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. 2007 Jun 15;5(2):A53–A62.

Table 2.

This table includes the frequency of answers to open-ended questions asking what students liked and did not like about the case study assignment from 90 students enrolled in a course in Biological Psychology. Answers provided by five or more students are listed.

Open-ended responses: What students liked about the case study assignment
  Depth of knowledge acquired 34
  Enjoyed learning about their case study 21
  Interesting nature of topics 12
  Conducting presentations 8
  Application of course material 8
  Designing experiment 7
  Critical thinking 6
Open-ended responses: What students did not like about the case study assignment
  Difficulty finding and obtaining resources/literature 12
  Time-consuming nature and length of assignment 11
  Difficulty designing experiment 10
  Conducting presentations 9