| In a 90 minute Roundtable session, the first
rotation uses the first 45 minutes and the second rotation uses the last 45 minutes.
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| Roundtable Rotation I:
Character Development in Middle School Students: Culture Matters! |
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Roundtable Presentation 564 to be held in Suwannee 20 on Friday, Nov 13, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
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Sponsored by the Pre-K - 12 Educational Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Stephanie Schneider, Orange County Department of Education, sschneider@ocde.us
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| Abstract:
In an ongoing program to support character development in middle schools, students are asked to complete the Character in Action Survey measuring perspectives on school climate, character development, and relevant faculty behaviors. Approximately 2200 students from 8 middle schools complete the instrument each year. Using ANOVA, statistically significant differences were found both overall and for specific subscales for racial/ethnic groups, by school site, and for the interaction of ethnicity by school. In particular, responses of students identifying themselves as 'Hispanic' varied significantly from responses of students who self-identified as 'white' or 'Asian'. In this session, the data will serve as a springboard to discuss the following:
1.What factors at school sites create different (or similar) perspectives of school climate for various cultural groups?
2.What are the cultural expectations of students that are not being met?
3.How do teacher and staff behaviors and perspectives impact student perspectives?
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
Evaluating Short-Term Impacts on Student Achievement: What Does Motivation Tell Us? |
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Roundtable Presentation 564 to be held in Suwannee 20 on Friday, Nov 13, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
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Sponsored by the Pre-K - 12 Educational Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Elise Arruda, Brown University, elise_arruda@brown.edu
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| Stephanie Feger, Brown University, stephanie_feger@brown.edu
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| Abstract:
This roundtable proposal seeks to contribute to the discussion of the context of academic achievement outcomes in evaluation. We propose to highlight two evaluation studies conducted within Rhode Island where student motivation was used as an outcome measure. The roundtable discussion will focus on the reception of motivation as an indicator of impact among stakeholders and the usefulness of this measure in terms of the evaluation context. With evidence and data from two evaluation studies we will share; (1) the challenges of informing stakeholders of the research on student motivation and the importance of this outcome as a means to student achievement, (2) the statistical success of adapting student motivation surveys from the literature to a particular content (i.e., science), (3) the process at which teachers easily integrated the student survey with the school day, and (4) the interpretation and dissemination of evaluation findings on students' motivation.
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