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The New Instructor Post-Assessment Questionnaire

  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Workshop website
  • How many attendees were there for Day 1
  • How many attendees were there for Day 2
  • How many instructors were there?
  • How many helpers were there?
  • What fraction of the attendees were complete beginners (no coding/command line experience at all)
    None | 1/4 | 1/2 | 3/4 | All
  • What fraction of the attendees were novices (doing copy-and-paste coding without really understanding it)
    None | 1/4 | 1/2 | 3/4 | All
  • What fraction of the attendees were intermediate (already using the shell and writing multi-page programs)
    None | 1/4 | 1/2 | 3/4 | All
  • Did the students use the SWC Windows Installer?
    Yes | No | I was not aware there was one | Other
  • Any comments about the SWC Windows Installer? (optional)
  • Any problems with the Git installation? (optional) (Mainly any issues with Git on OSX)
  • Any other problems with software installation?
  • What topics did you teach and how long did it take (in hours)
            1  1.5  2  2.5  3  3.5  4  4.5  5  5.5  6  6.5  7  7.5  N/A
    Shell
    Git
    Python
    R
    MATLAB
    SQL
    Make
    Other
    
    If you taught "other" please describe what you taught and how long it took (e.g., "SVN (3.5); SPSS (3); SAS(2.5)")
  • Shell
    • files and directories
      1. Didn't cover it
      2. I wrote all my material from scratch
      3. I used some SWC material as well as material I've written myself
      4. I used about 50/50 SWC material and my own material
      5. Minor tweaks to SWC material (e.g example problems)
      6. I taught SWC material verbatim but skipped a few parts
      7. I taught SWC material verbatim
      8. I taught SWC material verbatim + minor extras (e.g. more example problems)
      • How did this lesson go? This can include: how much you were able to teach relative to your goal, whether planned or improvised and why; how easy/difficult attendees found it; whether you went too fast/slow; whether attendees seemed interested/bored etc.
      • How many minutes did this lesson take?
    • creating things (...as above...)
    • pipes and filters (...as above...)
    • pipes and filters (...as above...)
    • scripting (...as above...)
    • finding things (...as above...)
    • other (...as above...)
  • Python
    • variables and assignment (...as above...)
    • functions (...as above...)
    • loops (...as above...)
    • conditionals (...as above...)
    • NumPy (...as above...)
    • Pandas (...as above...)
    • defensive programming (...as above...)
    • the command line (...as above...)
    • other (...as above...)
  • Git
    • recording history (...as above...)
    • push and pull (...as above...)
    • merging conflicts (...as above...)
    • branching (...as above...)
    • licensing and open source (...as above...)
    • other (...as above...)
  • SQL
    • selecting (...as above...)
    • sorting and removing duplicates (...as above...)
    • filtering (...as above...)
    • calculating new values (...as above...)
    • nulls (...as above...)
    • aggregation (...as above...)
    • join (...as above...)
    • updating and deleting (...as above...)
    • using in programs (...as above...)
    • other (...as above...)
  • For each session, please indicate how you think the session went. This can include: how much you were able to teach relative to your goal, whether planned or improvised and why; how easy/difficult attendees found it; whether you went too fast/slow; whether attendees seemed interested/bored etc.
  • Comments on the location/room: Did it have air-con, was there enough space for helpers, were there bathrooms/coffee/catering nearby, was it accessible for disabled attendees etc.
  • Anything else? Can be about the workshop, this survey, any topics etc.