tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849319076574250282.post8544877587115843596..comments2023-11-07T03:42:31.477-05:00Comments on Chalkdust: Data ImmersionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156784418545421424noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849319076574250282.post-1062230246109953142010-03-13T00:57:14.266-05:002010-03-13T00:57:14.266-05:00Amiable brief and this post helped me alot in my c...Amiable brief and this post helped me alot in my college assignement. Thanks you for your information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849319076574250282.post-60580242384886255942007-12-12T20:30:00.000-05:002007-12-12T20:30:00.000-05:00Diane,I am glad you brought these points up. Thi...Diane,<BR/><BR/>I am glad you brought these points up. <BR/><BR/>This time around, we weren't really looking to analyze because the sample was so small, but more to examine ideas about what we could use this data for in the future. Looking at grade distributions across several marking periods will give us better insight and let us examine trends. For example, if we look at students who ace the marking period, but do miserably on midterms and finals, what might we do instructionally to reverse that?<BR/><BR/>After surveying the staff mercilessly last year, I found that the main complaint from the high school was that the workshops were scheduled based on the middle school schedule, so they began too late. So I adjusted the times last spring to include every workshop at high school-friendly time slots (earlier). Same results.<BR/><BR/>What that told me was that I needed to focus not only my PD efforts on the high school, but also my efforts on getting the word out about what people were doing with the tools that we were equipping them with. It didn't hurt that we offered tablet PC's to any staff member who wanted one in July.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156784418545421424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849319076574250282.post-4849322332474916562007-12-12T18:46:00.000-05:002007-12-12T18:46:00.000-05:00Patrick,Do the teachers get any guidance in analyz...Patrick,<BR/><BR/>Do the teachers get any guidance in analyzing the raw data?<BR/><BR/>A preponderance of lower level teachers at your workshops might mean that they are more comfortable with you personally; or, that they need more instruction because they are further behind than the higher level teachers; or that the higher level teachers already possess the knowledge or skills you are offering (unlikely, but possible); or because of a slew of other reasons.<BR/><BR/>Politician love to crunch numbers, and you know where that gets us!<BR/><BR/>dianedianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292813474160548707noreply@blogger.com