Journal Questionnaire

This questionnaire is intended to gauge the effectiveness of the journal assignment. Your honest feedback will help us evaluate the requirements for the course. Please answer the questions as truthfully as possible.

Please circle the most appropriate response. 

1.  I wrote my journal entries:


       1             2              3             4            5             6
 the night       once every       once a    several times   once a     several times
 before they     few weeks         week        per week      day          per day
  were due



Please indicate the extent of your agreement or disagreement with
the following statements.


                                                       strongly                          strongly
                                                       disagree                            agree
2.  Writing journal entries helped me generate ideas:    1        2        3        4        5



3.  I enjoyed participating in the journal:              1        2        3        4        5


4.  I found the journal entries useful:                  1        2        3        4        5


5.  The journal helped me practice my writing:           1        2        3        4        5


6.  The journal exposed me to a variety of ideas:        1        2        3        4        5


7.  I'm glad we had the journal assignment:              1        2        3        4        5


8.  I learned about myself and others from 
    participating in the journal:                        1        2        3        4        5




9.  In general, what did you think about the journal?
Note: This survey was developed by Leslie Harris (in collaboration with Cynthia Wambeam, Robert Smith, and Terry Craig) as part of on-going research on the effectiveness of Internet-based English Composition teaching as compared to traditional methods of instruction. Students in the experimental classes exchanged e-mail entries with a paired class at another institution. In the control class, students wrote private journal entries in a notebook, which they handed in at midterm and before final exams. At the end of the semester, students in all sections filled out this survey form to indicate how frequently they participated in the journal assignment and what they thought of it. Consistently, students preferred the on-line journal to the traditional private journal, finding it a much more successful and enjoyable assignment. For the e-mail journal assignment, see On-Line Journal Assignment Sheet.