This year's survey questions were grouped into four categories:

PhysicsLAB content
Group work / Classroom organization
Internet technology / ActiveClassroom
Miscellaneous

This regrouping explains the apparent random "numbering" sequence.  Questions #1 - #61 represent questions carried forward from the first three years; Questions #62 - #84 represent questions included in only the past two years; while Questions #102 - #103 were newly instituted this year. On any given graph, a maroon bar represents responses from Year 1 (1997-1998), a green bar represents responses from Year 2 (1998-1999), a blue bar represents responses from Year 3 (1999-2000), and this year's responses (2000-2001) are shown by a purple bar.  Under each graph, cumulative weighted averages have been provided. These averages are scaled between a value of 5 representing "strongly agree" through a value of 1 representing "strongly disagree".

Group work done on Intr@net quizzes on the PhysicsLAB site helped me to better understand the material.

I would have preferred that a partner be randomly chosen for me when taking quizzes.

I would have preferred working independently on quizzes.

Doing labs in groups helped me to better understand the material.

I would have preferred that a partner be randomly chosen for me when participating in labs.

I would have preferred working independently on my own final lab report.

Group work done on worksheets on the PhysicsLAB site helped me to better understand the material.

I would have preferred that a partner be randomly chosen for me when completing worksheets.

I would have preferred working independently on the worksheets.

Overall, I prefer working independently.

Overall, I prefer working in groups of two.

Overall, I prefer working in groups of three.

I feel like my grade in physics was improved because of the group work.

I work better in groups because of the instructional classroom structure of PhysicsLAB.

It was useful to refer to ActiveClassroom's daily agenda pages to keep me informed of assignments in PhysicsLAB.

It was useful to refer to the ActiveClassroom's calendar feature to keep me informed of assignments in PhysicsLAB.

It was useful to refer to the ActiveClassroom's outline feature to keep me informed of assignments in PhysicsLAB.

Averages Year 4: 4.47 Years 3-4: 4.45 Year 3: 4.41

Other teachers/classes should use ActiveClassroom to post online assignments.

Being able to view and track my completed web assignments (through the link Web Assignments) was beneficial to keeping up with my assignments.

The ActiveClassroom interface was easy to navigate and find needed content linked from PhysicsLAB.

It was useful to access the PhysicsLAB site from off-campus when reviewing for upcoming quizzes and tests.

It was instructional to have Internet access to reference material on the PhysicsLAB site to complete homework assignments.

Whenever I was absent accessing PhysicsLAB through ActiveClassroom from either off-campus or from in-class the next day helped me know what happened in class and prepared me for upcoming activities.

An interactive area for students to collaborate on school related activities would have been helpful to me.

When Mrs. Colwell had to be absent, the PhysicsLAB guided the class in moving forward through the material.

The web-based content presented on the PhysicsLAB website could replace a teacher in the classroom.

Having now participated in a course pivoted on a web-based delivery interface, I feel more prepared to handle future online courses.

Averages Year 4: 4.50 Years 3-4: 4.50 Year 3: 4.51

There was one person at your lab table that was the "computer operator" and they ran the computer most of the time.

There were a sufficient number of computers for you to use in the classroom.

I would recommend that someone take a physics course at Mainland solely based on the knowledge that they would gain on the use of computers.

The time available to use the PhysicsLAB during class time was sufficient.

Students without a home computer can still successfully take this course.

Having the capability to reference a web-based copy of labs, worksheets, and review activities was usually all that I needed this year.

I would have preferred the opportunity to have paper copy of all labs, worksheets, and review activities.

I prefer a web-based format over that of paper.

Maintaining a notebook kept me academically focused: organizing completed assignments, participating with classnotes during lectures and online activities.

Averages Year 4: 3.57 Years 3-4: 3.76 Year 3: 4.07

There was sufficient interaction with the teacher during class.

I would have preferred completing all of the web-based activities on paper instead.

The five in-class days spent practicing events (paper tower, soda straw strongarm, foil barge, egg drop/downhill coaster/coathook canon) for the Physics Olympics should continue to be included in the curriculum.

Averages Year 4: 4.64 Years 3-4: 4.61 Year 3: 4.57

Mainland should continue to participate in the Physics Olympics.

Averages Year 4: 4.91 Years 3-4: 4.86 Year 3: 4.78

I feel like my grade in physics was improved because of the large variety of graded activities that were made available through the PhysicsLAB site.

I feel like my attendance improved because of the day-to-day activities on the PhysicsLAB site.

It bothered me that I was a part of the development of this web-based instructional/curriculum project.

Other courses should use a web site such as PhysicsLAB.