Teacher follow-up questionnaire

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Your name_________________________
Learning Ocean Science
and Exploration through an Online
Environment
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONNAIRE

Dear Workshop Participant:

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Teacher involvement in this evaluation is integral to
its success, and your opinion about NOAA’s online educational products is valued greatly.
We are asking all of the teachers who participate in this workshop to provide feedback on your personal
and your students’ experiences with the online education resources offered by NOAA. The information we
are collecting is essential to determining the educational value of this workshop and the products we
create. In addition, as part of our efforts to continually improve the content and delivery of our workshops,
we are also interested in any suggestions you may have for improvement.
Your responses to surveys are confidential. Only summaries of the data will be released in which no
individual’s answers can be identified. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to ask the
person administering the survey. You may also contact Liz Danter at edanter@bellsouth.net or 205-2963954.

Thank you again for taking the time to provide us with this important information.

Sincerely,

Bruce Moravchik
Education Specialist
NOAA’s Ocean Service
Communication and
Education

Cindy Renkas
Education Specialist
NOAA Research
Ocean Exploration

Part I. Your classroom experience with NOAA’s Online Education Resources
Q1. Please describe the type of NOAA/NOS/OE related learning instruction or activity you
conducted with your students in the classroom. Which specific NOS/OE sites were used? Which
specific lessons and sections of each site were presented?

Q2. About how many total hours of NOAA/NOS/OE related learning instruction or activity did
your students receive in the classroom? (check one only)
‰ none
‰ <1-5 hours
‰ 6-10 hours
‰ 11-20 hours
‰ 20+ hours
Q3. Typically, where did your students use the computer for NOAA/NOS/OE related learning
instruction or activities? (check one only)
‰ Classroom
‰ Computer lab
‰ Media center
‰ Other:
Q4. Do the computers used by the students have: (check all that apply)
‰ Internet connection?
‰ A reliable Internet connection?
‰ A fast Internet connection?
‰ QuickTime and/or Windows Media Player software?
Q5. Do you have access to a single “teaching computer” connected to an LCD projector?
‰ Yes
‰ No (Skip to question #6)
Q5a. Is the projector located in:
‰ The classroom
‰ The computer lab
‰ The media center

Other_______________________
Q5b. How often do you use the LCD projector in your teaching?
‰ Never
‰ Less than once a month
‰ Once or twice per month
‰ About once per week
‰ Several times per week
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Q5c. Do you prefer:
‰ To use Internet materials “live” in the classroom with the LCD projector?
‰ To use the Internet materials “live” in the classroom with students on their own
computers?
‰ To download/print the materials for later use?
Q6. How is the Web site being used in your teaching? (check all that apply)
‰ As homework
‰ Via each student on his/her own computer during class time
‰ Via each student on his/her own computer during “tech/computer” class time
‰ Via teacher presented projection during class time
‰ Via teacher use only, as a resource in preparing lessons
Q7. What factors, if any, have hindered your implementation of NOAA’s online education
resources in your classes?

Part II. Your experience with and impression of the NOS and OE Web sites
Q8. How would you rate the NOAA/NOS/OE materials overall? Please circle the appropriate
number.

a. Applicability of materials and
activities to your school district’s
learning standards.
b. Usefulness of materials for
improving student ocean awareness.
c. Usefulness of materials for
improving student ocean knowledge.
d. Usefulness of materials for

Poor

Fair

Good

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improving student ocean stewardship.
NOS Web site: The following questions refer ONLY to the NOS Education Web site resources:
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education
Q9. Regarding the text of NOS Tutorials and Case Studies, are the students able to finish
reading through a single main page of text without losing focus? (check the appropriate
box)
The length of text on a single page was _________ for my students:

Too short

Just right

Too long

Q10. Are the students able to read and understand the material? (Check the appropriate box)
Generally, my students were able to read and understand the material________:
□ Without assistance
□ Needed some assistance
□ Needed a great deal of assistance
Strongly
disagree

Q11. Tutorials and Case Studies (text)
a. The glossary in the case studies was helpful
(i.e., it helped explain the concepts in the text).
b. The glossary in the case studies was
distracting (i.e., clicking forward and backward
from the text to the terms caused focus to be
lost).
Q12. Images:
a. The images presented were helpful in
explaining the concepts in the text.
b. The animations were easy to access and view.
c. The videos were easy to access and view.
d. Clicking on the small images to view larger
versions of the images was useful for my
students in comprehending the content.
e. Clicking on the small images to view larger
versions of the images was distracting for my
students in comprehending the content.
Q13. Links to Additional Content:
a. The links to additional content in the online
tutorials and case studies were helpful in
preparing me to teach ocean science related

Neutral

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Agree

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topics to my students.
Q13b. The links to additional content in the online tutorials and case studies were at a level that
was _________ for my students: (check the appropriate box)

Too low

Just right

Too high

Strongly
disagree

Q14. Lesson Plans:
a. The lesson plans were easy to
download and print out.
b. The lesson plans were easy to
understand and implement with my
class.
c. It easy to access the Web sites cited
for use in the lesson plans.
d. The extensions to the lesson plan
were helpful.

Neutral

Strongly
Agree

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Q14e. The approximate time indicated in the lesson plan for preparation was:

Too short

Accurate

Too long

Q14f. The approximate time indicated in the lesson plan for implementation was:

Too short

Accurate

Too long

Strongly
disagree

Q15. Additional materials:
a. Addition of a photo gallery would
be helpful to me as an educator.
b. Having all of the online resources
available in downloadable printable
versions would be helpful to me as an
educator.

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Q16. Which components of the NOS Web site do you see as being most useful to you? (Check
all that apply)
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Online tutorials
Road maps to resources
Lesson plans
Case studies
Thinking like a scientist
Working with real data
Interactive quiz

OE Web site: The following questions refer ONLY to the OE Education Web site
resources: http:// www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov
Q17. Did you use one or more specific OE lesson plan activities in your teaching? If yes, which
one(s)?

Q18. About how much class time did you spend on these lesson plan activities?

Q19. Your comments about the activities you did:

Q20. Will you use these activities in your teaching again?

Q21. Do you have plans to use other specific OE lesson plans in the future? If so, which ones?

Q22. Please rate the following components of the OE EEM (Expedition Education Module).

a. Expedition Purpose
b. Lesson Plans
c. Multimedia Learning Objects
d. Career Connections/OceanAGE
e. Other Resources and Links

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Q23. Please rate the following components of the OE Web site:

a. Explorations
b. Gallery
c. Technology
d. History
e. Library
f. Education
g. For Fun

Not
useful
at all
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Neutral
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Q24. Indicate the extent to which you disagree or agree with each of the following statements
regarding the OE Web site:
Strongly
disagree

a. I have a clear idea of how I will
continue to use the OE Web site in
my teaching.
b. My students could independently
read the textual information (such as
the Expedition logs and OceanAGE
scientist profiles) from the OE Web
site.
c. Still and/or video images from the
OE Web site enrich my teaching.
d. The OE Web site is a convenient
source of lesson plans for my
teaching.
e. I intend to regularly access the
OE Web site for teaching
information.
f. I intend to regularly access the OE
Web site to view and/or print lesson
plans.
g. (If applicable) I intend to
regularly access the OE Web site
while teaching, using an LCD
projector or similar technology.
h. I find the OE Web site engaging.
i. I can easily navigate through the
OE Web site.
j. My students can access the OE
Web site at our school.
k. My students find the OE Web site
interesting and engaging.
l. I know everything I need to know
to use the OE Web site in my
classroom.
m. The OE Web site provides
information that I need.

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Q25. Which, if any, OE Web site components do you plan to use in your future teaching? How
do you plan to use these (e.g., as primary materials, enrichment, homework assignments, etc.)?

Part III. Your Students’ Experience with the Web sites
Q26. Indicate the extent to which you agree with the following statements by circling the
appropriate number.

As a result of my use of NOAA
online education resources in the
classroom....
a. My students enjoyed learning
about ocean related topics.
b. My students are better prepared
academically for the end-of-year
state assessments.
c. My students are more engaged in
their learning.
d. My students are more aware of
the work of ocean scientists.
e. My students are more interested
in ocean science related careers.

Strongly
disagree

Neutral

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agree

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Q27. Do you think ocean exploration is an engaging topic for your students? If so, is it more
engaging than other science topics? Why or why not?

Q28. How engaged were the majority of the students as they participated in the NOS/OE related
activities? (Please check the appropriate box)

Not engaged
at all

Extremely
engaged

Q28a. By comparison, how engaged were these same students when they participated in a typical
science related activity? (Please check the appropriate box)

Not engaged
at all

Extremely
engaged

Part IV. Reflections on your use of NOAA’s Online Education Resources
Q29. Please tell us how using both NOS and OE’s materials might have affected your work as a
teacher.
Strongly
disagree

a. I have increased my own
knowledge about ocean related
topics through my work with
NOAA’s online education
resources.
b. I know how to use NOAA’s
online education resources with my
students.
c. My participation in this
professional development has
enabled me to improve my students’
learning about the ocean.
d. Using these resources in my
classroom has increased my
understanding of NOAA’s role in
ocean science.
e. I have used components of
NOAA’s online education resources
as homework assignments.
f. I intend to regularly access
NOAA’s online education
resources.
g. I intend to use NOAA’s online
education resources as I plan next
year’s curriculum.

Neutral

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Q30. Do you think ocean exploration is an engaging topic? If so, is it more engaging than other
science topics? Why or why not?

Q31. How did using these materials change your own understanding of the value of and need for
ocean science education?

Q32. How did these materials change your understanding of the knowledge and skills necessary
for your students to pursue careers in the area of ocean related careers?

Q33. Did you share any of the workshop information with other teachers? If yes, please describe
what information you shared.

Q34. Any additional comments? (use next page if needed)

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