Instructor_Report-MATH-2511-L1-huangyaotung_2015Fall

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Student Feedback Questionnaire
Instructor - Section Report

FALL 2015-16
Survey period: 16 November 2015 - 30 November 2015
HUANG,Yao Tung
MATH-2511-L1 Fundamentals of Actuarial Mathematics
39 student(s) have evaluated the course.
21 student(s) have not evaluated the course.
Percentage of enrolled students responding: 65.0% (39/60)
Lecture Courses
Q1. The course has been well designed to help me learn.
Weight Count Percentage
A Strongly Agree 100.0 19 48.7%
B 75.0 17 43.6%
C 50.0 3 7.7%
D 25.0 0 0.0%
E Strongly Disagree 0.0 0 0.0%
NA Not Applicable 0 0.0%
Total 39 100.0%
Statistics Mean SD
Survey 85.3 15.9
Section 85.3 15.9
Course 85.3 15.9
Department (MATH) 70.1 26.0
School (SSCI) 71.8 24.8
University 74.9 24.2
Q2. Lectures and course materials have been well prepared and useful in my learning.
B 75.0 12 30.8%
C 50.0 5 12.8%
D 25.0 1 2.6%
Total 39 100.0%
Statistics Mean SD
Survey 84.0 20.3
Section 84.0 20.3
Course 84.0 20.3
Q3. The value of this course was clear to me.
B 75.0 10 25.6%
C 50.0 6 15.4%
D 25.0 0 0.0%
Total 39 100.0%
Statistics Mean SD
Survey 85.9 18.8
Section 85.9 18.8
Course 85.9 18.8
Q4. The instructor stimulated my interest in this subject and encouraged me to think.
B 75.0 9 23.1%
C 50.0 9 23.1%
Statistics Mean SD
Survey 80.8 22.6
Section 80.8 22.6
Course 80.8 22.6

D 25.0 1 2.6%
Total 39 100.0%
Q5. Tests and assignments have been well designed, fair and relevant to my learning.
B 75.0 15 38.5%
C 50.0 5 12.8%
D 25.0 2 5.1%
Total 39 100.0%
Statistics Mean SD
Survey 80.1 21.6
Section 80.1 21.6
Course 80.1 21.6
Q6. Feedback on tests and assignments has been helpful and provided in good time.
B 75.0 8 20.5%
C 50.0 9 23.1%
D 25.0 1 2.6%
Total 39 100.0%
Statistics Mean SD
Survey 77.1 26.3
Section 77.1 26.3
Course 77.1 26.3
Q7. The instructor has been responsive to students’ problems and available to answer questions.
B 75.0 6 15.4%
C 50.0 6 15.4%
D 25.0 0 0.0%
Total 39 100.0%
Statistics Mean SD
Survey 88.2 19.0
Section 88.2 19.0
Course 88.2 19.0
Q8. The instructor created a good atmosphere for learning.
B 75.0 16 41.0%
C 50.0 5 12.8%
D 25.0 0 0.0%
Total 39 100.0%
Statistics Mean SD
Survey 82.9 17.5
Section 82.9 17.5
Course 82.9 17.5
Q9. Compared to other courses, this course is academically:
A Very Difficult 100.0 7 17.9%
B 75.0 9 23.1%
C 50.0 19 48.7%
D 25.0 4 10.3%
E Very Easy 0.0 0 0.0%
Total 39 100.0%
Statistics Mean SD
Survey 62.2 22.8
Section 62.2 22.8
Course 62.2 22.8
Q10. Compared to other courses, the workload for this course is:

A Very Heavy 100.0 5 12.8%
B 75.0 4 10.3%
C 50.0 23 59.0%
D 25.0 6 15.4%
E Very Light 0.0 1 2.6%
Total 39 100.0%
Statistics Mean SD
Survey 53.8 23.3
Section 53.8 23.3
Course 53.8 23.3
Q11. Please rate the instructor overall:
A Very Good 100.0 24 61.5%
B 75.0 13 33.3%
C 50.0 2 5.1%
D 25.0 0 0.0%
E Very Bad 0.0 0 0.0%
Total 39 100.0%
Statistics Mean SD
Survey 89.1 15.0
Section 89.1 15.0
Course 89.1 15.0
Q12. Please rate the course overall:
A Very Good 100.0 18 46.2%
B 75.0 12 30.8%
C 50.0 6 15.4%
D 25.0 3 7.7%
E Very Bad 0.0 0 0.0%
Total 39 100.0%
Statistics Mean SD
Survey 78.8 24.0
Section 78.8 24.0
Course 78.8 24.0
Q13. What is good about the course?
  1. /
  2. Content are well-designed
  3. Dr. Huang is very patient and passionate. His teaching is very student-oriented. He is the best course instructor I have seen
throughout my four-year study here in UST
  4. It is very useful for both Math and business students to have a better analysis of financial mathematics.
  5. Lecture videos
  6. Professor is very friendly and enthusiastic when teaching, and also has a deep understanding of the material. Also, professor is very
accommodating towards students who have other temporary course commitments (group project deadlines, presentations, etc).
Taking videos of his lectures and also uploading all class scripts and lecture notes is very beneficial to students who either have to
miss class for more important appointments (group projects, job interviews), and also beneficial for students who learn better
through self-reading than listening.
  7. Professor is very nice and he take care of the students and this increase students' interest studying.He also prepared very well for
lessons but sometime teach so fast and I got lost.
  8. Thank you prof Huang teaching me the financial math. He makes me get interested in the aspect of actuarial math. He tried to use
simple explanation on the difficult part for example using cash flow stream. It is because there are many many formulas in this
course. However, prof Huang used simple and easy way to teach. Thank you very much. You are one of the prof that i attend most
of the lessons almost 90% of lessons in this course.
  9. The lecturer will talk about the everyday example of the topic during the class. Also, he teaches the concept quite clear. He also
takes care for students individually.
  10. relevant to life
  11. the lecture is fantastic.the lecturer made us to understand the material completely.All financial maths in hkust should be taught by
him.
  12. useful knowledge and clear teaching
  13. well prepared learning materials

Q14. What could be done to improve the course?
  1. /
  2. A sheet with some formula in the finals

3. Assessments could me less about memorising, it is a mathematics course after all
  4. He can make a summary note for the students so that students can follow the content more easily.
  5. Homework should be officially graded instead of just as a grade bonus. Since there are 4 homeworks, and each homework takes at
least a full day's worth of effort, at least make them worth 5% of the grade each, for a total of 20%. At the same time, reduce the
weighting of the midterm and final exams. Currently, the high weighting on exams causes a lot of pressure and an "all-or-nothing"
attitude. Also, changing the exam format to written answers or mixture of MCQ and written, would be a fairer assessment of
students than totally MCQ. At the very least, change the MCQ format so the possible questions are not so similar to each other, so
rounding errors do not affect the possible answers, and a partial calculation can still eliminate the wrong answers. Even though
SOA exam is fully multiple choice, but the possible choices are different enough that using the fundamental calculations can
deduce the answer (at least from what can been seen from the SOA exam samples). The current MCQ format is too
"all-or-nothing"; there is no difference between a student who cannot answer a question versus a student who made a minor
calculation error but got the right concept and overall solution; both get 0 for the question. Even though this may be the
high-stakes environment of the SOA exam, there are many students who take this "Fundamentals of Actuarial Math" as just an
introduction to daily life finance (bank interest rates, loans, bonds, stocks). However, this level of difficulty would be tolerable if
the assessment were more all-round (homework gets grade and exams are written with partial credit), as students can at least see
that their incomplete understanding is still acknowledged. Besides, giving the wrong figure to the client (off by a rounding error or
calculation error) may cost them in the short term, but it is much better than giving 0 information to the client.
  6. The content maybe a little too much compared to other courses
  7. The speed of the course could be adjusted to better cater to the needs of SOA tests.
  8. Tutorial sensations might be inducted earlier.
  9. hand back homework
  10. help students to improve the understanding of the terms and ideas
  11. include the examples solution in the notes instead of referring to the textbook
  12. no
  13. no idea

Report prepared by CELT
13 January 2016

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