A Program of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education
Journey through the Universe
Program Overview
 
 

Figure 1: A National Team of six Visiting Researchers and one Visiting Educator conducted 125 Classroom Visit presentations in San Diego, California, February 2003. They saw 12,100 students in 110 schools. These data were obtained from 144 questionnaires returned by teachers in attendance, and reflect assessment of one of 11 indicators of presentation success. Specifically, respondents were asked if ‘the Visiting Researcher is a gifted communicator’, a key attribute of a successful presentation. Respondents ranked the researcher on a 1 to 5 scale with 5=’strongly agree’. A grade is provided for the Visiting Researcher if he/she received 10 or more responses. The grading is harsh given that a 4 out of 5 is only a grade of 75. The expectation is a minimum grade of 80 for each Visiting Researcher on all 11 questions. A Team Grade of 85.87 points to remarkable success, and the caliber of the Team.

 
 
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