Saturday, March 23, 2013

Mid-Semester Survey

Actually, the Chrome Books arrived right at mid-semester, the perfect time since the class moves from the lessons right into the active research for their projects.

With the new equipment now in-house, it is a good time to catch immediate perceptions with a survey. Today, I am considering a survey limited to 4 or 5 items to gauge the immediate perception of the differences between old and new ways. After conferring with my adviser, the questions will focus on work differences. Initially the questions will have a ranking scale, each one followed up with a short text question for further comment:
1--getting the work session started (logging on);
2--accessing resources;
3--collaborating with others;
4--amount of work accomplished; and
5--school and home experience (comparison).

The students will have about a week of Chromebook use before I give the survey. That way the laptops will still be remembered, and they would have gotten used to the new set-up.

Although I would like to say I know what they'll say, I am curious to find out to what extend the view of their projects change when the frustration level is lowered/eliminated from the classwork equation.
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