Feedback

From the Students:

In order to hear how the students viewed the two different units, I would assemble them into a 3-4 person conference group and ask them the following questions:

Would you enjoy doing a similar project again in another class? What parts did you really like? What parts made you feel very creative? What parts were hard to understand? Do you think you could have understood the presentations if you were a brand new visitor to the class?

From the Collaborative Teacher:

For the two teachers, I would either send the following questions by email or preferably sit down with them and compare notes.

Were the curriculum standards reached? Did you feel the lesson planning work was shared fairly? Did we try to teach too much? Or too little? Were the activates relevant? Did the students show creativity in their projects? Do you think the students will be better knowledge seekers after the activities? What parts of a media specialist / teacher partnership can be improved?

How will this information help you build an evidence-based program?

An evidence-based program would need to be designed with a few elements in mind. Upon integrating the results from the student and teacher feedback, the lesson plans would need to be submitted for review to other teachers. The lessons should be useful in other school systems, and those schools should experience similar results. If accepted by a wide range of teachers, and it produces consistent results with students, the lessons should be considered successful methods of inspiring and teaching inquiry.