On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Sora Edwards-Thro s...@unleashkids.org wrote:
Thanks for sharing, Walter. Evaluation is a key component of my own research
on kids using the XO-1 laptops to develop as readers and authors. Here is
the data we hope to collect:
-reading habits
We will monitor which books individual students are downloading from
the server. We will also see the comments and rating readers leave on the
books.
-writing habits
We will analyze writing samples published to the server for
vocabulary and grammatical complexity. The article is correct to point out
that these are key predictors of future success. I think it would be a good
idea to ask the students some of the questions proposed in the article and
see their responses.
-spoken stories
For students who are not yet confident as writers, we hope to also
collect audio samples of oral storytelling / responses to prompts in order
to gauge their verbal and narrative abilities.
-EGRA test results
the EGRA test measures reading level by assessing students' ability
to recognize letters, sound out words, and comprehend short passages. It's
been adapted for Haiti and it's used in Africa as well. I don't really like
it (why so much emphasis on sounding out words, and only one section devoted
to comprehension, when the goal of reading is comprehension?), but we're
using it because USAID likes it and we like getting money from them / people
who trust them.
I remember talking to Martin Dluhos a little bit about his work, but I have
to admit I don't know much about the possibilities for looking at how
students are spending their time via the Journal. Where can I go to find out
more?
On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.com
wrote:
Walter,
I agree with your position about this. I often think of it in these terms:
we want to talk about depth of learning and not just proficiency in regards
to skills and content. To do that, we need to offer al alternative world
to the one that argues for more and more high stakes testing. The tools you
propose seem really consistent with that.
And thanks for sharing the article.
Gerald
On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com
wrote:
Amidst all the discussion about the future of Sugar, it would be good
to keep in mind what more we can do in terms of analyitics and
evaluation. We have a pretty decent mechanism (wrtiten by Martin) for
data gathering about what kids do; the portfolio for assessing what
they have done; and a few rubrics for tying together some of these
data. The ideas expressed in [1] suggest we could do more.
regards.
-walter
[1]
http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/02/26/things-every-kid-should-master/uM72LGr63zeaStOp9zGyrJ/story.html
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Martin Abente can tell you more about the data collection side of
Sugar (all of that work is in the new release, I believe. It is a
matter of turning on a server.) Regarding analyzing the writing
samples, etc. we don't have any automated tools for that in place. (We
do have some tools for analyzing Turtle Art projects). We also have
some tools for audio storytelling (the Story activity).
-walter
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