Senior Project: Data Collection Student Survey and Judges Comments

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Senior ProjectData Collection -- Student
Survey and Judges Comments

• Hillgrove High School 2007-2008
• February 6, 2008
• Dennis Willis, SP Coordinator

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Hillgrove HS SIP

• STUDENT PERFORMANCE GOAL
• Increase proficiency in the processing skills
  needed to present information on a topic
• Performance Indicator Demonstration of Senior
  Project related skills
• Benchmark The SP will be completed by 90 of
  eligible seniors

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Statistics from the November 15 Boards Night

• 102 Community Judges

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Statistics from the November 15 Boards Night

• 161 eligible students in 6 classes
• 157 students presented
• 2 students presented at the make-up session
• 2 students chose not to present to complete the
  project

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SIP Goal Comparison at Mid-Year

• 159/161 OR
• 98.7 of the eligible students completed the SP
  presentation

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SIP Goal Comparison at Mid-Year

• AVERAGE SCORE for presentations
• 86.9

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Student Survey

• Students answered 23 questions about their
  experience with the Senior Project during the
  week following Boards Night
• Their answers to most of these questions are
  shown on the next slides.
• What, if any, is the significance of these
  answers?
• How can we make the SP experience more closely
  what we envision it to be?

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What do we Envision? Whats our goal?

• We are working with students to be excellent
  writers, oral communicators, organizers,
  impression-makers as well as world citizens.
• We are teaching skills necessary for all students
  (grades 9-12) to be successful in these goals.

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As we review these questions,

• Think about how we can make it BETTER!!!!!!!!!

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How many out-of-class hours did you spend on the
research paper?
Student Survey
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How many out-of-class hours did you spend on the
product/project?
Student Survey
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How many out-of-class hours did you spend on the
presentation?
Student Survey
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Approximately how much money did you spend?
Student Survey
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Was the amount of money you spent a problem for
you?
Student Survey
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How stressful was writing the research paper?
Student Survey
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How stressful was completing the product/project?
Student Survey
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How stressful was giving the presentation?
Student Survey
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I feel that my high school education prepared me
for the Senior Project.
Student Survey
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The Senior Project was, for me, ..
Student Survey
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I feel that the Senior Project helped improve my
research/library skills.
Student Survey
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I feel that the Senior Project helped improve my
writing skills.
Student Survey
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I feel that the Senior Project helped improve my
speaking skills.
Student Survey
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I feel that the Senior Project helped improve my
time-management skills.
Student Survey
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I feel that the Senior Project helped improve my
thinking skills.
Student Survey
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I feel that the Senior Project helped improve my
self-confidence.
Student Survey
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When I finished the entire Senior Project, I
felt..
Student Survey
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I feel that the Senior Project helped to prepare
me for what lies ahead (college or work or
military).
Student Survey
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How many times did you practice your presentation
in school?
Student Survey
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How many times did you practice your presentation
OUTSIDE of school?
Student Survey
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Activity for Departments

• Review these survey results (a copy is on the
  T-drive/Senior Project folder)

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Judges Comments

• Review the Judges comments on the Hillgrove
  website Senior Project page (last entry on the
  page)
• Senior English Teachers are reviewing with their
  students
• Review some of the comments with your students
  and talk about them

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Tentative Plan for April 21 and 22

• Presentations in your classes on these dates
  (earlier dates so that feedback can be used more
  effectively)
• Students wont be dressed the same as the Boards
  Night presentations
• Help them with timing (6, 8, 10 minute warnings)
• Rate them, or at least give them some comments to
  help them
• Students may rate or score them for your own
  classroom discussions

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With your students

• Help them to think about
• That will be me next year (or in 2 years)
• I would have a hard time doing that
• I can improve myself with practice
• Hillgrove HS requires me to take these things
  seriously
• How can I better apply myself to be ready for
  Senior Project?