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WebAssign Survey Analysis Spring 1998

Synopsis

  • 71% of students feel WebAssign has helped them learn the concepts in Physics
  • 63% of students feel that the overall level of difficulty of the online homework was sufficient to prepare them for tests.
  • 62% of students feel that the total number of problems assigned online has been sufficient to prepare them for tests.



Details
Using WebAssign has helped me learn the concepts in Physics 205/208.
Strongly Agree
15 %
Agree
56 %
Neutral
18 %
Disagree
8 %
Strongly Disagree
4 %
No response:
0 %

Number responding: 884


The overall level of difficulty of the online homework has been sufficient to prepare me for the four common tests.

Strongly Agree
12 %
Agree
51 %
Neutral
19 %
Disagree
13 %
Strongly Disagree
5 %
No response:
0 %

Number responding: 884


The total number of problems assigned online has been sufficient to prepare me for the four common tests.

Strongly Agree
13 %
Agree
49 %
Neutral
20 %
Disagree
14 %
Strongly Disagree
4 %
No response:
1 %

Number responding: 884


The Suggested Problems listed on the assignment schedule include those assigned on the web plus additional problems. Concerning these additional problems, reply to this question:
About how many of these addition al problems, as a percent of their total number, have you worked?

75%-100%
14 %
50%-75%
17 %
25%-50%
18 %
1%-25%
27 %
none
24 %
No response:
1 %

Number responding: 884


If five of the additional suggested problems could be worked on the web per week for extra credit, I would choose to do the following percentage of them (averaged over the whole semester):

80%-100%
71 %
60%-80%
15 %
40%-60%
8 %
20%-40%
4 %
0%-20%
3 %
No response:
1 %

Number responding: 884


How much weight should the homework count towards the final course grade (currently 10%)? Weighting the homework more would mean an increase in the number of problems assigned. I would choose the weighting to be in the range:

60%-80%
4 %
40%-60%
4 %
20%-40%
22 %
10%-20%
49 %
0%-10%
21 %
No response:
1 %

Number responding: 884