1) In your teaching of your TARGET CLASS, how often have you asked students to do the following | Almost never | A few times a semester | 1 - 3 times per month | 1 - 3 times per week | Almost daily | Mean | SD |
a. Investigate topics or issues that are relevant to their family or community? | 454 | 187 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.36 | 0.338 |
68.1% | 28% | 3.9% | 0% | 0% | |||
b. Apply what they are learning to local situations, issues or problems? | 551 | 103 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.19 | 0.878 |
82.6% | 15.4% | 1.9% | 0% | 0% | |||
c. Talk to one or more members of the community about a class project or activity? | 519 | 146 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.22 | 0.626 |
77.8% | 21.9% | 0.3% | 0% | 0% | |||
d. Analyze how different stakeholder groups or community members view an issue? | 536 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 1.30 | 0.988 |
80.4% | 9.6% | 9.6% | 0% | 0.4% | |||
e. Respond to a question or task in a way that weighs the concerns of different community members or groups? | 454 | 187 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.36 | 0.355 |
68.1% | 28% | 3.9% | 0% | 0% | |||
Average | 1.28 |
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2) To what extent do you agree with these statements about your TARGET CLASS? | Not really | To a minor extent | To a moderate extent | To a great extent | To a very great extent | Mean | SD |
a. I have tried to develop students’ skills in making local connections | 622 | 14 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1.12 | 0.221 |
92.8% | 2.1% | 4.2% | 0.4% | 0% | |||
b. Most students have learned to make local connections while in my class | 622 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.07 | 0.212 |
92.8% | 6.7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |||
c. I have been able to effectively assess students’ skills in making local connections | 653 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.02 | 0.131 |
97.5% | 2.1% | 0% | 0% | 0% |