student feedback and leadership - Office for Learning and Teaching
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Part B: Building Leadership Capacity - BUS: School of Economics, Finance & Marketing ART Report<br />
Internal Review Survey<br />
Table 2 reports a summary of the percentage of <strong>student</strong>s who either agreed<br />
or strongly agreed to the internal review survey statements that related to the<br />
various <strong>feedback</strong> methods implemented as well as statements specific to<br />
the homework assignments <strong>and</strong> multimedia exercises. 76.6% of <strong>student</strong>s felt<br />
the homework assignments in Semester 2, 2008 were an effective <strong>feedback</strong><br />
method. However, fewer than 70% of <strong>student</strong>s found Perdisco <strong>and</strong> the<br />
demonstration tutorials to be effective <strong>for</strong>ms of <strong>feedback</strong> <strong>and</strong> less than<br />
half stated the online textbook questions were an effective way of<br />
receiving <strong>feedback</strong>.<br />
The internal review survey also highlighted that 79.5% found the homework<br />
assignments to be a good learning tool <strong>and</strong> not surprisingly, 87.3% appreciated<br />
the email notification of their assignment marks. Also, 66.6% of <strong>student</strong>s<br />
felt that the online learning tools were helpful <strong>for</strong> their underst<strong>and</strong>ing of the<br />
topic material, <strong>for</strong> example, using the normal distribution.<br />
Table 2 Summary from the ECON1030 Business Statistics Internal Review Survey<br />
Statements<br />
Percentage<br />
Agree or<br />
Strongly Agree<br />
FEEDBACK<br />
Homework Assignments (emailed marks <strong>and</strong> online solutions)<br />
76.6<br />
is an effective <strong>for</strong>m of <strong>feedback</strong>.<br />
Perdisco (Instant online <strong>feedback</strong>) is an effective <strong>for</strong>m of <strong>feedback</strong>. 69.8<br />
Demonstration Tutorials (general discussion <strong>feedback</strong>) is an effective <strong>for</strong>m 67.3<br />
of <strong>feedback</strong>.<br />
Online Text book questions (Instant online <strong>feedback</strong>) is an effective <strong>for</strong>m<br />
47.8<br />
of <strong>feedback</strong>.<br />
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS<br />
In general I found the assignments to be a good learning tool 79.5<br />
I found the video explanation of the solutions useful 50.3<br />
I appreciated the email notifying me of my mark. 87.3<br />
MULTIMEDIA EXERCISES AND ONLINE TOOLS<br />
Multimedia exercises help make the subject interesting. 54.7<br />
Multimedia exercises help me to underst<strong>and</strong> the techniques. 53.6<br />
Multimedia exercises help me see why statistics is relevant. 50.7<br />
I found the online learning tool(s) (eg Using the normal distribution) helped<br />
me to underst<strong>and</strong> the topic(s) better.<br />
66.6<br />
Notes: Survey was conducted in 2008, Semester 2. All statements required <strong>student</strong>s to select their<br />
response from a five point scale, where: 1 = Strongly Disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Neither Agree<br />
nor Disagree, 4 = Agree, 5 = Strongly Agree.<br />
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