Modern Blanket Toss: Findings and Observations
This book is the last in a series of three covering the National Science Foundation awarded Modern Blanket Toss project. In this book are the evaluation findings for each of the three years as well as observations from Modern Blanket Toss staff.
This book is the last in a series of three covering the National Science Foundation awarded Modern Blanket Toss project. In this book are the evaluation findings for each of the three years as well as observations from Modern Blanket Toss staff.
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2014 FINDINGS<br />
Items can be grouped into three categories. General satisfaction items are<br />
shown in Figure 1. Satisfaction remained high (average greater than 3.2) for all six<br />
weeks for all items. STEM Interest items shifted as expected. Students more<br />
strongly agreed that they were considering a STEM career as the weeks went by.<br />
The material covered became less challenging <strong>and</strong> the concepts were less new<br />
on the weeks when the students were mostly practicing their skills, not learning<br />
new material. See Figure 2.<br />
Figure 3 shows that item responses about communication <strong>and</strong> leadership skills<br />
generally increased over time.<br />
Figure 1 Satisfaction Items from Weekly<br />
Surveys<br />
Figure 2 Skill <strong>and</strong> STEM Interests from<br />
Weekly Surveys<br />
Figure 3 Communication <strong>and</strong> Leadership<br />
Items from Weekly Surveys<br />
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