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Extra questions for course evaluation<br />

Course number (LV-ID): 401-0663-00<br />

Date of evaluation: 23.11.2009<br />

D1: I try to do all programming exercises.<br />

D2: The programming exercises help understand the numerical methods.<br />

D3: The programming exercises offer too little benefit for the effort spent on them.<br />

D4: Scope and limitations of methods are properly addressed in the course.<br />

D5: <strong>Numerical</strong> examples in class provide useful insights and motivation.<br />

D6: There should be more examples presented and discussed in class.<br />

D7: Too much information is crammed onto the lecture slides<br />

D8: The course requires too much prior knowledge in linear algebra<br />

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D9: The course requires too much prior knowledge in analysis<br />

D10: My prior knowledge of MATLAB was insufficient for the course<br />

D11: More formal proofs would be desirable<br />

D12: The explanations on the blackboard promote understanding<br />

D13: The codes included in the lecture material convey useful information<br />

D14: The model solutions for exercise problems offer too little guidance.<br />

D15: The relevance of the numerical methods taught in the course is convincingly conveyed.<br />

D16: I would not mind the course being taught in English.<br />

Scoring: 6: I agree fully<br />

5: I agree to a large extent<br />

4: I agree partly<br />

3: I do not quite agree<br />

2: I disagree<br />

1: I disagree strongly<br />

Evaluation of assistants: Assistant shortcut<br />

Julia Schweitzer<br />

Manfred Quack<br />

Peter Kauf<br />

Daniel Wright<br />

Marcelo Serrano Zanetti<br />

Marcus Wittberger<br />

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Evaluation results: Fall semester 2009<br />

MATLAB<br />

MATLAB ("‘Matrix Laboratory”):<br />

JUL<br />

MAN<br />

PET<br />

DAN<br />

SER<br />

MAR<br />

full fledged high level programming language (for numerical<br />

algorithms)<br />

integrated programming environment<br />

versatile collection of numerical libraries<br />

in this course used for ✄ demonstrating (implementation of) algorithms<br />

✄ numerical experiments<br />

✄ programming assignments<br />

This course assumes familiarity with MATLAB as acquired in the introductory linear algebra<br />

courses.<br />

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★<br />

✧<br />

Proficiency in MATLAB through “Learning on the job”<br />

(using the very detailed online help facilities)<br />

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