Table 1 Sample comments from students with sentiments and suggestions
From: Text analytics approach to extract course improvement suggestions from students’ feedback
Comment | Sentiment | Implicit suggestion | Explicit suggestion |
|---|---|---|---|
1. The course is good and I do however feel that labs should be done in class to replace ICE | +ive | N | Y |
2. Very knowledgeable, patient and easygoing - sounding a little more upbeat may help with the class’s energy level | +ve | N | Y |
3. Sometime he went through the concepts a bit too fast for us to gasp. | −ve | Y | N |
4. Asks challenging questions to get us to think deeper. | +ve | N | N |
5. The course needs to focus on the code as much as the business side. | None | N | Y |
6. It would be good if the project details are released earlier. | None | N | Y |