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2010 Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Undergraduate <strong>Program</strong> (<strong>MSRI</strong>-UP)<br />

End-of-<strong>Program</strong> Student Evaluation<br />

Instructions: Glance at the entire evaluation before you start filling it out. Please take sufficient time to fill it out. If you run<br />

out of space in a Comments section, use the last page. There are a couple of questions that should be filled out after your<br />

presentation; these will only take a few minutes. Your input is greatly appreciated. Thank you.<br />

I. Pre-Research Seminar (First 2 Weeks of <strong>MSRI</strong>-UP)<br />

1. Did you find the material, techniques and applications that you learned in the pre-research seminar interesting?<br />

3 Yes, very interesting. 11 Yes, interesting. 3 Somewhat interesting. 0 No.<br />

Comments:<br />

2. Was the seminar time used effectively?<br />

6 Yes, very effectively. 9 Yes, effectively. 2 Somewhat effectively. 0 No.<br />

Comments:<br />

<strong>3.</strong> On a scale of 1-5 please rate the usefulness of each of the following in helping you to learn the material presented in the<br />

pre-research seminar. X = does not apply, 1=not useful, 5 = very useful.<br />

Comments:<br />

X 1 2 3 4 5<br />

A 0 0 0 5 5 7 Lectures<br />

B 0 0 2 4 5 6 Homework assignments<br />

C 0 0 0 1 4 12 Notes written by Prof. Goins<br />

D 1 0 1 2 2 11 Interaction and collaboration with seminar mates<br />

E 4<br />

1 3 1 5 3<br />

One-on-one or group sessions with research leader, postdoc<br />

or TAs<br />

4. What other activities helped or would have helped you to learn the mathematics needed for your research?<br />

5. The pace at which new material was presented was:<br />

7 Too fast. 10 Just right. 0 Too slow.<br />

Comments:<br />

6. The amount of homework during the first week was:<br />

12 About the correct amount to help you learn the material. 4 Too much. 0 Too little.<br />

Comments:<br />

7. The help, support, feedback and encouragement from the professor, postdoc, GAs and other staff was:<br />

8 The correct amount. 5 Just below the correct amount. 4 Not enough. 0 None.<br />

Comments:<br />

8. Please comment on any other pre-research aspect of <strong>MSRI</strong>-UP. (e.g., if you could change anything about the preresearch<br />

phase, what would you change?)<br />

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