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. 2008 Summer;7(2):202–209. doi: 10.1187/cbe.07-10-0094

Table 3.

Questionnaire results reporting mean, SD, and distribution of responses in each Likert-scaled category of course design (CD) and student gains (SG)

Question Topic Mean SD 1 2 3 4 5
CD Course design, CD
1 Mini-lectures 3.76 0.86 0 2 13 14 8
2 Group activities 3.05 0.88 1 7 21 5 3
3 ImageJ 3.08 0.92 0 11 15 8 3
4 Printed 3D models 3.57 0.80 0 3 14 16 4
5 Virtual 3D models 3.95 0.74 0 1 8 20 8
6 Topics covered 3.84 0.76 0 1 11 18 7
7 Overall course 3.70 0.74 0 1 14 17 5
8 Course emphasis that imaging provides a way of knowing biology at different scales 4.19 0.70 0 0 6 8 13
9 NIH Roadmap 3.54 0.93 0 5 13 13 6
SG Student gains, SG
1 Nanoimaging 3.70 0.94 0 4 11 14 8
2 Molecular imaging 3.73 0.84 0 3 10 18 6
3 System level imaging 3.49 0.84 0 4 15 14 4
4 Imaging as a quantitative tool 3.76 0.86 0 2 13 14 8
5 Biological scale 3.76 0.86 0 3 10 17 7
6 Biological imaging tools 3.73 0.77 0 0 17 13 7
7 Using imaging software 3.73 0.80 0 1 15 14 7
8 Interpreting imaging studies 3.59 0.69 0 2 13 20 2
9 Recognizing biological scale in images 3.70 0.81 0 2 13 16 6
10 Quantifying images 3.46 0.84 0 3 19 10 5
11 Importance of this field 3.92 0.76 0 0 12 16 9
12 Understanding that imaging offers new insights into biological structure and function 3.86 0.86 0 1 13 13 10
13 Understanding that imaging impacts medicine 4.11 0.84 0 1 8 14 14
14 Understanding that future patients will benefit from ongoing imaging research 4.08 0.89 0 1 10 11 15
15 Imaging is an integrated, multidisciplinary field 3.70 0.88 0 3 12 15 7

Selected CD and SG topics were based on active learning activities and learning goals, respectively.