Table II.

The CAPA survey to evaluate student responses to CAPA homework in plant physiology and student responses

Survey questions	Fall 1996			Spring 1997
	No	Yes	n	No	Yes	n
	%			%
1.  Have you had CAPA homework sets in other classes?	29	71	55	50	50	66
2.  Were those positive learning experiences?	26	74	42	44	56	39
3.  CAPA produces an individualized homework set for you. Did this encourage you to discuss answers with your classmates?	42	59	53	25	75	68
4.  CAPA is available on line in contrast to traditional assignments available only in hard copy. Was this feature helpful in learning?	16	84	55	32	68	69
5.  Was the immediate-feedback feature of CAPA on-line sets helpful in learning?	18	82	55	19	82	69
6.  CAPA allows multiple tries without penalty at solving each problem. Did this  help your grade on the problem set?	2	98	55	9	91	69
7.  Did the multiple-try feature help you learn?	–a	–	–	28	73	69
8.  Did you use the hints?	–	–	–	22	79	65
9.  Were the hints helpful in learning?	27	73	55	52	48	58
10.  Did you look at the explanations posted after the due date?	86	15	55	54	46	67
11.  If so, did the explanations help you learn?	–	–	–	31	69	36
12.  Did you find it rewarding to have CAPA tell you when you were correct?	6	95	55	17	83	69
13.  If you needed more than one try to answer all of the problems correctly, did you try to solve them again?	2	98	55	12	87	68

^a–, Not available in the Fall 1996 semester.