Pre-Assessment: Participants' Self-Perceptions Survey

Integrating New Technologies in the Earth Sciences

The purpose of this questionnaire is to provide information on the effectiveness of the Virginia Earth Science Collaborative grant and course instruction. Please answer the following questions as accurately as possible. There are four sections to this survey. Section 1 - Demographics, Section 2 - Academic Content Level, Section 3 - Use of Instructional Strategies, and Section 4 - Open-Ended Questions.

Questions marked with a * are required.

*1. Enter your name in the text box below. (Example: Last, First)
*2. Enter your school division in the text box below. (Example: Powhatan County Public Schools)
*3. Enter the grades/subjects you are teaching or assigned to teach next term in the text box below. (Example: 9th/Earth Science, 10-12/Earth Science II)
*4. Enter the number of years experience teaching subject in text box below. (Example: Earth Science/10yrs, Earth Science II/4yrs, Meteorology/1.5yrs)
*5. Enter the total years of teaching experience in the text box below. (Example: 21.5 years)
*6. Select your gender from the dropdown box below.
7. Enter your race or ethnicity in the text box below.
*8. Please rate your expertise in the content area of Remote Sensing and Image Processing.





*9. Please rate your expertise in the content area of Real-Time and Real-World Data.





*10. Please rate your expertise in the content area of Computer Simulations and 3D Modeling.





*11. Please rate your expertise in the content area of Global Positioning Systems and Geographic Information Systems.





*12. Please rate your expertise in the content area of Computers and Probeware (this could include graphing calculators and probeware).





*13. Please rate the resources available to you and your skill using instructional strategies in the area of Remote Sensing and Image Processing.





*14. Please rate the resources available to you and your skill using instructional strategies in the area of Real-Time and Real-World Data..





*15. Please rate the resources available to you and your skill using instructional strategies in the area of Computer Simulations and 3D Modeling.





*16. Please rate the resources available to you and your skill using instructional strategies in the area of Global Positioning Systems and Geographic Information Systems.





*17. Please rate the resources available to you and your skill using instructional strategies in the area of Computers and Probeware (this could include graphing calculators and probeware).





*18. What are your reasons for taking this course?
*19. What skills do you want to have at the end of this course? (In other words, what are your personal learning objectives?)
20. What other information would you like the instructor to know?