The strengths of this course were:
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The weaknesses of this course were:
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I was
glad to learn how to write an experimental paper. It will be very
helpful in my future courses.
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There needed to be more focus on how to develop the paper
because for many of us, this was our first time ever doing anything
like it.
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The course
should be divided up into two sections that could
be taken at the same time. One part should focus on the basics of
experimental
psychology and the other should follow with how to apply them.
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The
website and all the resources it provided was very helpful and answered
many questions I thought of outside of class.
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All aspects of this course were valuable and needed. It
would have been helpful if more time would have been spent on the paper
and what goes into it and how to set it up.
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I think it would be more conducive to students if the
course was split up into two semester. The work load was quite heavy,
and I feel I could have done much better in the class if I didn't feel
so rushed to get things done.
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The
instructor is extremely knowledgeable, almost too knowledgeable. The
homework assignments, lectures, and examinations were the most valuable
part of this course. The experiment/paper were also valuable, though
only to a certain extent.
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One semester is not enough time for the effective
teaching/learning of the course load. I would suggest the class be
broken up into to seperate, successive semesters. The first semester
could be all lecture, exams, and homework assignments, and the second
semester could be almost like an independent study, where the student
is required to run her/his own study and write the paper etc.
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If this course is only one semester in length, the
professor should probably be very explicit about the experiment and
paper required for the class from the beginning and help make sure the
students feel comfortable talking to her/him. I appreciated the honest
feedback on the paper, but for students who have never in their life
written an experimental paper, a first draft should be allowed or
successive sections of the paper so that students will have some idea
of what and how they are doing before a final draft is turned in, in my
opinion.
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