Design+Report+3

Measuring Volume and Mass
 * Project Title**

See link for Report 2 http://mccabeidproject.wikispaces.com/Design+Report+2
 * Goals, objectives and task analysis, and Report 2**

**Plan for one-to-one formative evaluation** **Purpose** **To determine the types of activities that will be best received by the teachers. ** 1. After receiving instruction, will the teachers be able to effectively take the lesson back to their classrooms and teach the content? 2. Will the teachers be motivated to include the lessons to their already packed curriculum?
 * Audience **
 * Primary audience includes 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade teachers. **
 * Issues **

**Resources** 1. Lesson ideas 2. Instructor facilitators 3. Interview Questions for individual and group participants

//Acceptable evidence of use of the lessons will include: //
 * Evidence **
 * Individual suggestions for future lessons or tools to be added to the curriculum.
 * Participation in the focus group of teachers from each grade level.


 * Data-gathering Techniques **

1. Observations of small group or individual measuring during individual practice time. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Questionnaire/Interview


 * Analysis**
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Track number of and type of questions asked by teachers during presentation and practice time..
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">List comments made by participants.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Results of the evaluation will be posted on the wiki so that everyone will be able to view how the lesson ideas are perceived and can be implemented.
 * Reporting**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The one-on-to-one formative evaluation will occur in a classroom where the teacher can try some of the measuring activities and then they will answer a short questionnaire - Decision-Oriented Studies. The questionnaire will guide the final unit development to create lessons that teachers will more likely accept to take back into their classroom.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Results of one-to-one formative evalutation **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The teacher completed two measuring activities, measuring mass with scales and gram cubes in a rotation station scenario and measuring volume from a regular container to a graduated cylinder.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Was the presentation on mass and volume helpful or reduntant? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Was the amount of time spent on the measuring activities adequate for a classroom? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Are the instructional strategies appropriate for the grade level, content area, and instructional goals? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Is there a way to increase probability that teachers will want to incorporate the activities to their classroom?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Decision-Oriented Studies Questionaire **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Was the presentation on mass and volume helpful or reduntant? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It was good to start with a little background on the topic. We all know what mass and volume are but just to get a <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">refresher helps me to start thinking about classroom ideas. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Was the amount of time spent on the measuring activities adequate for a classroom? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The amount of time that the actual activity took was adequate. However, the set up of the materials, especially the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">water is going to take a little bit more set up time with the students, which will increase the total time of the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">lesson. The clean up and any spills should be mentioned as additional time takers. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Are the instructional strategies appropriate for the grade level, content area, and instructional goals? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The activity was great. The students are going to love walking from station to station. The teacher can move around and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">help students as they practice or sit at one particular station and assess how each student is doing. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Is there a way to increase probability that teachers will want to incorporate the activities to their classroom? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gathering the supplies is a big task that sometimes stops me from picking a particular lesson. Possibly gather all of the supplies in one box so that a teacher can just pull it out and use it.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Results of the one-to-one activities and questionaire answered by Katie Masinick - 2nd grade teacher **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The student performed the activities without needing any help and overall thought the materials and ideas were appropriate towards the goals of adding measurement activities to the classroom. One major idea that came out of the one-to-one was that prep and clean up time might be significant for a large class size. She suggested creating a box that has all the supplies ready for the teacher as a means to reduce set up. There are two ways to approach this. one is to try to reduce the set up and clean up by as she suggested creating a measurement box or having the students help. Another way is to reduce the activity to deal with a small section of the class instead of the whole class. It would be treated like a reading group where most of the students are doing a different activity and only a small portion are doing the measurement activity directly with the teacher. This can be something that is suggested as a way for teachers to form the lessons to what works best in their classroom. For the time being the unit is still going to reflect whole class activities and the teacher can modify as needed for them.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Additional process ideas such as small group or centers to complete the tasks.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Revisions to unit include **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Materials and assessments for small-group evaluation **


 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Box of supplies for measuring activities - graduated cylinders, scales, water, objects to mass, gram cubes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Instructor facilitator
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teacher participants


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Characteristics of small-group learners **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The small-group learners will be two 4rd grade teachers. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ﻿ Observations on teacher attitudes and a Questionnaire will be used to evaluate the small group. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">﻿<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">nstructor facilitators will: //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">﻿ Instruments for small-group evaluation **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">﻿ Procedures for small-group evaluation **
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tell particpants that the group will evaluate the activities to be able to add input towards implementation.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Present Volume and Mass information and activities.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Participants will complete activities

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Small Group participants will: // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">﻿ S<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ince the actual content of the lesson is geared towards 3rd graders, all participants had no problem completing the activities. The interview questionnaire depicted more information about how the activities were perceived and completed. Usability of the materials was still a concern with participants. Overall the participants welcomed new hands on ideas to incorporate into the classroom. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">﻿ The comments that came out of the interviews included the following sentiments: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-would all teachers receive their own supplies or would they share a common box of supplies. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-the rotation of station to station once learned by the students can be transfered to other lessons. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- not all teachers have a sink in their room so supplying water might be an issue. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">﻿<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">From the one-on-one questionnaire and the group interviews, it is determined that a change that should be implemented is to incorporate several ways for the lesson activity time to flow. Many teachers would like to do the activity as a whole group and some would like to have the supplies more controlled and create less stations for small groups to go through. The supplies and time have been brought up repeatedly. Ideally, every teacher will get their own supply box ready to go. However, it might be more realistic to post that the grade level will share the box and have to rotate the unit. This will allow a student who may be absent or need the help to join another class and still receive the content. Unfortunately, supplies and their hassle are just part of hand on science learning. Creating the supply box will help diminish some of the hassle but most dealing with supplies is just part of doing business in teaching science. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Explore and complete measurement activities..
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Participate in final interview.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Summary of small-group evaluation **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">﻿Discussion of small group data **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">﻿ Revisions for instruction and assessment **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">﻿ Relevant Current References **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">"One Inch Tall" by Shel Silverstein <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Me and the Measure of Things by Joan Sweeny <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Super Sand Castles Saturday by Stewart J. Murphy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Twelve Snails to One Lizard: A Tale of Mischief and Measurement by Susan Hightower <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">King, Kristy. How to Find the Volume of a Liquid in a Graduated Cylinder. Available at http://www.ehow.com/how_7301828_volume-liquid-graduated-cylinder.html =<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0in 6pt;">O. Morgan. How to Measure Mass in the Metric System. Available at http://www.ehow.com/how_5855071_measure-mass-metric-system.html#ixzz13Ih8A5dW = =<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0in 6pt;">Signal, Michael. How to Make Your Own Mass Balance Scale. Available at http://www.ehow.com/how_6718062_make-own-mass-balance-scale.html#ixzz13IgoU4dl = <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 12pt 0in;">Riggs, I. M. and Enochs, L. G. (1990), Toward the development of an elementary teacher's science teaching efficacy belief instrument. Science Education, 74: 625–637. doi: 10.1002/sce.3730740605 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 12pt 0in;">Tilgner, P. J. (1990), Avoiding science in the elementary school. Science Education, 74: 421–431. doi: 10.1002/sce.3730740403 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 12pt 0in;">Raven, R. J. and Nelson, M. A. (1975), Evaluation of a cooperating teacher-training program. Science Education, 59: 505–515. doi: 10.1002/sce.3730590410 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Tamir, P. (1989), Training Teachers to Teach Effectively in the Laboratory. Science Education, 73: 59–69. doi: 10.1002/sce.3730730106

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