2007 ANNUAL REPORT - cosmos - Bowling Green State University

Part II. Evaluation Goals, Questions, and
Procedures
Evaluation Goals and Questions
The overall goal of the 2006-2007 annual evaluation of the NWO Center was to determine the
progress of the Center towards the attainment of its revised goals. This was accomplished by
formulating evaluation/research questions specific for each goal, aligning the Center
initiatives/activities/programs/events with each goal, and identifying multiple data sources that
could be triangulated to enhance the validity of the findings (see Table 1 for details).
Table 1. Alignment of NWO Center Goals and Initiatives/Activities with the Evaluation
Questions and Data Sources
Revised NWO
Center Goals
Goal 1: Enhance
the preparation of
pre-service and
in-service
teachers though
research based
professional
development
focusing on
investigative
mathematics and
science teaching
and learning
NWO Center
Activities/
Initiatives
- Undergraduate
and graduate
course or
program
modification
- Undergraduate
professional
organizations
(BG-UT SECO
and CTM)
- Praxis II
Preparation
Workshop
- Graduate MAT
program
scholarships
- NWO
Symposium
- Inquiry Series
- Affiliated
Programs
(TEAMS,
TeachOhio,
PRISM,
DREAMS)
Evaluation Questions Evaluation Data Sources
1). What are the beliefs and practices
of NWO participants? How do these
beliefs compare for TEAMS,
TeachOhio and Other NWO
participants?
2). What are the emic and etic
perceptions regarding the
effectiveness of the NWO professional
development?
3). How do participants perceive that
NWO activities have impacted their
beliefs and practices?
4). How have the universities
responded by developing/ revising
courses/programs to better prepare
teachers?
5). In what ways are participants
deepening their content knowledge in
their subject areas?
6). How do participants transfer skills
and knowledge received through NWO
professional development into the
classroom?
Used to Answer These
Questions
- TBI survey data
- Session evaluations
- Teacher Interviews
- Faculty Interviews
- PD Observations
- # courses developed and/or
modified;
- Faculty interviews
# of students in MAT programs; #
hours successfully completed
each year; names of courses
completed; # SECO/CTM
meetings; attendance at
SECO/CTM meetings; #
members in SECO/CTM; faculty
interviews; attendance of Praxis
II Tutoring sessions in math and
science; workshop evaluation by
participants
- Classroom observations
- Teacher interviews