Survey...1!

My homeroom comes to me at the end of the day and I needed to give them the survey. So I found a great way to get them motivated! :) I let them use highlighters, just a little side note in case you are ever wondering what makes kids excited. It's the little things. I explained how important this was for my study and it was so endearing to see how much time they spent picking an answer and at times asking me to elaborate on what I was asking. With that being said, there were a few students rushing through highlighting whichever they felt like at the time.

There was one student in particular. As the year has progressed he has become a better writer in all aspects of writing. One thing he struggles with is just sitting still. It is difficult for him to sit still during an activity. As he did the survey he listened VERY carefully and wanted to pick the right answer. I loved seeing how serious he took it.

There were 16 survey questions. 15 of those were closed and one was an open question where students were asked to write (some of those were interesting!)I have not had calculated the results but have not yet had the time to actually go through and group them according to the question. I plan to do that in the next couple of days. Overall, I feel from adding up the numbers that a majority of my students are somewhat OK with writing depending on the setting and the expectations. The majority of students in my classroom have a difficult time deciding what to write about. I have noticed that as I walk around the room but it was nice to have some validity in my assumption. Even with all of the mixed feelings towards writing, half of the class said they would like more time to write at school and 63% feel they are good writers. Very interesting data so far!