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Teacher/Faculty Project Evaluations

Instrument 1: Evaluation of Impact on Teaching and Learning

Project: Anonymous 2

Funding Source: NSF: Program for Women and Girls

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of the project on teaching and learning

Administered To: Teachers who participated in the project

Topics Covered:

  • Identity Issues: student achievement
  • Impact on Outcomes: district policy, engagement, evidence of impact, instructional practices, school policy, student attitudes, student performance
  • Limitations & Barriers: institutional constraints, policy, support
  • Plans & Expectations: continue reform practice
  • Project Evaluation: areas for program improvement, resource support
  • Background Characteristics & Activities (Teacher/Faculty): current practice, project involvement

Format/Length: 10 open-ended questions plus 3 demographic questions

EVALUATION OF IMPACT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING

1994-1997

Instruction: Please provide details of this project's impact on your teaching, your students' learning, and its contribution to systemic change in mathematics and science education in the state. Thank you very much for your assistance.

  1. Which subject(s) do you teach regularly? Mathematics   Science  
    Other: ___________________________________

  2. What level do you teach? 4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   High School   College

  3. During which year(s) did you participate directly in Project A?

    1994   1995  
    1996   1997  

  1. Describe what you did in support of Project A.

     

     

     

  2. Describe the impact of your work with Project A on students' motivation to learn math or science, with particular attention to girls and women.

     

     

     

  3. Describe the impact of your work with Project A on students' achievement in math or science, with particular attention to girls and women.

     

     

     

  4. Is there documented evidence of students' improvement in math or science achievement? Yes   No  

    Please explain your answer.

     

     

     

  5. Did your work with Project A significantly influence your repertoire of teaching methods or content? Please explain how your teaching was or was not influenced.

     

     

     

  6. How and to what extent has Project A influenced institutional, building or district-level curriculum development, inservice, or policy in regard to math and science education, especially for girls and women?

     

     

     

  7. What resources or support systems are you aware of that Project A has established to sustain the focus on improving achievement and motivation in math and science, especially for girls and women?

     

     

     

  8. Are there any artificial or unreasonable obstacles to reform of math and science education, especially for girls and women, that are imposed by your school's organization, staff, its administration, or education system in general? Yes   No  
    Please explain your answer.

     

     

     

  9. Will you be able to continue the work that you did for Project A? Yes   No  
    Please explain your answer.

     

     

     

  10. Finally, what, if any, were the shortcomings of the project? How should these issues have been resolved or addressed?