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Beryl-
It sounds to me like you need to tease apart those who had prior conceptions
and are still convused and those who knew little or nothing to start with.
I am all for shorter surveys, but in this case, I really think that you need
to ask two or three questions to really get at the differences you are
looking for.
Scott
Scott Randol, Ph.D., Research Specialist
Center for Research, Evaluation, & Assessment
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University of California, Berkeley
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Hi all,
A question for those of you in evaluation: We are interested in
evaluating the role of "environmental" components in a facilitated
hands-on experience. Our challenge is the scale. Here's where we
are now:
Did not help me at all
Did not help me
Neither helped nor confused me
Helped me
Helped me a lot
videos
posters
Legos
computers
station movement (within the space)
We're not sure if this scale will give us what we are after. We
suspect we will be unable to differentiate between people with
previous knowledge AND those with zero baseline knowledge - they may
both check "Did not help me at all". If we split that comment into
"did not help because I already knew it" and "did not help, I'm still
confused", are we getting into trouble?
Any comments would be helpful.
Thanks,
Beryl
Beryl Rosenthal
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MIT Museum
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