Geography 188   Cultural Landscapes

  Student Web Use Evaluation

Students were asked 12 multiple-choice questions and asked to write their own comments to evaluate the web pages associated with this course.
Use these results and analysis to decide how much time and effort you want to spend using the course-web pages.

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| Student Web UseStudent Survey Reponses | Student Written Comments  |  Statistical Analysis |

Student Web Use


Student Survey Reponses
1. How often did you use the web pages? (All response rates are shown in percentages.)
A) never (Question 2)

10

B) only before each of the tests

16

C) only for the project(s)

24

D) regularly during the semester, including the tests and project(s)

50

Total percentage

100

3. How do you rate the overall design of the pages (color, readability of text, etc.)?
A) excellent

24

B) good

60

C) adequate

16

D) inadequate

0

Total percentage

100

Which links did you use: to the CNSVAX (where you did the self tests),
EMAIL to the instructor, and WEB sites off campus?
4. CNSVAX 87 %
5. EMAIL 65 %
6. WEB sites off campus 69 %

7. Did you like the images/photos on the web?
A) yes

48

B) somewhat

37

C) OK

16

D) not at all

0

Total percent

100

8. Did the images/photos load so slowly on the screen that viewing them was often frustrating?
A) frustrating

39

B) somewhat frustrating

51

C) not frustrating at all

10

Total percent

100

9. Did you find the question-photo-answer format useful?
A) very useful

26

B) somewhat useful

56

C) really not useful at all

18

Total percent

100

10. Where did you mostly view the web pages?
A) in the dorms

23

B) from home

15

C) in the computer labs on campus

62

Total percent

100

11. When during the day did you commonly work with the web pages?
A) before 10 AM

0

B) 10 AM to 4 PM

26

C) 4 PM to 11 PM

69

D) after 11 PM

5

Total percent

100

12. How well did these web pages help you learn the course material?
A) really a great deal

7

B) quite a bit

50

C) so, so

40

D) not a great deal

3

Total percent

100


Student Written Comments
Of  the 39 students who responded to the survey, 34 wrote comments,
which are summarized in the table below.

Personal Comments

Percent
loading images was time consuming

41

helpful web pages

23

too many web pages or information

18

computer labs were full

9

race assignment was terrible

9

Total

100


Statistical Analysis
Chi-square significance tests were used to statistically examined the student survey results and their grades on the three tests in the course.
Only the statistically significant (at the .05 or .001 levels) results are reported here.

The more students used the web pages . . .

The more students learned from the web pages . . .

When students used the web pages, they received higher grades (B+ and higher) . . .

 

Created by Ingolf Vogeler on 24 January 1997.