Last year I received 4.1 on the 1-5 scale. Unfortunately, I could not improve my ratings from last year, it is the same 4.1 this year. My worst mark was 3 from a single student.

All of you found the course "quite interesting, and no student said it was boring.

All of you favor to get more ideas, none of you wanted to get more data. (Well, so late in the afternoon....)

One student found the structure of presentation confusing, all the rest thought it was OK.

The test was just too easy for 3 students, the rest thought "it was fair".

See oppinion of students of last year here

Positive comments:

A new approach to ecology.
Interesting
nice illustrations

 

Negative comments

Sometimes difficult to link information together.
Difficult to hear me.
Confusing exam day!
Smaller group would have been better to allow more discussion.
Too basic, feels like high school.

On the positive side most of you found the course interesting. There were also a few very specific negative comments. Yes, a smaller group, not spreading all over the lecture hall would have been nicer. But then explain me this: how come students spread out on lecture days but sit tight to each other during the test.

I changed things from last year. We started earlier, so you would have more time before the exam period. I left most of the math out of the lectures, so this year one student found the course too basic.