2007 ANNUAL REPORT - cosmos - Bowling Green State University
2007 ANNUAL REPORT - cosmos - Bowling Green State University
2007 ANNUAL REPORT - cosmos - Bowling Green State University
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Recommendations<br />
The recommendations offered in this final section of the evaluation report come from three<br />
different sources: those voiced by the NWO participants and mostly related to the specific NWO<br />
initiatives/activities/ programs/events, those noted by session and classroom observers and also<br />
related to the content of the professional development, and those made by the evaluation team<br />
and mostly related to the data collection instruments and procedures.<br />
Suggestions from the NWO participants, related to the content of professional development:<br />
• More sessions on standards<br />
• More sessions on alternative assessment of student learning<br />
• More sessions on inquiry lessons (tips on how to teach inquiry on a limited budget,<br />
demonstrations of how to use computers with inquiry methods, modeling of inquiry<br />
lessons, help with developing such lessons)<br />
• More hands-on ideas<br />
• More information on how to integrate math, science, and technology together<br />
• More sessions on grant writing<br />
• More information on how to motivate and keep students (especially high-risk) engaged<br />
and involved in the classroom<br />
• More math in general and more math for higher grades<br />
• More emphasis on 7-12 grade level<br />
Other suggestions included more sessions on time management and group work, more content<br />
aligned lesson plans, more information on organizations and groups that can give materials and<br />
grants to schools, more vendor presentations, more life science sessions, and more dinner open<br />
discussion forums (TeachOhio); more materials, more grade-specific lesson ideas, starting on<br />
time and earlier, and better microphones (TEAMS), more networking opportunities, more<br />
comfortable classrooms, and also better microphones (In-service); more lessons on specific<br />
topics, more opportunities to go to more sessions, more sessions geared towards pre-service<br />
teachers, and more sessions for pre-schools and kindergartens (undergraduate students); and<br />
how to be hands-on and still prepare the students to pass the test (MAT). Some of the<br />
suggestions mentioned by the participants were also made by the observers of the sessions.<br />
Suggestions from the observers for improving quality of NWO professional development:<br />
• more time for sense making and wrap-up<br />
• more encouragement of collaborative learning<br />
• having a better structure to share experiences and insights<br />
• more handouts<br />
• better modeling of effective questioning strategies<br />
• more engaging presentations<br />
• more modeling of effective assessment strategies