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Assess Student Understanding
of Key Information Literacy Concepts
with an Online Survey
Paula Palmer
The Meridian School; 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103
[email protected]; http://www.meridianschool.edu
Timeline Set up a free account Survey name Select your color theme Select question types and enter
questions Establish restrictions Go LIVE Collect Responses Fine tune year-end lesson plans
Why ?
Kids enjoy it / candid answers Variety of templates that you can customize Interpreting results is quick and easy
Library Outcomes Matrix
Essential concepts and skills critical to grade-level success
http://www.meridianschool.edu/pdf/libraryoutcomes.pdf
Begin in April so that you have time to address potential questions
students may have.
Set up a free account www.surveymonkey.com
Be aware of □Agreements and the option to receive communications
via surveymonkey
Your survey title; it may include specific classes or grades
Note 3 tabs—you will use these a lot
Regard this as the section heading
Questions students respond to
Student responses are limited to “I know it” or “I want help”
Edits can be made easily
Time to go LIVE.
Click on the tab Collect Responses.
Multiple options for administering survey and collecting responses
Critical steps ↑
Options for setting responses
Options for timing of survey
Use the link on the Summary page to send in an e-mail or paste into browsers.
Test the survey to see that it works the way you want it to.
Pitch the survey to your students and administer the survey.
Options for using Survey Link
A preview of the way the survey will appear to students
The screen that appears once the student finishes taking the survey
Once the survey is completed, log in to your account and click on the tab Analyze Results. Here you will see responsesand comments. Remember, the free version does not allow you to download results.
I share the results with the students; then, use the responses to the “I want help with this before graduation” beginning with those least understood to fine tune lesson plans prior to year’s end.
Results indicate areas students know or need help with. Fine tune instruction to those areas.