In order to create a survey that will gather accurate information from different work groups, I need to carefully consider how to construct the questions.
I first thought of a multiple choice survey:
"Which area is most necessary for New Educator training?
a.) Classroom management
b.) Curriculum training
c.) Presentation skills
d.) Lesson Planning"
I am thinking of discarding this idea for two reasons. The responses to a multiple choice survey will be limited to what I choose to include without allowing for free responses, and I think this form will be too cumbersome to revise to a polished state. I therefore will be too bogged down in the details of the survey.
A second choice is to ask a limited number of open ended questions. This would allow for individual thought processes and be less limited to what I choose as in the multiple choice format. In this case I could ask for an explanation of the reasons why a response is stated. For example, "Which area of training is most needed for the New Educator (NE) and why do you think so?"
A third consideration would be the sort of survey that lists areas of support and a rating scale for each as in the following:
Rate the following areas on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being the least important and 5 being the most important.
Classroom Management 1 2 3 4 5
Curriculum 1 2 3 4 5
Presentation of Subject Matter 1 2 3 4 5
Stress Management 1 2 3 4 5
So I can separate the results into feedback from new educators, instructional coaches, administration and support staff, I would ask for the person taking the survey to indicate their own role.
Please feel free to comment as I would appreciate any feedback on these ideas. I realize this is just the beginning of my research and I have a long way to go. Thanks.
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Marie, you wrote the three choices clearly. Right now, I'm thinking that the second choice may give you a wider range of responses if the respondents are willing to write more than one item.
Using methods of survey, you might ask the questions on your blogspot, as you mentioned, or to a few at your school to help you identify the best choice or make a trial run, "How might you answer the following? or which would you prefer to be asked?" and then reflect on their responses. Use it to ask yourself: Would this format lead to answers that would help me answer my question?
“would allow for individual thought processes”
You are providing an opportunity for your coaches to THINK about the needs of the new educators rather than react to a few choices. Will the responses to your questions provide insight to your AR question?
Also, analysis steps are provided under “Qualitative Data Analysis Steps” at http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/hrd/
actionresearchstudies/dataanalysis/steps.htm
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