1. Teacher Impacts of the RET Program: Survey Results from Six Sites Suzanne Coshow, Ph.D. Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics University of Notre Dame Presented at the ADMIRE 2003 Conference

2. Why Surveys? generalizable generalizable validity & reliability validity & reliability relatively objective indicators (compared with qualitative methods) relatively objective indicators (compared with qualitative methods) feasible for different sites feasible for different sites lets us conclude with confidence --more so than with other qualitative methods lets us conclude with confidence --more so than with other qualitative methods

3. The Surveys Employed to Evaluate RET Pre-Survey Pre-Survey Post Survey Post Survey Mentor Survey Mentor Survey

4. Pre Survey: Current Teaching Current Teaching target course, course preparation, text use, & assessment of students target course, course preparation, text use, & assessment of students Attitudes and Beliefs about Teaching Attitudes and Beliefs about Teaching Background and Experience Background and Experience Characteristics/Demographics Characteristics/Demographics

5. Post Survey: What did you do and learn during your RET experience? What did you do and learn during your RET experience? How satisfied were you with your RET experience? How satisfied were you with your RET experience? Overall conclusions Overall conclusions

6. Mentor Survey: Preparation for the RET program Preparation for the RET program Evaluation of the Teacher Evaluation of the Teacher Conclusions about the program and teacher Conclusions about the program and teacher

7. RESULTS: Participant Post Survey Q3: How SATISIFIED were you with different aspects of your RET experience? Q3: How SATISIFIED were you with different aspects of your RET experience? Q4: Rating the MENTOR Q4: Rating the MENTOR Q10: Overall Rating of RET Program Q10: Overall Rating of RET Program Q11: Would you recommend RET? Q11: Would you recommend RET?

24. What do we learn from these Surveys? The RET program is doing what was expected → SUCCESS The RET program is doing what was expected → SUCCESS Therefore, it is likely that expansions of the RET program will lead to similarly positive results Therefore, it is likely that expansions of the RET program will lead to similarly positive results

25. What’s missing? details & complexity details & complexity “how” things were done, e.g., how RET experiences were incorporated into the classroom “how” things were done, e.g., how RET experiences were incorporated into the classroom offshoots from the program that were not anticipated, like Quarknet’s/ND’s Monday Meetings for teachers offshoots from the program that were not anticipated, like Quarknet’s/ND’s Monday Meetings for teachers

26. How can we improve on the evaluation of the RET program? add basic demographics to Post Survey - this will increase our confidence in the results; add basic demographics to Post Survey - this will increase our confidence in the results; reduce size of Pre-Survey, streamline so that we can better identify the effects of the RET program; and, reduce size of Pre-Survey, streamline so that we can better identify the effects of the RET program; and,

27. How can we improve on the evaluation of the RET program? compliment surveys with in-depth interviewing and/or focus groups: compliment surveys with in-depth interviewing and/or focus groups: to get at details & complexity to get at details & complexity to answer the “how” question to answer the “how” question to identify unanticipated effects of the program to identify unanticipated effects of the program

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