Appendix F: Evaluation highlights
"The speakers and the tutors at the hands-on sessions were willing to help us with everything. I felt that I would actually learn to do things and not just learn that they existed."
"Possibly the most valuable thing has been the opportunity to talk to more seasoned graduate students and post-docs who have provided me with a wealth of advice and ideas."
"The hands-on session was excellent. I was able to complete the tutorial, understand my results, and begin to ask questions of my own research based on what was taught thus far."
Urbana, Illinois / July 2003
"Possibly the most valuable thing has been the opportunity to talk to more seasoned graduate students and post-docs who have provided me with a wealth of advice and ideas."
"The hands-on session was excellent. I was able to complete the tutorial, understand my results, and begin to ask questions of my own research based on what was taught thus far."
- More than 87 percent of those participants who evaluated the summer school workshop said the experience broadened their understanding of concepts and principles of computational and theoretical biophysics.
- More than 80 percent believed the workshop improved their ability to carry out original research in computational and theoretical biophysics
- More than 50 percent said the workshop significantly improved their computational skills.
- More than 85 percent said the workshop taught them techniques that were directly applicable to their careers.
- More than 87 percent felt the workshop was relevant to their research.
- More than 95 percent said the hands-on tutorials were a crucial part of the learning process.
- 100 percent of the participants who responded said the workshop broadened their understanding of concepts and principles in computational and theoretical biophysics
- 95 percent said the workshop improved their ability to carry out original research in computational and theoretical biophysics
- 85 percent said the workshop significantly improved their computational skills
- 65 percent believed the experience taught techniques that were applicable to their careers
- 70 percent thought the workshop was relevant to their research
- 100 percent said the hands-on tutorials were an important part of the learning process
- More than 76 percent of the participants who responded said the workshop broadened their understanding of concepts and principles in computational and theoretical biophysics
- Over 86 percent said the workshop improved their ability to carry out original research in computational and theoretical biophysics
- More than 64 percent said the workshop significantly improved their computational skills
- 94 percent believed the experience taught techniques that were applicable to their careers
- Over 82 percent thought the workshop was relevant to their research
- 100 percent said the hands-on tutorials were an important part of the learning process
- Nearly 95 percent of the participants who responded said the workshop broadened their understanding of concepts and principles in computational and theoretical biophysics
- Almost 90 percent said the workshop improved their ability to carry out original research in computational and theoretical biophysics
- More than 83 percent said the workshop significantly improved their computational skills
- 100 percent believed the experience taught techniques that were applicable to their careers
- 97 percent thought the workshop was relevant to their research
- Almost 95 percent said the hands-on tutorials were an important part of the learning process
- 92 percent of the participants who responded said the workshop broadened their understanding of concepts and principles in computational and theoretical biophysics
- 93 percent said the workshop improved their ability to carry out original research in computational and theoretical biophysics
- 71 percent said the workshop significantly improved their computational skills
- 86 percent believed the experience taught techniques that were applicable to their careers
- 85 percent thought the workshop was relevant to their research
- 85 percent said the hands-on tutorials were an important part of the learning process
- 100 percent of the participants who responded said the workshop broadened their understanding of concepts and principles in computational and theoretical biophysics
- 85 percent said the workshop improved their ability to carry out original research in computational and theoretical biophysics
- 80 percent said the workshop significantly improved their computational skills
- 95 percent believed the experience taught techniques that were applicable to their careers
- 95 percent thought the workshop was relevant to their research
- 100 percent said the hands-on tutorials were an important part of the learning process
- 100 percent of the participants who responded said the workshop broadened their understanding of concepts and principles in computational and theoretical biophysics
- 84 percent said the workshop improved their ability to carry out original research in computational and theoretical biophysics
- 34 percent said the workshop significantly improved their computational skills
- 89 percent believed the experience taught techniques that were applicable to their careers
- 89 percent thought the workshop was relevant to their research
- 95 percent said the hands-on tutorials were an important part of the learning process