General opinions. What is your general feeling about the course?

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Kursvärdering - sammanställning

Kurs: 1DL118 Villkorsteknik för lösning av kombinatoriska Antal reg: 25

problem Antal svar: 15

Period: Sommarkurs 2004 Svarsfrekvens: 60%

Lärare: Magnus Ågren, Justin Pearson, Pierre Flener, Arne Andersson

Kursutvärderare: IT-kansliet/Christina Waller General opinions

What is your general feeling about the course?

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0 2 2 6 5

Antal svar: 15 Medelvärde: 3.93

Did the course feel relevant to your education?

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Was the course encouraging and interesting?

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Did you have enough prior knowledge for this course?

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How well did the amount of work relate to the number of points you will obtain?

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How hard was the course?

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What in this course was particularly good?

Comments:

- Real-world problems like warehouse and task optimization.

- OM, jag får tillgodoräkna mig 5 p till examen så var det lagom mycket jobb.

Men antagligen får jag tillgodoräkna bara 3 p eller ngt.

- Roligt med metoder som man kan använda om man behöver lösa ett mer komplicerat problem även privat.

- Great Koalog Library to experiment by self. Very interesting subject.

- Skulle kanske ingå ett moment om CLP(R).

- Jaw solver. (Svårläst.)

What is the most important (concrete) things that should change in the course?

Comments:

- Each topic must be put in an application context/usage context.

- Förklara teorin så att man förstår begreppen redan från början. Struliga def. Gör att det är svårt att läsa sig till det själv.

- Course book is not used very much.

- More lectures. More applied problems.

- Lecture style could be more varied and engaging. The tone/pacing is monotonous.

More examples should be used to illustrate difficult concepts.

Administrative

How good was the scheduling of the course?

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Did the information concerning the course reach you in a satisfactory way?

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0 0 0 3 12

What grade would you give the course web page?

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0 0 1 6 8

Comments:

- Why not send an e-mail with summer courses to all students at the faculty of technology/UTH.

- Web pages could always be better.

- Great scheduling, excellent 9-12.

- Please respect the scheduling of other classes by chosing a non-standard time. You conflict with other classes needlessly.

Course Literature

What do you think about the course book Principles of Constraint Programming by Krzysztof Apt?

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Comments:

- No real-world applications. No real-world examples, except for a chess board. Even my mathematics books ca be more "applied" than this one!

- Läste för litet i den för att bilda mig en ordentlig uppfattning.

- Didn't buy it.

- Känns lite väl teoretisk (2), skulle kunna vara lättare att komma in i med vettiga exempel.

- I'm sure it's a great course book, but I didn't read it so much so far.

- Sometimes the book is too technical on definitions etc. Sometimes hard to read.

- Not terrible, but it is a bit dry and unengaging.

- Only readable after having been to the lectures.

- It's a reasonably well written book.

Lecture Material

What do you think of the slides of the course?

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Comments:

- Generally good. More informative examples. 1. We want to…, 2. So we use constraint tech…, 3. Which is based on this mathematics.

- Too much obvious copy & paste from different material. The presented definitions could be explained in an easier way.

- Slides are wonderful!

- Väldigt bra att de finns, tar upp allt som behövs. Litet för mycket slarv dock! Behåll dem om den går igen, men rätta felen.

- Bra att vi fick slidesen utskrivna!!

- The slides were very professional and clear.

- Typos.

Assignments

What is your general feeling about the assignments?

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0 0 1 8 6

Did the assignments feel relevant for the course?

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How good was the written instructions for the assignments?

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Do you think the amount of time you spent on the assignments was reasonable?

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How well did the teacher(s) provide help regarding questions about the assignments?

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Comments (good and bad things about the assignments):

- Games are fun. However, to make the assign./course feel more important/inspiring, use (or explain) real-world tasks (warehouse, scheduling jobs etc…).

- Precis lagom!

- You should assign students to pairs if you want them done in teams, because some are shy and don't get partners.

Project

What is your general feeling about the project?

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0 0 5 6 2

Does the project feel relevant for the course?

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0 0 1 8 4

How good is the written instruction for the project?

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0 1 3 8 1

Comments (good and bad things about the project):

- Games are fun. However, to make the project/course feel more important/inspiring, use (or explain) real-world tasks (warehouse, scheduling jobs etc…).

- Har inte gjort projektet ännu…

- Man lärde sig av den. Lagom svår.

- Not started yet.

Teachers Magnus Ågren Overall grade:

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What do you think of his pedagogic skills?

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How well do you think the communication between him and the students worked out?

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Comments (What was especially good? What should be improved?) - (+) Relaxed attitude.(-) Improve your spoken english.

- He put in a good effort. Should improve the slides.

- Svårt att hitta något speciellt att anmärka på, framstod som något ovan föreläsare, annars trevlig.

- Det kändes som att han blev lite hindrad av engelska ibland. Annars bra!

Teacher Justin Pearson Overall grade:

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Comments (What was especially good? What should be improved?)

- (+) Make lectures fun. (-) Improve handwriting or make really good slides (or explain carefully).

- Too uninterested in what he was talking about.

- Lite rörig och ostrukturerad, men med sinne för humor och brittisk accent som gjorde honom rolig att lyssna på.

- Lite virrig. Brist på bra exempel. Hoppade lite för mycket mellan tavlan och slides.

Teacher Pierre Flener Overall grade:

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Comments (What was especially good? What should be improved?) - + Active and inspiring, seems to like the subject/topic.

- Too bad he didn't have the whole course.

- En föreläsning var kanske lite för lite för att bilda sig en helt korrekt uppfattning, men verkade väldigt bra både på att förklara och förstå och svara på frågor.

Teacher Arne Andersson Overall grade:

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Comments (What was especially good? What should be improved?)

- He had problems explaining the "big M"-method, which is fundamental to IP. We only had him one single time, my impression was: Not well prepared.

- Verkade trevlig, men den föreläsningen han hade var lite virrig, kanske bara otur.

- Han kunde för litet om CT. Det blev svårt att jämföra mellan CT och IP, borde snarare ha fokuserat på skillnaderna eftersom vi kunde grundmodelleringen hyfsat.

- This lecture should have been much shorter. Did a lot of errors, and was uncertain of his results.