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1. Class Level (pick one)
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| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
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Freshman |
Sophomore |
Junior |
Senior |
Grad |
Other |
| 3.78 |
37 |
0.71 |
Freq(%) |
1 (3%) |
0 (0%) |
7 (19%) |
28 (76%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (3%) |
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2. Course
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| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
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Elective |
Required |
| 2.0 |
34 |
0.0 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
34 (100%) |
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3. The instructor demonstrated knowledge of course content.
|
| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
|
Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 4.64 |
39 |
0.54 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (3%) |
12 (31%) |
26 (67%) |
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4. The instructor fulfilled the goals of the course.
|
| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
|
Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 4.44 |
39 |
0.75 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (3%) |
3 (8%) |
13 (33%) |
22 (56%) |
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5. The instructor communicated effectively.
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| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
|
Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 4.15 |
39 |
0.9 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
3 (8%) |
4 (10%) |
16 (41%) |
16 (41%) |
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6. I gained a good understanding of concepts/principles in this field.
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| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
|
Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 4.31 |
39 |
0.83 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (3%) |
6 (15%) |
12 (31%) |
20 (51%) |
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7. I developed skills needed by professionals in this field.
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| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
|
Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 4.34 |
38 |
0.78 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
7 (18%) |
11 (29%) |
20 (53%) |
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8. What did you find most valuable and helpful about the course?
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| the 5 E model |
| the lessons and the ideas |
| I thought that the hands-on activities we did in the class were very helpful in how we can teach our own classes. She did many different types of experiments with us rather than sticking with the same one. I also learned a lot of information I would need to teach science. |
| The lab time we got to create was fun but I am not sure if all lessons were relevant to my field
placement. |
| I think what I found most valuable in this course was the hands-on aspect of the science concepts
she wanted us to learn. I think the hands-on and engaging activities allowed us to see and
understand her big idea of making the learning real and appealing to students. We didn't learn
much about how to teach science to students, per se, but I think she just wanted us to feel as if we
were the science students to gain understanding of how they'd want to be taught in the class. |
| I thought the activities and science experiments we did were helpful. They
served as good examples of what we could do in the classroom. I thought that
having to write and teach a lesson was good.
I also thought the short articles from NSTA we read were helpful. However,
sometimes they were repetitive. |
| Lori was so kind and patient. She really knows how to communicate well with her students as
well as model teaching strategies. |
| The hands on activities were great for us to see things from a student perspective. |
| I like that Lori used her lessons on us to give us an example of teaching it. I liked that I could take
her lessons and adjust them for my classroom and grade level. |
| I found the hands on activities the most useful. She is always willing to help and is a very sweet nice
and understanding person. |
| Better understanding of Science, and found some interest in it as well. Learned that Science isn't
always about logics, but hands-on experiments is what makes learning and understanding fun. |
| I liked that majority of what we were taught was hands on. Because education is moving towards
more hands on instead of by the book, I was glad that we were able to do some experiments. |
| top activity, magnet activity, catapult activity |
| In class activities introduced new activities to do with children. |
| the class activities. |
| The different hands on activities we did in class. |
| hands on activities |
| Connecting science to real life as well as the elementary school classroom. |
| I found everything valuable and helpful. I learned a lot and definitely feel more comfortable teaching science. |
| I really liked ALL of the hands on activities that we did in class, because they can all be transfered
into our FUTURE classroom. |
| I found the introduction to the Framework K-12 Science Education to be most valuable and helpful.
I hadn't been introduced to the Framework prior to this course, however will now be regularly
referring to it in my last semester of student teaching, as well as in the future. The 5 e's model help
guide me through developing multiple science lessons this year and was a terrific model to follow.
My science lessons this year were by far the best lessons I had taught thus far. Thank you for your
teaching and guidance this semester! |
| the meanings behind each of the activities and projects we took part in |
| How to use science inquiry and hands-on learning to teach science effectively. |
| Lori is very passionate about what she does and I do value passion. Her
content knowledge is vast and her resources are endless. I appreciate every
bit of her classes as they are engaging and challenging at the same time. Her
reading materials are good and I'm glad that she didn't made us buy a
textbook,I firmly believe that we can find many good materials online at a
reasonable price, just like she said and did. |
| I found the activities most helpful |
| The lesson examples |
| The handful of Hands-on Experiment. The idea of "Let student explore first then lecture". |
| Learning about the new framework standards that will be the national science standards in the near
future. |
| The hands on experiences. |
| I felt Lori provided us with great examples on how to teach science to elementary students. She was
very informative and helpful. |
| experiements |
| learning about inquiry |
| A lot of what was taught can be used in the classroom and they were engaging fun
activities/lessons. |
| Refrshing my knowledge of the scientific method. Useful strategies for the
classroom. |
| hands on activities |
| There were a lot of useful hands-on interactive elements that I learned in
this course. We developed an in-depth understanding of the nature of science,
and how science is taught through inquiry rather than memorization. I felt it
was most helpful to experience all the in class inquiries, because we got to
see first-hand how it is more fun, more easily retained, and in general more
educational to DO rather than memorize. |
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9. What did you find least valuable and helpful about the course?
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| nothing. |
| the limited assignments to get graded on |
| I felt that the inquiry investigation project was not as helpful to me. |
| I enjoyed the activities done in class however I do not know if I will use them all in the future. We are
adults and were treated like were are in a high school classroom conducting our own experiments. I
would have gotten more out of the course if I were taught techniques instead of being treated like a
student. I have have already taken high school and remember my courses, this was conducted in a
similar manner and I would have expected to be treated more like an adult and learn techniques I
can use in my future classroom. It was the instructors first time teaching here so I believe she will
grow better with assignments and produce more useful activities as she progresses. |
| I think what I found least valuable was how it didn't really teach us how to teach science to
students, or what we'd need to really know to teach elementary science to our particular grade
level. The other thing I totally find not helpful or valuable at all was the meal worm investigation
project. I feel like that was a big waste of time. |
| Maybe the science topic resource project. I think this assignment could be
very helpful if it were altered a little bit. |
| I found that not all of the readings were necessary. |
| I did not like the readings, even though some did catch my eyes. I feel that at least half the class did
not read the articles and skimmed through it or waited for a classmate to tell them about it. |
| The readings... we talked about how to fix this problem and I agree that the groups for reading
works really well! :) |
| Monotone lectures, pages of reading that was assigned, and irrelevant to what we were doing in
class - no consistency in going over readings, practically read for nothing. Did not like mealworm
experiment! |
| I thought that the "framework" was useless. It was confusing to adapt to our lessons, as well as
confusing to understand WHY we needed to use it as a somewhat of our foundations for the lessons.
Maybe it just wasn't explained enough from the get go. It's quite an intimidating resource. & for us
to use it as somewhat like the standards was hard to link together since the framework is not as
straight forward. |
| inquiry project, meal worms, resource paper |
| Inquiry was a bit time consuming |
| her lectures and readings. I also did not understand the significance of the investigation project. |
| The readings were kind of boring. |
| readings |
| Nothing; every thing was helpful! |
| This class was very helpful, but one thing that I didn't like was the Framework. I know it has a lot of information, but it's so dry and long. |
| Some of the readings were a little overwhelming, but maybe cut some of the readings out for next
time. |
| I found the readings to be the most difficult, as I felt discussing them briefly prior or providing
guiding questions about the reading would have been more helpful than just discussing them after.
I cant think of anything I would label to be "least" valuable within Lori's teaching this semester. Her
knowledge of the content was clear, as she would modify each lesson to best meet our needs. From
my own teaching experiences, I know this is difficult to do if you do not have firm knowledge of the
lesson topic. |
| science inquiry project |
| nothing it was all good and I am able to use everything in the field somehow |
| Sometimes I think that we could have more activities in one class session.
Her classes are more about going deep, I don't blame, but as we're not having
more science classes, I think that we could have done more experiments in
class to open our minds a little more. |
| none |
| The framework |
| The articles adn reading assignment. |
| Many of the readings weren't discussed in class which made them seem irrelevant to the material we
were learning. |
| I felt it was well structured. I liked the flow of daily activities and I feel that all the experiences we
had helped me understand how to structure science lessons and to facilitate learning. |
| I feel like we didn't really use the articles so much through out the semester. |
| sometimes being treated like a child |
| A lot of the content was difficult to understand and I think focusing a little more on some of the
content or finding ways to include it into a fun lesson would be more helpful. |
| Creating the presentation boards for the last day. I felt it was something
that we could have maybe done in our mentor classes. It would have been more
helpful for our development. |
| readings |
| I was not too enthusiastic about the poster at the end. I felt we could've
talked about potential presentation options for students and just settled
with the reflection/report. |
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10. The instructor treated students with respect.
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| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
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Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 4.64 |
39 |
0.54 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (3%) |
12 (31%) |
26 (67%) |
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11. The instructor keeps students informed of their progress.
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| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
|
Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 4.05 |
39 |
0.94 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
2 (5%) |
10 (26%) |
11 (28%) |
16 (41%) |
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12. The instructor was available for consultation with students.
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| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
|
Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 4.54 |
39 |
0.64 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
3 (8%) |
12 (31%) |
24 (62%) |
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13. The instructor was well organized and prepared for each session.
|
| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
|
Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 4.74 |
39 |
0.44 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
10 (26%) |
29 (74%) |
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14. The course objectives were clear.
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| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
|
Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 4.46 |
39 |
0.79 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (3%) |
4 (10%) |
10 (26%) |
24 (62%) |
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15. What two or three single words best describe this instructor?
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| Intelligent and kind |
| smart, calm, and understanding |
| Nice, calm |
| Enthusiastic
Punctual
Strict |
| Passionate, monotonous, caring |
| Intelligent, thorough, humble |
| Kind, fun, engaging |
| Kind, good model, friendly |
| Helpful
Knowledgable |
| awesome! Fun ! Great! |
| Kind, intelligent, passive |
| Humble & Professional |
| good intentions |
| Knowledgable |
| stubborn and new. |
| Knowledgeable and passionate |
| compassionate, wise |
| Effective, friendly, professional. |
| Knowledgeable, caring, and enthusiastic. |
| Passionate, Caring |
| knowledgeable, professional, and organized. |
| passionate
informative |
| energetic, organized |
| 1. Passionate
2. Knowledgeable
3. Organized |
| Fun, Nice, Approachable |
| Knowledgable, Understanding, and Friendly |
| Creative Hands-on Knowledgeable |
| Simple, interesting, knowledgable |
| Genuine and sincere. |
| encouraging, supportive |
| new but learning |
| Intelligent and kind |
| dedicated, helpful |
| enthusiastic, passionate, understanding |
| Organized, prepared, passionate about science |
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16. Directions for assignments are clear and specific.
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| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
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Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 4.11 |
38 |
0.89 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
2 (5%) |
7 (18%) |
14 (37%) |
15 (39%) |
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17. Assignments are graded fairly.
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| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
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Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 4.16 |
38 |
1.03 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
3 (8%) |
8 (21%) |
7 (18%) |
20 (53%) |
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18. Assignments are returned promptly.
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| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
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Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 4.08 |
37 |
0.95 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
2 (5%) |
9 (24%) |
10 (27%) |
16 (43%) |
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19. Class projects are related to course goals and objectives.
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| Mean |
N-Size |
Std Dev |
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Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| 4.42 |
38 |
0.83 |
Freq(%) |
0 (0%) |
2 (5%) |
2 (5%) |
12 (32%) |
22 (58%) |
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20. My overall evaluation of this course is...
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| Lori is an excellent professor. She knows how to teach science. She set us up in the beginning with
plenty of reading that is crucial to teaching science. She is kind, understanding, personable, and an
expert is this course curriculum. |
| good course and nice teacher |
| I think that this class should have had more small assignments than one big assignment. However, overall, I found this class to be fun because of the hands-on experiments and she gave us enough time to do them. |
| I love science and this course was honestly a bummer for me. |
| Overall, I think it was an okay course and I liked the hands-on things. I also appreciated how she
took our feedback and actually did something about it; she always tried to better herself based on
what we told her, which I appreciate greatly. |
| For the first time teaching this course it was pretty good. There were ups
and downs, things I did and didn't like, but we made it! I think it would be
more beneficial if we looked at content and figured out how to grab big
understandings by looking at HCPS standards instead of the framework. We are
all more familiar and it's more applicable at the moment. |
| I enjoyed it |
| This course was good, considering I don't like science. It was a great way to see how to make
science fun and interesting for students! |
| I liked the course that we had a lot of hands-on activities that resulted in experience for teaching
Science. |
| Awesome class I really enjoyed it! :) |
| Very fun and engaging. I learned to like Science, and grew somewhat of an interest in it as well.
Especially for becoming a teacher, I really had to grow upon more than what I knew about content
area to become a better teacher. Only irrelevant things that should be adjusted are readings. Other
than that, productive course. |
| At the beginning, I did not like this class. Reason being is because I don't like science. I enjoyed all
of the activities that we participated in. I wish I could've seen more connection to the HCPS instead
of just inquiry & framework. The standards are what we HAVE to foundation our lessons from, & I
don't feel like I learned how to take the standards & create fun activities from there. I felt as though
you can always do experiments in science, but how to relate them to standards is what we needed. I
also didn't like that we needed a paper & poster for our meal worm experiment. I'd rather have had
he choice to do either. As much as the resource paper was long & tiring, I REALLY DID SEE ITS
VALUE. It opened my eyes to many different resources, books & the internet. I would love to see
everyone's papers. |
| Class helped me learn about science for elementary |
| that it was a little slow moving and was not helpful in preparing me as a teacher. |
| This was a great class. I could really tell that Lori tried her best to teach us what she knows. |
| great professor. she's new so give her some time and she'll be fine tuned. |
| Even though it could be difficult at times, everything was helpful and I thoroughly enjoyed myself in
this class. |
| One thing that I think should be changed about this course is the fact that we are graded pretty much on 3 assignments. That means if we do bad one assignment we are pretty much set to get a low grade in the class. |
| It was very helpful and I really enjoyed this course! Lori did an excellent job, considering that this is
also her first semester here at Manoa. She was always prepared and really reflected and adjusted
lessons based off of class reflections from the students. She asked us what we wanted to learn and
she delivered it! We really appreciate that she listened and took our feedback into GREAT
consideration! |
| For number 18: assignments are returned promptly, I checked neutral, but felt I should elaborate.
Lori clearly explained her concern for fairness (everyone receiving feedback at once) as well as her
dedication to providing us with helpful, relevant notes. Each assignment that was returned was
reviewed thoroughly and provided constructive feedback. The feedback was very helpful and was
certainly worth the wait. Due to Lori's thoroughness, some assignments were ungraded for a bit
longer than I had hoped. As I explained, it turned out to be a positive rather than a negative.
Overall, this course was a great experience for me. I felt I learned copious amounts of information,
as well as valuable skills I can apply in my future teaching career. |
| It was an important piece to my puzzle of learning each aspect and subject. Lori really helped shed an amazing light onto this subject that many of us hated. I have come to enjoy science and looking forward to tackling this in my placement. |
| I liked, this course is really a good resource, but I think that there are
more to learn, so only one semester is short. |
| GREAT! |
| She is a good teacher with a lot of preparations. |
| This class was enjoyable because of all the hands-on activities. |
| This course overall was alright, I don't know if I learned a huge amount of things but I did learn
some. I wish it was a little more engaging at times. I found my mind wondering a lot in this class
and losing focus. |
| I really enjoyed it, I feel the learning process was absolutely well facilitated. I liked how we started
the course, it was very informative and gave great insight on how as teachers we need to think
differently in order to teach our students better. The flow through the course was great as well as
each individual day. I enjoyed every science experiment thing we did and I felt it tied in very well
with our class. |
| Great class, I can tell she really loves science |
| good course, and necessary information |
| It was difficult to achieve good grades in assignments but the overall course was engaging
and stimulating |
| it was good, and our teacher responded well to feedback~ |
| It was a fun and very experiential class. We got to do a lot of things first
hand rather than just read about teaching methods. The lessons we had to
create were well developed, and we got to also experience the perspective of
the students by conducting our own inquiries, much as a student in a class
would. |
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21. Other comments:
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| Have A Merry Christmas! |
| Thank you |
| It would have been much better if we did many little labs. The resource paper was pointless. The
inquiry project did not go over well. Do not make us take care of meal worms. |
| Less lecturing and more activities. |
| I now look at science in a new light! I am not scared to teach science in my future classroom
anymore! |
| This was a great class to prepare me to teach science. Everything that I've learned in this class will help me to become a great science teacher. I feel this class was very helpful in teaching me what I should be teaching, how I should teach (inquiry), and we even learned how to make our own science notebook, which is good for our own classrooms. Thank you for a great semester Lori, it's been crazy, but I hope you enjoyed our crazy cohort! |
| Awesome semester! I wish you the best of luck for the future!!! Thank you for all of your patience
with our class. ( I know at times we can be chatty and sometimes difficult. Sorry for that) |
| Best of luck! It was wonderful having you as an instructor. I hope you continue teaching next year.
You are doing a great job! Aloha. -Maura |
| Thank you for your help and knowledge |
| Nop. |
| I wouldn't mind Lori teaching us again! |
| I recognize this was her first semester teaching a science methods course,
and I felt she did a great job making it very interactive for us. It was easy
to see her passion for teaching science through her instruction. |
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