PRE-RATE

POST-RATE

Questions

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Questions

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1) Date:

09-08-03       

1) Date:

09-16-03              

2) What kind of a mood are you in?

9:  Today has been a pretty good day, and classes have been going well.  I don't feel negative at all.

2) What kind of a mood are you in?

8:  Tired but happy 

3) Describe the task as you understand it--what you need to accomplish.

Log in as a user to WEBCT and look up my first weeks postings.

3) Describe the task--what you needed to accomplish.

Log in as a user to WEBCT and look up my first weeks postings.

4) How many hours do you think this task will actually take?

about 30 Minutes

I already have used webct and should be able to register and complete the tasks quickly

4) How many hours did this task actually take?

About 1.5 hours (actual work time)

I didn't have the correct address the first time that i logged on, and so had to find out from my classmate (M.T) which was the correct site.

5) How important is it to you to succeed in this task?

10:    I want an A

5) How important is it to you that you've succeeded in accomplishing in this task?

10: I want an A

6) How much difficulty do you expect in performing this task?

1:  I am computer savvy and have done similar tasks in previous courses.

6) How much difficulty did you experience in performing this task?

2:  Not so much difficulty, but more so an organization issue 

7) How upset would you be if you did not succeed at this task?

10:  I have completed similar tasks before,  I should not have any problems

7) How upset would you have been if you had not succeeded to accomplish this task?

10:  I feel I am a capable literate person, who can follow written directions correctly

8) How sure are you that you will succeed in this task?

10:  I have succeeded before at same/similar tasks

8) How sure are you that you will succeed in new but similar tasks in the future?

10 :  Once completing the task, I will have just practiced more with WEBCT

9) How likely is it that you will become good at this type of task?

10:  Pretty good if not already so

9) How likely is it that you will become good at this type of task?

10:  Practice and familiarity with format and instructions

10) What is the main reason that you will probably succeed in completing this task?

The skills you've acquired

10) What is the main reason you succeeded in completing this task?

The skills you've acquire

11) How motivated are you to keep on trying at this particular task until you succeed?

10:     Giving up on any task (within reason) is not acceptable to me.  This is not the same as climbing Mr. Everest or K2, it is simple computer literacy.

11) How motivated were you to keep on trying at this task until you succeeded?

10:     Very, I don't want to fail at anything

12) Computers will make it easier for me to perform this task.

10:   Without computers this would not even be an assingment

12) Computers made it easier for me to perform this task.

10:    It is how I send and receive the correct answers, find  information and task requirements

13) How much effort do you expect this task to take?

2:  It only requires time and reading, which I do not consider a huge effort but basic life skills.

13) How much effort did this task take?

3: Not much, I just needed to find the correct web address