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45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Question:
The practice test stimulated me to keep up with studying the material if needed. (20)
/The skill tests stimulated me to study on my own (7)/
9%
7%
42%
24% 24%
21%
21%
25%
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Scale:
2 3 4 5
1- strongly disagree, 2- disagree, 3- neutral, 4 - agree, 5- strongly agree
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8%
17%
Figure 7. Stimulate self-study
Survey B Calculus 1 Basic Skills
Survey Economics/BA Mathematics 1
The technical aspect, whether the Maple T.A. is user-friendly program, triggers negative responses
from most science students (see Figure 8). About 1/3 of them do not consider the program easy to work
with. In comparison, the Economy/BA students are very satisfied with the program. 44% of them state that,
whereas only 10% of them seem to strongly disagree.
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
Question:
The Maple TA program for the answers of the tests was easy to work with. (21)
/The Maple TA was easy to work with (13)/
22%
10%
29% 29%
19%
16%
16%
44%
0%
1 2 3 4 5
Scale:
1- strongly disagree, 2- disagree, 3- neutral, 4 - agree, 5- strongly agree
4%
11%
Figure 8. Easy to work with
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Survey B Calculus 1 Basic Skills
Survey Economics/BA Mathematics 1
From the science students’ additional feedback, it can be also concluded that the students mainly
complain about the difference in the level of the practice tests and the final test. They claim that the
assignments on the “real” test are more difficult than the ones from the skill tests. Furthermore, many of
them mention that their answers were not always recognized by the program as correct, whereas when done
with paper and pencil, they would be true.
Opinion of Teachers
Teachers from the Faculty of Economics are in general satisfied with the design of the course.
They reduced the questions and split them into two different tests of 10 questions per week. In comparison
to last year, students had to answer 30 questions. This year they plan to keep the new design for the
remedial course.
Teaching staff of the Sciences are also satisfied with the design choice for the remedial course.
According to one of the teachers, students are the ones who were more involved. They were working
manually and they did not actually use the Maple TA tests during the practice classes. At that moment two
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