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2007 ANNUAL REPORT - cosmos - Bowling Green State University

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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

Introduction 5<br />

PART I. NWO Center Goals 5<br />

NWO Center Mission 5<br />

NWO Center Vision 5<br />

NWO Center Original Goals 6<br />

NWO Center Revised Goals and Objectives 6<br />

PART II. Evaluation Goals, Questions, and Procedures 8<br />

Evaluation Goals and Questions 8<br />

Participants 10<br />

Data Collection Instruments 11<br />

Data Collection Strategies and Procedures 15<br />

Data Analysis Methods 16<br />

Limitations of the Data 18<br />

PART III. Evaluation Results 19<br />

Goal 1. Effectiveness of the NWO Center research based math and science<br />

professional development programs geared towards pre-service and in-<br />

service teachers 19<br />

Evaluation Question 1: What are the beliefs and practices of NWO<br />

participants? How do these beliefs compare for TEAMS, TeachOhio<br />

and Other NWO participants? 19<br />

Evaluation Question 2: What are the emic and etic perceptions<br />

regarding the effectiveness (quality, relevance, usefulness) of the<br />

NWO Professional development activities? 22<br />

Evaluation Question 3: How do participants perceive that NWO<br />

activities have impacted their beliefs and practices? 28<br />

Evaluation Question 4: How have the universities responded by<br />

developing/revising courses and/or programs to better prepare<br />

teachers? 29

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