It is almost the 20th of November 2009, and the GAC level 1 is coming to an end. We learned various new things in the first level which will be the main building blocks for levels 2 and 3.
This blog entry is about the survey I conducted on the GAC students. I wanted to get an insight in the experiences of the GAC during the first level. I went online to surveymonkey.com to create my survey. On surveymonkey.com you can create a survey with different kind off questions like multiple choice, ranking, and open questions. My survey had six questions to which my fellow students responded very well.
Before starting with the course, six students suspected it would be a challenge, and were slightly nervous. Two students thought it would be roughly the same as the AlphaMax course, and one student was excited to start the course .Most students found the GAC program a very different and new experience, but also very challenging. They rated all the six subjects in the first level according to how challenging the subjects were. For most students computing was the least challenging subject whereas mathematics was the most challenging. The assignment that contributed most to the students' development was the semester planner. They found that it contributed to organizing themselves better. The reflective learning journal was also very effective, because they got a better view of their strengths and weaknesses. Level two is just about to start and more than 50% of the students are excited to go forward.
Sabrina Vaseur
