The results from the pre-instruction demographic questions follow below. Only matched-pair results are shown, for students who were eventually able to take the post-instruction D-Survey in the last week of instruction.
Cuesta College
Demographic Survey (D-Survey)
Pre-instruction question results
Astronomy 210L Fall Semester 2009 sections 70160, 70158
(N = 83, matched pairs only,
excluding negative informed consent form responses)
1. What is your gender?
(A) Female. [35]
(B) Male. [48]
2. What is your age?
(A) 0-20 years old. [65]
(B) 21-23 years old. [12]
(C) 24-30 years old. [ 5]
(D) 31 or older. [ 1]
(E) Decline to answer. [ 0]
3. What is your college major (or current area of interest if
undecided)?
(A) Business. [16]
(B) Education. [ 9]
(C) Humanities, Social Sciences, or the Arts. [29]
(D) Science, Engineering, or Architecture. [ 9]
(E) Other. [21]
4. Have you previously taken an astronomy course?
(A) Yes. [ 3]
(B) No. [80]
5. Are you currently taking astronomy lab during this semester?
(A) Yes. [36]
(B) No. [47]
6. How many college science courses are you taking during this
semester other than astronomy lecture or astronomy lab?
(A) None. [58]
(B) 1. [16]
(C) 2. [ 4]
(D) 3. [ 3]
(E) 4+. [ 2]
7. Which of these college math classes are you taking during this
semester? Choose as many classes that apply.
(A) Algebra. [18]
(B) Trigonometry. [ 0]
(C) Geometry. [ 2]
(D) Pre-calculus. [ 5]
(E) Calculus. [ 3]
(F) Statistics. [ 7]
8. How good at math are you?
(A) Very poor. [ 0]
(B) Poor. [ 9]
(C) Average. [37]
(D) Good. [31]
(E) Very good. [ 6]
9. How good at science are you?
(A) Very poor. [ 1]
(B) Poor. [ 7]
(C) Average. [41]
(D) Good. [27]
(E) Very good. [ 7]
10. Which best describes the level of difficulty you expect from
this course?
(A) Extremely difficult for me. [ 0]
(B) Difficult for me. [19]
(C) Unsure. [54]
(D) Easy for me. [10]
(E) Very easy for me. [ 0]
11. How many college science courses have you completed prior to
taking this course?
(A) None. [57]
(B) 1. [16]
(C) 2. [ 7]
(D) 3. [ 0]
(E) 4+. [ 3]
12. Which of these college math classes have you completed
prior to taking this course? Choose as many classes that apply.
(A) Algebra. [55]
(B) Trigonometry. [10]
(C) Geometry. [19]
(D) Pre-calculus. [19]
(E) Calculus. [ 4]
(F) Statistics. [10]
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Cuesta College
Demographic Survey (D-Survey)
Post-instruction question results
Astronomy 210L Fall Semester 2009 sections 70160, 70158
(N = 83, matched pairs only,
excluding negative informed consent form responses)
8. How good at math are you?
(A) Very poor. [ 0]
(B) Poor. [ 8]
(C) Average. [38]
(D) Good. [29]
(E) Very good. [ 8]
Pre-instruction: 3.4 +/- 0.8
Post-instruction: 3.5 +/- 0.8
Student t-test p = 0.77 (t = -0.294, sd = 0.791, dof = 164)
Class-wise <g> = 0.02
9. How good at science are you?
(A) Very poor. [ 2]
(B) Poor. [ 7]
(C) Average. [42]
(D) Good. [25]
(E) Very good. [ 7]
Pre-instruction: 3.4 +/- 0.8
Post-instruction: 3.3 +/- 0.8
Student t-test p = 0.71 (t = 0.375, sd = 0.827, dof = 164)
Class-wise <g> = -0.03
10. Which best describes the level of difficulty you experienced
from this course?
(A) Extremely difficult for me. [ 3]
(B) Difficult for me. [31]
(C) Unsure. [22]
(D) Easy for me. [23]
(E) Very easy for me. [ 4]
Pre-instruction: 2.9 +/- 0.6
Post-instruction: 2.9 +/- 1.0
Student t-test p = 0.78 (t = 0.285, sd = 0.817, dof = 164)
Class-wise <g> = 0.02
11. How many college science courses do you expect to take after
taking this course?
(A) None. [14]
(B) 1. [35]
(C) 2. [20]
(D) 3. [ 5]
(E) 4+. [ 8]
12. Which of these college math classes do you expect to take
after taking this course? Choose as many classes that apply.
(A) Algebra. [14]
(B) Trigonometry. [11]
(C) Geometry. [ 7]
(D) Pre-calculus. [19]
(E) Calculus. [32]
(F) Statistics. [33]
13. Are you planning on taking astronomy lab sometime after this semester?
(A) Yes. [17]
(B) No. [50]
(C) Undecided/maybe. [16]
No significant shifts nor differences in student attitudes in self-efficacy attitudes towards math and science. However, while the perceived difficulty of the course did not change, the distribution of responses widened.
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