ECON 232-02/70 MACROECONOMICS Fall 1999
Dr. R.F. Mulligan
(80 students responding)
1. What percent of class meetings have you attended, as well as
you can estimate?
a. 0%-59% b. 60%-69% c. 70%-79% d. 80%-89%
e. 90%-100%
5% 1% 1% 16% 74%
2. Before starting this semester, how well prepared do you feel
you were for the academic requirements of this course?
a. very poor b. poor c. medium
d. high e. very high
5% 6% 44% 34% 9%
3. What level of effort have you applied to learning the course
material?
a. very poor b. poor c. medium
d. high e. very high
3% 8% 39% 38% 10%
4. How do you rate your understanding of the course material at
the end of the course?
a. very poor b. poor c. medium
d. high e. very high
5% 10% 51% 28% 4%
5. How well have tests accurately reflected your effort and success
in learning the course material?
a. very poor b. poor c. medium
d. high e. very high
5% 13% 39% 34% 8%
6. What final grade do you expect to earn in this course?
a. A or A- b. B+, B, or B- c. C+ or C d. C-,
D+, D, or D- e. F
8% 44% 28% 16% 3%
7. What final grade do you feel you deserve for this course?
a. A or A- b. B+, B, or B- c. C+ or C d. C-,
D+, D, or D- e. F
17% 47% 26% 4% 1%
8. Which of the following is correct for you?
a. I expect to receive a much higher grade than I feel
I deserve. 1%
b. I expect to receive a slightly higher grade than I feel
I deserve. 10%
c. I expect to receive about the same grade as I feel I
deserve. 54%
d. I expect to receive a slightly lower grade than I feel
I deserve. 22%
e. I expect to receive a much lower grade than I feel I
deserve. 8%
9. How has the option to retake tests for earlier parts of the
course impacted your study effort?
a. I have applied much less effort than if we were not
able to retake earlier tests. 6%
b. I have applied less effort than if we were not able
to retake earlier tests. 10%
c. I have applied about the same effort as if we were not
able to retake earlier tests. 55%
d. I have applied greater effort than if we were not able
to retake earlier tests. 17%
e. I have applied much greater effort than if we were not
able to retake earlier tests. 9%
10. What final grade would you give the instructor for this course?
a. A or A- b. B+, B, or B- c. C+ or C d. C-,
D+, D, or D- e. F
40% 41% 15% 1% 0%
11. What final grade would you give the course itself?
a. A or A- b. B+, B, or B- c. C+ or C d. C-,
D+, D, or D- e. F
17% 50% 22% 0% 6%
12. How do you feel about the supplemental readings for this course?
a. they greatly enhanced my learning experience in economics.
1%
b. they provided a moderately positive impact on my learning
experience in economics. 29%
c. they provided no significant change, positive or negative,
to my learning experience. 49%
d. they provided a moderately negative impact on my learning
experience in economics. 9%
e. they greatly detracted from my learning experience in
economics. 8%
13. What percent of the supplemental readings have you read thoroughly,
as well as you can estimate?
a. 0%-59% b. 60%-69% c. 70%-79% d. 80%-89%
e. 90%-100%
40% 16% 26% 13% 1%
14. How do you feel about the level of difficulty of the supplemental
readings?
a. far too easy for a college-level course.
0%
b. too easy for a college-level course.
0%
c. appropriate level of difficulty for a college-level
course. 69%
d. too difficult for a college-level course.
24%
e. far too difficult for a college-level course.
4%
15. How do the extra-credit questions on the final compare
in difficulty with the first five parts of your exam(s)?
a. extra-credit questions were far more difficult than
regular questions. 16%
b. extra-credit questions were more difficult than regular
questions. 43%
c. extra-credit and regular questions have about the same
level of difficulty. 32%
d. extra-credit questions were easier than regular questions.
4%
e. extra-credit questions were much easier than regular
questions. 0%