Today during my meeting I helped to compile results for my mentor's research. Before beginning the program each of the students who will participate take a pre-test, which asks questions about the type of math that will be taught throughout creating the pieces of art. At the end of the program, the students take a post-test, which includes the same questions as the pre-test to see how much they have been able to take away from the computer program. During the meeting a used the answer key we have been working on to grade the pre-tests the students took. I then created a table that included the school the student attended, their identification number, and the score they received on the test. I did this for around 4 different high schools.
Some of the students have already completed the program and therefore have taken the post-test. I graded these tests as while and recorded the results in comparison to the student's scores the first time they took it before taking part in the program. A majority of the students showed improvement in their scores from beginning to end. As more of the post-tests are taken, I will add the results to the data already collected for my mentor to use in her research and presentations.
On my next visit I will organize answers to a computer survey the students took before completing the program in context with both their ethnicity and gender to compare between different groups of people.
Now you are dealing with assessments, completing the the full circle of the educational process (from your last blog post) - wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that the work is having positive effects. How large were the improvements?
Keep up the great blog posts, and please write them before the deadline.