COSIA 2010 Communicating Ocean Sciences to Informal Audiences WEEK 12: Assessments & Reflections

COSIA 2010 Quick Write Regarding your response for the online discussion question, “How do you know when your activity is successful?”, respond to the following question. – What information would you want an observer to collect about your activity to help you determine whether your activity was successful?

COSIA 2010 Learning  Teaching Learners construct their own understanding Knowledge construction requires dialogue Knowledge construction requires action Connect to learners’ prior knowledge Encourage learners to talk & ask questions Engage learners in actively doing something

COSIA 2010 Ponder this How do you know your teaching is consistent with your beliefs on learning? What can you do?

COSIA 2010 Observe & Assess: Indicators Listen to talking. – Questions asked. Who asks them? – Statements made. What types of statements? Who makes them? Watch the behaviors. – Actions taken. What are they doing? Who is doing them?

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Your Task FOR PRESENTATIONS Half the class will present their activity while the other half observes & collects data on interactions After about 30 minutes, groups switch Half the class will present their activity while the other half observes & collects data on interactions After about 30 minutes, groups switch FOR OBSERVATIONS Observe at least two different activities Work with your partner to decide which one of you will collect each category of data Use a different observation sheet for each activity & group of visitors

COSIA 2010 Debrief Discuss with your partner the observation data you each collected for the activities. Summarize the data for the activities you observed.

COSIA 2010 Who stayed the longest? On average: 7.4 mins, Children alone 6.6 mins, Children with adults 1.9 mins, Adults alone

COSIA 2010 How are activities connected to visitors’ prior knowledge & interests? Implicit: Personal experience or prior knowledge related to the topic Explicit: + states that these are related. Extend: + + suggests or discusses how current activities further informs prior knowledge.

COSIA 2010 Who’s asking the questions?

COSIA 2010 Who’s offering factual knowledge? Identification; short, one word answers. The ocean is blue. This is a fiddler crab. That is the operculum of the fish.

COSIA 2010 Who’s doing the describing & explaining? Describe: Talk about what is seen, felt, heard, smelled. Explain: Talk about the cause, reason Dead zone means there is no oxygen in the water, and this is bad because animals cannot live without oxygen in the water.

COSIA 2010 How are visitors physically engaging with activities? Sense: Touch Manipulate: Compare features & characteristics between objects Experiment: Makes a hypothesis, controls variables, and tests ideas

COSIA 2010 How were facilitators engaging with different groups of visitors?

COSIA 2010 Feedback to Classmates Provide critical feedback to the presenters of the activities you observed – Average the numbers for each indicator in each category – For Engage & Facilitate, determine the approximate % for each indicator. For PK & Talk, determine approximate % of visitor vs facilitator for each indicator.

COSIA 2010 Upcoming Events Cal Day – Saturday, April 17 Peer Grading – Friday, April 23 Cal Academy – Friday, April 30

COSIA 2010 Homework Activity Feedback (partner assignment) to peer is based on peer grading on April 23  due April 30, to peers & cc instructors Activity Debrief (individual assignment) about your activity is based on your experience with your activity & peer feedback from today & April 30  due May 7