Area VI North MSP: A Professional Development Model to Promote Innovative Teaching and Learning in M

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Area VI North MSP A Professional Development
Model to Promote Innovative Teaching and Learning
in Math and ScienceHamilton-Jefferson ROE 25
Mt. Vernon, IL

• Ed Suddarth, Project Coordinator
• Dirk Wongsopawiro, Evaluator

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Area VI MSP Overview

• Project Goals
• Increase content knowledge
• Enhance instructional strategies
• Increase understanding and application of
  educational research
• 35 3rd 10th math and science teachers

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Evaluation Design

• Mixed method approach
• Project goals 1 and 2
• Increase content knowledge
• Increase the use of instructional strategies
• Quantitative Tools
• End of the Summer Survey (COLLABORATORY)
• End of the Project Survey (COLLABORATORY)
• Survey of Enacted Curriculum (University of
  Wisconsin)
• Qualitative Tools
• Reflective journal (COLLABORATORY)
• Teachers interviews

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• Project goal 3
• Enhance the understanding and
• application of educational research
• Quantitative Tools
• Summer Institute Survey (Brent
• Wholeben, external evaluator)
• End of the Project Survey
• (COLLABORATORY)
• Survey of Enacted Curriculum (University
• of Wisconsin)
• Qualitative Tool
• Action Research Project
• (COLLABORATORY)

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Quantitative Tools

• The Survey Studio allows different types of
  surveys
• a Likert scale survey
• beliefs and atittude survey
• context survey
• Close and open- ended questionnaire

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Viewing the results
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• Quantitative data analysis generated by
  Collaboratory resources for report purposes
• Percentages
• Tables

Bonnie provided raw data for statistical analysis
purposes (SPSS)
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Or pie charts
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Generate individual survey report
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Qualitative Data Tools

• Reflection journal
• E-portfolios
• Artifacts
• Action research project

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Qualitative Data Analysis

• Triangulation of Data
• Multiple data resources (available in the
  collaboratory)
• Multiple observers
• Identify patterns
• Use teacher responses for descriptive analysis
• (Patton, 2001)