2. Writing a Community Survey 1.It’s a good idea for the students to survey those in their school or community who are impacted by their chosen issue. (They could also do a focus group.) 2.Ask the students to describe who is in the “impacted community” for this problem. Is it fellow students? People who live in a certain neighborhood? People who use a certain street? People who like a certain subject? People who have a certain health issue? 3.The goal of the survey is to find out: a.Do people in the impacted community think that this issue is a problem? b.How severe is the problem? (How often does it happen? How many people notice it, experience it, or participate in the problem?) c.How do people in the impacted community want things to be different? d.What do people in the impacted community think should be done about it?

3. Writing a Community Survey 4. Explain how to create a community survey. The handout on page 15 explains how to write a survey or questionnaire. It is adapted from the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, “Classroom Assessment” Found at: http://fcit.usf.edu/assessment/attitude/surveyb.html http://fcit.usf.edu/assessment/attitude/surveyb.html 5. Ask students to draft their questionnaire. 6. Administer the survey to a neighboring classroom, during lunch or to other community members, as relevant. 7. Analysis: Students may want to create an online survey (like those created on surveymonkey.com), input their survey responses, and then have the program generate a report. They may also do their own analysis.

4. Writing a Community Survey Helpful Hints for Writing a Questionnaire: Keep it short (generally one page is sufficient). Test the survey on the class first before giving it out to others. Make sure that everything makes sense. Don't ask questions that will embarrass anyone or invade participants' privacy. If it is an anonymous survey, make sure it stays that way. Do not leave survey results in places where others might access them. Don't reward or punish participants based on their responses.

5. Writing a Community Survey Surveys can consist of: 1.Open‐ended questions – These questions give students a blank space and allow them to fill in a unique response. This survey question type is generally used to obtain general, rather than specific, feedback. 2.Multiple‐choice questions – These questions can help your students to collect specific information with specific answer choices. 3.Rating scales – These questions allow students to indicate how strongly they agree or disagree with specific statements. Typically, a statement is presented, then their peers can respond on a scale that indicates how much or how little they agree with the statement.