Teacher/Faculty Surveys
Instrument 12: Evaluation Survey
Project: Anonymous 2
Funding Source: NSF:
Teacher Enhancement (ESIE)
Purpose: To
determine the impact of the "integrated"
program on participating middle school teachers (science,
mathematics, social science, and language
arts)
Administered To: Between
22 and 33 middle
grade teachers were given this survey for each year of the
three years that they participated in the interdisciplinary
teacher enhancement project
Topics Covered:
- Course Evaluation: areas for program improvement,
collaboration, exemplary areas
- Impact on Outcomes: assessment practices, content
coverage, evidence of impact, instructional practices,
professional inolvement, teacher attitudes, teacher
knowledge, teacher skills
- Implementation Activities: collaboration,
curriculum/materials development
- Instructional Practices: assessment
- Instructional Preferences: mentoring/support
- Perceptions (Teacher/Faculty): student
understanding
- Plans & Expectations (Teacher/Faculty):
concerns
- Self-Assessment (Teacher/Faculty): application of
instructional methods
- Background Characteristics & Activities
(Teacher/Faculty): project involvement
Format/Length: 32
questions total, 2 open-
and 30 closed-ended. The closed-ended items are 4-point Likert
scales that range from "strongly agree" to
"strongly disagree."
The open-ended items at the end of the instrument require a
written response.
1994 - 1995 Evaluation Survey
Please circle your response:
SA
Strongly Agree |
A
Agree |
D
Disagree |
SD
Strongly Disagree |
*add any explanatory information that you think is
necessary.
- I have incorporated the California Science Framework themes
into a specific interdisciplinary unit of study.
- I have included goals for the interdisciplinary unit from
the California Science Framework.
- I have designed activities for my class that use the objectives
of the California Science Framework.
- Students in my classes have learned the California Science
Framework themes.
- Students in my classes have increased their knowledge
of specific concepts through the interdisciplinary unit.
- I have participated in teacher collaboration in this project.
- I have changed the curriculum that I teach.
- I have changed the instructional strategies that I use
in class.
- I have changed the ways I assess student knowledge.
- I have changed the ways that I use educational technology.
- I have changed the ways I view the district inservice
workshops.
- The district inservices for this project have encouraged
my efforts to improve the science program at my school.
- The project has changed the school's science program.
- The project has changed the science curriculum in my class.
- The project has changed the way I teach.
- I have evidence that my students' scientific literacy
has increased.
- I have a way to assess each students' increased scientific
knowledge.
- I know how to analyze the data from my assessment instruments.
- This project has helped to improve my scientific knowledge.
- The project has helped to improve my teaching methods.
- This project has helped to improve my student assessment
techniques.
- This project has helped to improve my use of educational
technology.
- This project has helped to improve my understanding of
the science curriculum.
- Most of the meetings for this project are productive.
- I am keeping a journal of this experience.
- I am participating in an action research project concerning
the project grant.
- I would like to participate in peer coaching.
- The best part of the project has been collaboration.
- I have some definite changes I'd like to make in this
project.
Please elaborate.
- I have some major concerns about continuing the project.
Writing Prompt
How has this project enhanced you as a professional
teacher?
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