Evaluation of our activity

To complete the activity we had realized an evaluation of the activity. In one hand, a evaluation of the groups participants and also  a self evaluation.  As a more personal opinion, I can say that the activity was  well organized  but it was quite complex and long for the time we had.

Our group evaluation.

We will first show an evaluation of the participants’ attitudes towards the topic and by activity; then we will try to provide a self evaluation for the activities proposed.

Participants’ Assessment:

There were 5 groups structured as follows:

Group A: Chusa, Ariadna and Leticia

Group B: Belén, Ana, Daniel Muñoz and Andrea González

Group C: Pablo, Daniel Jarque, Raúl and Ruth

Group D: Gemma, Almudena Bellot, Azahara and Athina

Group E: Blanca and Raquel

GROUPS	ACTIVITY 1	ACTIVITY 2	ACTIVITY 3	COMMENTS
A	Very positive attitude Well performance in their work (7 out of 8 questions   answered)	Very positive attitude They worked on their texts properly	Question: not very clearly expressed Answer: correctly answered although it took time to understand the question	Much interest was shown
B	Negative attitude. Passivity while accomplishing tasks (3 out of 8 questions answered)	They did not work on their texts the way it was proposed, they cheated one another, maybe collaborative work (?)	Question: The person making the question did not even know what was asking for. Answer: The answer was correct.	Tasks were not divided in a balanced way, it is a very heterogenous group.
C	Didn´t follow the instructions given. Fair performance in their results for this activity (5 out of 8 questions answered)	Negative attitude Although they worked a bit on their texts.	Question: Well formulated and interesting. Answer: Did not give the correct answer (the question was not well done, could this be the reason?)	Quite of interest was shown despite their behavior since they made suggestions for improvement.
D	Very positive attitude Well performance in their work (6 out of 8 questions   answered)	Very positive attitude They worked on their texts in a fair way.	Question: Well formulated and interesting. Answer: Did not give the correct answer (the question was not clearly expressed, could this be the reason?)	A very balanced group.
E	Didn´t follow the instructions given. Fair performance in their results for this activity (5 out of 8 questions answered)	Very positive attitude They worked on their texts properly	Question: It was too wide at the beginning, it needed to be narrowed. Answer: The answer was correct.	They were only two participants in this group to do the same work as groups composed of 4 persons.

Self Assessment:

For our self evaluation we are going to highlight the things we belief we have done better and things that we need to improve:

WELL DONE	IMPROVEMENT IS NEEDED
We adapted very well and fast to new necessities that have arise during the activity: -          Timing adaptation -          Development of the activity **	Better timing planning
Natural role distribution within our group: -          Anna: Explaining Activities and giving instructions -          Elisa: Organizing the work -          Myriam: Observing within the groups -          Almudena: Assessment	More simple and clearer explanations
	Make activities less complex
	Look for new techniques for motivating demotivated participants

** For instance, during the last activity we planned to chose by chance the person who was going to answer before asking the question, but then on the go we realized it was a better proposal to ask the question first, leave some minutes for the group to find the answer and then choose the person. The learning and motivation gets better.

Suggestions:

A suggestion was made by a participant (Raúl) in order to improve our activities; this was to repeat the first activity at the end of the rest of the activities in order for them to make sure that they have understood properly the topic.

From the activities a debate about motivation has arisen among us. What are the key points to motivate our students? Why do students get motivated and other students don’t? What should be done?

We must conclude that from the participants’ point of view the topic was well understood and learned, their self-assessment shows that almost all of them acquired some knowledge about what ‘Special Education Needs provision within Mainstream Education’ is.