For Assignment #5, I chose to develop a survey that would be
used to gather preliminary data for the program evaluation I will plan for our
ECUR 809 final project. The program I have been focusing on is called Recess
Guardians. The objective of the Recess Guardian program is to increase positive
behavior, attitudes and activity levels of students during recess play.
Students receive several instructional sessions where instructors (including
Husky athlete volunteers) teach students games, leave equipment for recess use
equipment to use, and lead students through some peer teaching opportunities.
The survey created would be given to teachers before the
program was to be implemented in their classroom, to develop a sense of teacher
perception and observation of student attitude, activity levels and peer
interactions during recess breaks. The importance of this data would be
especially important in order to note changes in these area based on a
post-program survey, student/teacher logs, and observations.
It is important to note that I would include greater space
for the short answer response questions than shown here. In fact, after our
class on Saturday, I signed up for a fluidsurveys account, and definitely see
the ease and merit of using such a tool. However, for this survey, it will be a
paper version.
Original Survey:
Recess
Guardians – Pre-Program Teacher Survey
Teacher name: School
name:
Class
Information:
1.
What is the grade level of your class? _______________
2.
How many students are in the class? _______________
3.
How many males? _______________
4.
How many females? _______________
Please
use the rating scale provided to answer the follow questions, based on what you
observe from the majority of your students. Circle the most appropriate answer:
1.
My students look forward to and enjoy recess breaks.
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly
Disagree
2.
My students find appropriate activities to fill
their recess times.
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly
Disagree
3.
My students are regularly engaged in physical
activity at recess
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly
Disagree
4.
My students demonstrate fair play and
sportsmanship in the activities they participate in during recess
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
5.
Students in my class have access to adequate
amounts of equipment to use at recess.
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
6.
Students regularly use the equipment that is
available to them.
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
7.
My students frequently experience conflict with their peers at
recess
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly
Disagree
8.
I spend time working to resolve recess conflicts between students
at least weekly.
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly
Disagree
Please
answer the following questions .
9.
Describe some of the activities that students in your class
choose to participate in and seem to enjoy at recess throughout the school
year.
10. What do you hope your students
will gain from participating in Recess Guardians?
After
receiving feedback from four colleagues who completed the survey, I was able to
see some clarity errors within the first survey, and a few missed points that
needed to be added. The following changes were made:
- - I added a short explanation at the top of the survey to let
teachers know the purpose for the survey
- - Roman Numerals were added to separate each of the three areas
(class information, rating scale questions, and short answers)
- - I had several colleagues comment that while I asked for the
breakdown of males and females in the class, there were no other questions that
would allow teachers to express or explain if they see a big difference between
the recess play of their male students and female students. To account for
this, I added an additional short answer question related to the nature of
recess conflicts
- - I changed the rating scale from four indicators to five. I
struggled with this a bit, as I did not like the word “neutral” for the middle
indicator, as was suggested by one colleague. I did agree, however, that many
teachers might struggle to make such a definitive choice between agree (2) and
disagree (3). Therefore, I only named the highest (Strongly agree) and lowest
(Strongly disagree) ratings, but used numbers for the entire scale.
- - I added some criteria I question II. 3 about how teachers might
observe or know if students have been physically active
- - Two additional questions were added to the short answer section
regarding types of conflict that occur during recess, at the recommendation of
two colleagues
- - A “thank you” was added to complete the survey
Revised
Survey:
Recess
Guardians – Pre-Program Teacher Survey
Teacher name: School
name:
Please
answer the following questions based on your current classroom grouping. The
purpose of this survey is to learn more about your class and how the Recess
Guardians program might best impact your students’ activity level, interactions
with peers, and attitudes during recess breaks.
I.
Class Information:
1.
What is the grade level of your class? _______________
2.
How many students are in the class? _______________
3.
How many males? _______________
4.
How many females? _______________
II.
Please use the rating scale provided to answer the follow questions, based on
what you observe from the majority of your students. Circle the most
appropriate number from one to five:
1.
My students look forward to and typically enjoy recess breaks.
1 2 3 4 5
Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
2.
My students find appropriate and productive
activities to fill their recess times.
1 2 3 4 5
Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
3.
My students are regularly engaged in physical
activity at recess (they come in looking like they have been breathing
harder, they need a drink of water, etc.)
1 2 3 4 5
Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
4.
My students demonstrate fair play and
sportsmanship in the activities they participate in during recess
1 2 3 4 5
Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
5.
Students in my class have access to adequate
amounts of equipment to use at recess.
1 2 3 4 5
Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
6.
Students regularly use the equipment that is
available to them.
1 2 3 4 5
Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
7.
My students frequently experience conflict with their peers at
recess
1 2 3 4 5
Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
8.
I spend time working to resolve recess conflicts between students
at least weekly.
1 2 3 4 5
Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
III.
Please answer the following questions .
9.
List some of the activities that students in your class choose
to participate in and seem to enjoy at recess throughout the school year.
10. Describe the types of conflicts that arise during
recess play.
11. Explain how (or if) recess conflicts differ based on
gender, social groupings, etc.
12. What do you hope your students
will gain from participating in Recess Guardians?
Thank you for taking the
time to complete this survey Your input is valued!
Well done Candice
ReplyDeleteThe final version is great. Adding the context piece at the beginning and the thank you at the end give it a better feel. The layout looks good with the questions in the proper sequence in my opinion. I like five choices for scales but others will argue for four. In this case I think five works.
Jay