/2000/#16) Again -- I think the use of the internet is great! My mom, who teaches high school, was so impressed with the online materials that she wants me to build a site for her classes. Thanks -- I really enjoyed the class. (350/2000/#18) |
If this [i.e. the webpage component] is a continued requirement should be noted in course description. (350/2000/#15) |
* Comments in italics are direct quotes from past student responses; all others are combined summary statements
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