Physics - End of Year Survey - 2025

learning new vocabulary

applying math skills

using logical reasoning

using mental models to help understand concepts

lab experiences

Tools

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Compared to my other high school classes, the pace of learning in physics was

1 2 3 4 5

Much faster Much slower

Compared to my other high school classes, the amount of learning that took place in physics was

1 2 3 4 5

Much greater Much less

Of components in this course, rate as #1 the one most helpful to learning with #2 second most helpful, and so on through #6 least helpful.

	1	2	3	4	5	6
the archived lessons
the partial outlines
the ungraded open note activities
the graded open note assignments
the end of unit review guides
the labs in which data was collected and analyzed

Of skills needed to succeed in this course, rate as #1 your greatest strength, #2 your second greatest strength, and so on through #6 being your least.

	1	2	3	4	5	6
listening skills
math skills
note taking skills
organizational skills
ability to work independently without someone else telling me
working with lab equipment to gather and analyze data

Of activities needed to be successful in this course, rank as #1 the one most challenging, #2 second most, and so on through #5 being least challenging.

Rank what you think each of these contributed to your success in labs.

	1	2	3	4
Having a lab partner/group to work with.
Having a lab sheet with a well organized layout and instructions.
Having a tutorial to watch after the lab to help pull the experience together.
Doing the actual hands on assembly and manipulation of lab equipment.

Which of these best describes your reading of daily emails from Mr. Baier?

	I read each one everyday.
	I read only the part with the assignment for the day.
	I skimmed to find and click on the links.
	I depended on someone else to read them and tell me what was going on.
	I ignored them.

Which of these best describe the role of Skype in this course?

	Very important because it allowed for discussion, questions, guidance.
	Somewhat important but email could have filled the role.
	Less important than email but not necessary.
	Not worth the time and effort.

As you know, this course doesn't have a dedicated text but rather draws from multiple sources for the information, pictures, graphs, tables, etc. in the archived lessons. How does not having a text affect your learning?

	The archived lessons were better than a text.
	It would have been better to have the lessons follow a single text.
	I would have preferred a text with the lessons being a short tutorials over parts of the text.
	I would have preferred just reading a text.

Which of these best describes Mr. Baier as a teacher?

	Knowledgable and able to teach the challenging concepts of this course.
	Knowledgable but not good at explaining the challenging concepts of the course.
	Not as knowledgable as he should be but does a good job explaining challenging concepts.
	Not as knowledgable as needed and not good at explaining.

Compared to other courses you have had in your high school career, which of these best describes this course.

	Both the teacher and the student need to put a high level of effort into this course to be successful.
	Because of the heavy use of electronic archives and multiple platforms, a high level of teacher efforis required but student effort is not as demanding.
	Because of the heavy use of electronic archives and multiple platforms the level of teacher effort is less and the level of student effort is increased.
	This course does not require a great amount of effort on anyone's part to be successful.

Feel free to add any comment or suggestion based on your experience in physics this year .

Mr. Baier

Noble Township Educational Services

Griswold, IA

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