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Evaluation questionnaires asking for a quantitative evaluation of a professional development experience -- Summer Institute

In order to help us evaluate this Summer Institute and improve it for the future, we would appreciate your written feedback. First, we would like to hear from you your impressions and overall evaluation of this past week. Then, we would appreciate your rating of the main components of the Institute as well as any comment you would like to offer about them.

Your response will be anonymous. To better interpret your response, however, we would like you to identify what "type" of participant you are among the following categories:

• ___ middle school mathematics teacher
• ___ middle school special education teacher
• ___ administrator
• ___ other middle school personnel
• ___ parent
• ___ elementary/high school teacher
• ___ pre-service teacher

Thank you for your response!

PART I: Please take 5-10 minutes to jot down your thoughts and overall evaluation of this Summer Institute. (use the back of this page or additional sheets as needed)

PART II: On a scale of 1 to 5, please give us your evaluation of each of the following key components of the Summer Institute. (Note: the sub-items listed under some of these components are intended to help you identify and remember what comprised each component) Additional comments about any of these components are welcome.

1. Shared journals

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2. ``What is math" activity (NCTM Video + small group and large group discussion -- Monday)

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3. Experiencing as learners an inquiry on Tessellation (Preliminary assignment of finding examples; Monday and Tuesday explorations and related assignments; ``Walk down memory lane")

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4. Experiencing as learners an inquiry on Area ("Fish" activity; creating an area formula for "diamond" as a class; creating area formulas for regular ``stars" in small groups; assignments and discussion about rethinking the "math of area" -- Wednesday and Thursday sessions)

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5. Reflections on teaching mathematics (session on MST Standards and new NYS tests -- Thursday; discussion on the common structure and characteristics of our three units -- Friday; identification and discussion of the teaching strategies modelled in the Summer Institute -- Friday)

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6. Sessions on ``learning differences" (F.A.T. City video and follow-up discussion -- Monday; identification of our own learning styles and differences -- Wednesday)

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7. Introduction to our supporting materials (Introduction to the materials -- Tuesday; reading assignments from the Tessellation & Area units, and their follow-up discussions)

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8. Session on NSF-supported curricula (Friday)

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9. Testimonials from teachers who previously participated in the program ("Can this work in a middle school classroom?" -- Tuesday; participation in follow-up discussion on Tessellation and Area units -- Wed. & Friday; spontaneous contributions)

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Overall, how would you rate the experience provided by this Summer Institute:

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Overall, how would you rate the Summer Institute facilitators:

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Compared with other professional development initiatives you participated in, how would you rate this Summer Institute:

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Compared with other professional development initiatives you participated in, how would you rate the Summer Institute facilitators:

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Any other comment and/or suggestion you would like to share about the Summer Institute:

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