results of literary circles survey

LITERARY CIRCLES STUDENT VOICE SURVEY

Working in groups &

working on

MyPortfolio

CLASS: 1002

DATE: TERM ONE

2012

ENJOYMENT STUDYING POEM

yes no mostly

UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE FEATURES

yes no mostly

UNDERSTANDING GAINED OF STRUCTURE

yes no mostly

UNDERSTANDING GAINED FROM WORKING

IN GROUPS

Yes, the group dis-cussions

supported my un-

derstand-ing

Yes, the group dis-cussions

were help-ful but I gained

more from my indi-vidual re-

search

No, the group dis-cussions were not helpful, I gained

more from my indi-vidual re-

search

I do not feel I have gained an

under-standing of the poem from the group or

from indi-vidual re-

search

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

Do you feel you have gained a good understanding of the poem by working in a group with others?

ABLE TO MAKE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO

GROUP DISCUSSIONSYes, because I like sharing my

ideas with other people and this

helps me to develop my ideas much

better than just writing it out."

Sort of. But only with the stuff I

properly understood"

Yes, i recorded and helped with

the ideas for questions."

Yes. I was able to do some work in

the group page"

Yes, I felt very included.yes i did, just theres heaps of people in the classYes i think i did make some important contribution to the group discussions. When the discussions were on task that's when i thought when we did the most work."Yes i was able to present questions and help others gain some understanding."Yes"

Sort of, since i didn't understand

some things.

yes i was able to contribute

cnough

I was able to make contributions

to the group, however there

were a lot of off topic discussion

that may have distracted us from

focusing on the poem."

Yes. I always made sure to keep the group on task and make sure that every body has yes i have contributed to the groupyes i was able to get involved with group discussionyesyes.

USEFULNESS OF MYPORTFOLIO

It was great for shar-ing ideas with the

group

It was great for putting up my own ideas online in my

own portfolio

I had difficulties using MyPortfolio but would like to keep learning

how to use it

I did not find much use for MyPortfolio

and prefer to work us-ing a folder.

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Did you find MyPortfolio a useful learning space for any or all of the following reasons?

No

Yes

ENJOYMENT WORKING IN GROUPS

yes no mostly0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

Series1

ENJOYMENT USING MYPORTFOLIO

yes no mostly

SUMMARY

The students were mostly positive about both their learning and engagement (measured by ‘enjoyment’ questions).

The students were also mostly positive about using MyPortfolio although there were some who found it confusing

None of the students said they did not enjoy working in a group. There were some comments requesting more class instruction and

this was a need that I recognised as well. The organisation of the Literary Circles meant that I did not have as much time facilitating the learning that was taking place as I had hoped.

In spite of not being able to facilitate as closely as I would have liked the class presentations affirmed the results of the survey – they managed to gain a good understanding of the poems through the group work and independent study.