TABLE 2.
Post‐course student evaluation
| Course edition | 2017–2018 | 2018–2019 | 2019–2020 | 2019–2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Period 2) | (Period 2) | (Period 2) | (Period 3) | |||||
| n = 16 | n = 16 | n = 16 | n = 5 | |||||
| Survey items | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD |
| Content and organization | ||||||||
| This course fitted well with my prior knowledge | 4.2 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 0.5 |
| I was informed well about this course | 4.3 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| The course was well designed | 4.4 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| I obtained a lot of knowledge during this course | 4.7 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| I was able to explore doing scientific research during this course | 4.8 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| My enthusiasm for scientific research increased during this course | 4.4 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| The course was scheduled well | 3.9 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 0.5 |
| The rooms for this course were adequate | 4.1 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| The required time investment was a | 3.5 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| The level of this course was a | 3.2 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.5 |
| Learning activities | ||||||||
| I learned from conceiving the hypotheses (part 1) | 4.3 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| I learned from writing the research proposal (part 1) | 4.3 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| I learned from performing the research in the lab (part 2) | 4.9 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Working on actual, relevant, ongoing research was motivating and inspiring. | 4.7 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| I learned from keeping a lab journal (part 2) | 4.0 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 0.4 |
| The group size (four students per sub‐hypothesis) was adequate | 3.9 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 0.6 | N/A | N/A |
| I learned from the work meetings (part 2) | 4.1 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 0.4 |
| I learned from the journal club (part 2) | 2.9 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 0.5 |
| I learned from the Immunology theme meeting (part 2) | 3.6 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 0.7 | N/A | N/A | — | — |
| I learned from writing the scientific report (part 3) | 4.5 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| I learned from giving the oral presentation (part 3) | 4.1 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| During this course I improved my Academic skills | 4.5 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 0.5 |
| Supervision | ||||||||
| The teachers were enthusiastic and involved | 4.7 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| The teachers were knowledgeable | 4.5 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| The daily supervision in the lab was adequate | 4.5 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 0.4 |
| My fellow students put in their best effort | 4.3 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 0.4 |
| Overall | ||||||||
| There was a good atmosphere during the course | 4.6 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| I give this course the following grade (10 point scale) | 8.8 | 0.4 | 8.6 | 0.6 | 8.9 | 0.4 | 9.2 | 0.4 |
Note: Likert scale rating from 1 (“I highly disagree”) to 5 (“I highly agree”).
Abbreviations: M, mean; N/A, not applicable; SD, standard deviation; −, response rate insufficient.
a
These items were poled from “much too low (score 1)” to “much too high (score 5).”
Bold values represent means of course evaluations.