| The
overall quality of this course was |
- it was a little hard for a one hundred
level course (score: B)
- Demonstrations
were interesting, but the course was poorly organized. The Professor
just read off slides, which we could have done at home. (score: C)
- The name of the course is "How Things Work," but I barely
got to learn about how anything worked. (score: C)
- tests are a little harder than i
expected (score: B)
- The
most interesting physics course I've taken. Learned a lot from
interesting demos. I've been able to apply this class to daily events.
(score: A)
- Even though I am not a computer science or physics major,
I've learned quite a bit about the basic concepts of physics. This
course provided me with a full range of concepts from learning the
basic concepts of the law of motion to the diferent concepts of
cameras. This class is my physical science core requirement. Even
though, I am a junior (Spanish Major with a Minor in Business), I
definitely think this is one of my most challenging courses. (score: A)
- It was a good course. I was not very interested in physics
but Professor Einstein made it a little more enjoyable with all of his
demonstrations. (score: B)
- There were other science majors
in our class. This gave
them a big advantage over people like me who haven't taken science
since 9th grade. (score: C)
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| In general,
this instructor's teaching was |
- he was very helpful and patient (score: A)
- Professor
Einstein taught the course as if students had a strong background in
physics. Again, he just read off slides and expected us to know what he
was talking about. He's a very bright person, but a poor instructor.
(score: E)
- He only reads off slides that he didn't even
create and does not do a good job of explaining well. (score: C)
- Great guy, fair teacher, and you can
tell he loves physics. (score: A)
- Professor
Einstein is a dedicated professor that enjoys teaching to students. He
is a very knowledgeable professor that is motivated to teach physics.
He even makes his students laugh with his corny jokes. His lecture are
very detailed and to the point. The demos in class are a big help for
students to analyze and grasp the concepts of this course (very helpful
and interesting). (score: A)
- Was never really clear on the
topics, he got all of his ideas from a previous professor at UVA who
wrote the book. (score: D)
- Professor
Einstein did not really explain the issues so that it was easy for
non-science/computer people to understand. (score: C)
- (score: B)
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| In general,
fairness of grading was |
- he graded very fairly and took effort
into account (score: A)
- Fairness of grading was not a
problem. (score: B)
- He grades based on the results of
the general class, which I think is fair. (score: B)
- There were no surprises on the
exams. The questions came from lecture and the homeworks. (score:
A)
- very fair grader. (score: A)
- The tests were extremely hard and
this is only an introductory course (score: D)
- Professor Einstain gradely very
fairly. (score: B)
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| The
instructor's written communication of upcoming course content and
requirements was |
- The website was always updated. (score: A)
- Talked about and recommended PHYS106
(the physics of light). (score: A)
- The
course website is excellent. Very self-explanatorya and organized. The
use of applets and demos done in class are a great help for students.
It seems like the Department of Physics uses their resources(demos) to
the best of their abilities. (score: A)
- While Professor
Einstain did update his website often
with updates and announcements, he should also hand out a hard copy of
the syllabus on the first day of class. (score: W)
- Always
updated the website (score: A)
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| The
instructor's organization of each class was |
- Absolutely atrocious! (score: E)
- The experiments almost never worked,
but he was not too scatter-brained. (score: B)
- The demos were well practiced and
explained. (score: A)
- Sometimes the experimentsfailed to
perform as expected, may not have been hisfault.... (score: B)
- Very
well-organized. The use of powerpoint slides were useful. Demos was
helped emphasize and the understand what was being taught. (score: A)
- Considering the slides were made by another professor, yes
he was organized (score: B)
- Professor Einstein always seemed
well-organized for class. (score: B)
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| The clarity
of explanations was |
- He isn't very good at clarifying. (score: D)
- Explanations were well along the
level of students. (score: A)
- Very precise and to the point.
(score: A)
- He
assumed that we all knew what he was talking about. When we asked him
questions he would not directly answer them. (score: D)
- Professor Einstein does not explain concepts well enough for
non-computer/science students. (score: D)
- Some more detail might have been
needed for persons not well versed in science, but time can only
allow some much. (score: C)
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| The
instructor's knowledge of the course content appeared to
be |
- It seems like new material to him, but at
the same time he is not lost. (score: B)
- PhD in physics. (score: A)
- had trouble with questions that were
deeper than subject matter but still on topic (score: C)
- Professor
Einstein is very knowledgeable. He even found some minor mistakes that
the author of the book made. I can tell he really loves physics. *
Harvard Grad..... (score: A)
- Professor Einstein seemed to be
very well educated in the field of Physics. (score: A)
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| The
instructor's intererest in teaching this course was |
- was very enthusiastic about the
information (score: A)
- I don't think he wants to teach
students who are not math/science oriented. (score: D)
- Professor was still interested in
teaching even when students didn't show. (score: A)
- - Showed a lot of interest in teaching
- Made sure that students understood the material
- Office hours were available to all students.
- Good review sessions for examens
- Motivated to do the demos for the class (score: A)
- Professor Einstein seemd to enjoy
teaching Physics104. (score: A)
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| The class
sessions, as far as being interesting and attention-holding,
were |
- They fluctuated depending on the subject,
but for the most part they were boring. (score: D)
- The demos keep you awake even when
you didn't get enough sleep the night before. (score: A)
- - interesting class sessions.
- learning things that will help us understand of how we use physics
everyday without noticing it.
- they were several demos that was captivating and interesting.
(score: A)
- The only thing that interested me
were the demos (score: C)
- The topics and demonstrations were
all very interesting. (score: B)
- Depending on the topic depended on
the interest of the class. Not the teachers fault. (score: D)
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| The
instructor's clarity and completeness in answering questions
was |
- In
class, most questions that were asked the teacher did not know the
answer. At office hours, he was not very helpful. (score: D)
- The professor encouraged questions and answered them well.
(score: A)
- answers
questions clearly to classmates
- gave illustrations if you did not understand the concepts and wrote
equations and notes on the board. Very motivated to teach! (score: B)
- Professor Einstain would basically just repeat himself in
lecture when answering a question. (score: B)
- Answered questions but I did not
always understand those answers (score: C)
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| The respect
the instructor showed toward individual students was |
- He sometimes made highly inappropriate
comments on the abilites of some students, but in general seemed very
nice. (score: B)
- -
he showed respect to everyone and he was aware that there were other
students who had problems with physics or that were taking physics for
the first time. (score: A)
- If you did not understand
something that was supposed to
be fundamental by his standards then he would point you out and make
you feel stupid (score: D)
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| The ability
of the exams to measure understanding of the major points
was |
- They were a little bit hard, but were not
too far off topic. (score: C)
- The exams tested understanding of
the main concepts. (score: A)
- - Wide variety of questions
(multiple choice, mathcing, essays, etc) (score: A)
- Majority of the exam was in a format
we never went over. The questions had very loose tie-ins with the
material (score: D)
- The
exams did include what we discussed in class, but were very hard - we
had to really understand all the details and even beyond. (score: C)
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| Constuctiveness of the instructor's feedback on your
work was |
- Was available to discuss problems during
office hours. (score: A)
- as of yet, no situations have called
f/ feedback (score: n/a)
- - still waiting for feeback on group
paper (score: B)
- The TA graded most of the work, and
he was never around for class (score: D)
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| The
instructor's use of the board was |
- Usually just wrote out formulas that were
in the back, and mostly did not use the board at all. (score: C)
- Good
notes. The powerpoint presentations are a trade-off though. The dimmed
lights and static text tend to put me to sleep. But it's worth it when
I am able to reference the slides on the web. (score: A)
- Mostly used the overhead (score: C)
- Professor Einstain used the board
well to write down formulas and draw diagrams. (score: A)
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| The
instructor's writing legibility was |
- He writes big which helps. (score: A)
- he's a Physics Teacher, I'll forgive
'em (score: C)
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| The
instructor's out of class help was |
- was very flexible for meeting times (score: A)
- At
first he did not post any office hours and just left them "open" but
sometimes when it was during office hours he was busy on personal
projects. (score: B)
- I would have to pry him away from his
work even though it was during his office hours (score: D)
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| The
textbook was |
- Some of the homework problems are a
little bit too hard, but the book was okay. (score: B)
- Very intesting and understandable
text. I liked it. (score: A)
- Good illustrations and problems (score: B)
- Still a little rough for a intro
class (score: C)
- Everything we discussed in class was
covered in the book, which really helped a lot with studying for
exams. (score: B)
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| The grade I
expect for this class is |
- Actually
is between an B- or C+. I hope I get a B on this course. Let's see what
happens on the final. Very difficult course for me. (score: B)
- The exams are what hurt me, I feel that the tests were
unfair and had nothing to do with the material. (score: C)
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| Your class
status is (A) = Freshman, (B) = Sophomore, (C) = Junior, (D) =
Senior |
- Will be senior after this semester. (score: C)
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| For
your degree program, was this course a (A) = major requirement?, (B) =
major elective?, (C) = general elective?, (D) = core requirement? |
- I definitely would not have taken this
course if it weren't a CORE class (score: D)
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| Expand upon
any items for which you rated your instructor as excellent and/or
comment on other valuable aspects of the course. |
- He is a very nice man and did not come
across as incompetent or an idiot.
- the
materials and demonstrations used in this class were amazing. the
website included applets, video demonstrations, and useful links.
- I would recommend this course and professor to anybody.
It's one of the best courses I've taken as far as it applying to daily
life goes.
- Professor Einstein's sense of humor made the
class more funny abd bearable.
- very knowlegeable as well as highly
excited about the material
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| Expand
upon any items for which you gave your instructor a low rating. If
possible, suggest ways in which the instructor or course may be
improved. |
- He just was not great at communicating
this material well
- the tests are a lot harder than the
usual level of difficulty of the course.
- Get
a new instructor. He has no idea how to deal with poeple who are
learning physics for the first time. I am supremely dissapointed in the
University's choice of professor in this class and I hope for future
classes a new professor will be assigned.
- i found reading
the book very very interesting but
lectures will be lectures i gues, you cant really understand quantum
physics in a lecture,its so friggin boring, sort of
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| Additional
Comments |
- Don't let him teach this course again -
let him work with students who are accustomed to science.
- have a great summer!
This has being the longest evaluation have written. I actually took
my time to do this. wow!
interesting class!
- Great class, most practical physics
course ever designed
- i
really liked how this course taught me how many different things worked
and I enjoyed taking it for the new knowledge that i have aquired
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