Instrumentation and the Idea Behind the “Think Aloud”
At the beginning of this week, I was one of the “lost ones” of our CTER group trying to figure out how to distinguish the difference between the interview questions and survey questions. I had to go back to the Preskill text and really look at how the questions differered. After Kona helped clarify the differences between the three activities this week, it helped me to develop the survey questions. I also, like many of you, bounced my survey questions off of fellow art teachers to see if I had missed anything in particular or what other questions I might need to add to get effective data and results.
The Idea behind the “Think Aloud” had good intentions but I felt it was all to simular to the same experience of interviewing with your dyad partner. Jillian I worked well together and made our meeting worthwhile by shooting questions back and forth and reflecting on each other and giving each other feedback on making the questions relatable, whether they dealt with students or teachers. Thanks Jillian for your feedback!
