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Question |
Possible
Answers |
Teachers
(8 responded as of 5-9-02) |
Mentors
(4 responses as of 5-9-02) |
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Number of Responses (except where
noted by brackets) |
Number of Responses (except where
noted by brackets) |
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1 |
At the beginning of the 2001-2002 school year, did
your school have any courses specifically about robotics, or primarily
about robotics? |
yes |
2 |
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no |
6 |
3 |
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2 |
If yes to 1, please briefly describe the course(s) |
[one school, comment] |
tried this year to have one semester
geared to the Parallax Boe-bots |
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3 |
If your answer to 1 was 'no', do you have any courses
that include robotics instruction? |
yes |
1 |
1 |
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no |
5 |
2 |
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not apply |
2 |
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4 |
If yes to 3, please briefly describe the course(s).
|
[one school, comment] |
Manufacturing Engineering |
one of a selection of
projects |
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5 |
Estimate the demand for robotics courses at your
school relative to what is currently offered |
high |
2 |
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moderate |
4 |
1 |
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low |
2 |
1 |
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6 |
Estimate the trend in demand for robotics courses and
instruction at your school. |
increasing |
5 |
2 |
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steady |
3 |
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decreasing |
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7 |
While there may be little doubt that the FIRST
program will benefit students, what do you think of the cost compared
to the benefits of the program? |
cost too much for the benefit |
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not sure |
2 |
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definitely worth doing |
5 |
3 |
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[other, comment] |
1)without NASA grant, 2)as long as your budget doesn't
get out of control |
worth the benefit if
more students |
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8 |
Without regard to cost/benefit, do you feel that the
FIRST program is worth the time and effort? |
yes |
8 |
4 |
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not sure |
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no |
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9 |
Number of students active on the team. |
[Quantities Reported] |
7,10,10,15,16,18,23,24 |
14,16,17,17 |
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10 |
Number of mentors who were not also a team parent. |
1,1,1,3,3,5,7,7 |
1,3,3,4 |
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11 |
Number of teachers active with the team. |
1,1,1,1,1,1,2 |
0,1,1,3 |
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12 |
Number of parents active with the team |
2,3,3,3,5,5,6,10 |
2,3,5,10 |
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13 |
Student interest in doing it again? |
5 (highest) |
5 |
2 |
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4 |
3 |
1 |
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3 |
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2 |
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1(lowest) |
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not sure / no basis |
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14 |
Mentor interest in doing it again? |
5 (highest) |
3 |
4 |
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4 |
3 |
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3 |
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2 |
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1(lowest) |
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not sure / no basis |
1 |
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15 |
Teacher interest in doing it again? |
5 (highest) |
3 |
2 |
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4 |
2 |
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3 |
2 |
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2 |
1 |
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1(lowest) |
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not sure / no basis |
1 |
1 |
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16 |
Parent interest? |
5 (highest) |
6 |
2 |
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4 |
2 |
1 |
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3 |
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2 |
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1(lowest) |
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not sure / no basis |
|
1 |
|
17 |
Community interest? |
5 (highest) |
1 |
1 |
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4 |
2 |
1 |
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3 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
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1(lowest) |
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not sure / no basis |
3 |
1 |
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18 |
How would you rate your school's active support (not
just verbal) of your FIRST team? |
5 (highest) |
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4 |
3 |
1 |
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3 |
3 |
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2 |
|
1 |
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1(lowest) |
1 |
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not sure / no basis |
1 |
1 |
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19 |
How would you rate your parent's active support (not
just verbal) of your FIRST team? |
5 (highest) |
3 |
1 |
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4 |
3 |
1 |
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3 |
1 |
2 |
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2 |
1 |
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1(lowest) |
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not sure / no basis |
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20 |
How would you rate your community's active support
(not just verbal) of your FIRST team? |
5 (highest) |
1 |
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4 |
3 |
2 |
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3 |
2 |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
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1(lowest) |
1 |
1 |
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not sure / no basis |
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21 |
Did your community news media cover your team? If so,
when did the articles / announcements happen? Select all that apply. |
yes, before the Kickoff |
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yes, before the Regional |
3 |
4 |
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yes, during/after Regional |
6 |
4 |
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no |
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22 |
Did you expect the NASA grant money to be sufficient? |
yes |
5 |
1 |
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no |
3 |
1 |
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23 |
Was the NASA grant money alone sufficient? |
yes |
2 |
1 |
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marginal |
5 |
1 |
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no |
1 |
1 |
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24 |
How much in donations did your team receive in
addition to the grant? For material donations, include the estimated
value. |
$0-1000 |
6 |
1 |
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$1000-2000 |
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$2000-5000 |
1 |
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over $5000 |
1 |
3 |
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25 |
Grant money arrived at our schools about midway thru
the building period. Did this cause problems? |
definitely |
2 |
1 |
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some |
3 |
1 |
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little |
3 |
1 |
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none |
|
1 |
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26 |
How would you rate your school's purchasing policies
with regard to the ease of purchasing parts for your robot and for
reimbursement of expenses. |
hurt the team |
3 |
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difficult to work with |
2 |
1 |
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neutral |
1 |
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easy to work with |
1 |
2 |
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well suited for the activity |
1 |
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27 |
How much of the work done for your FIRST robotics
project were you able to fit into your existing classes? |
all, or almost all |
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over half |
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about half |
1 |
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less than half |
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none, or almost none |
7 |
3 |
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28 |
Estimate how many hours of extracurricular time you
spent (or will have spent) on the project as of April 24, 2002. |
[# of hours reported] |
75,120,200,300,400,
800,4800 |
90,200,225,500 |
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29 |
Estimate how many hours of total volunteer time spent
(or will have spent) on the project as of April 24, 2002 for all
adults involved in the project |
[# of hours reported] |
20,60,120,500,1000,
1400,5600 |
450,1000,1200 |
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30 |
How important is it to be able to incorporate
robotics into your classes for you to be able to support the FIRST
team, or other robotics competitions, at your school in the future? |
very important |
3 |
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somewhat important |
2 |
2 |
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neutral |
3 |
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not very important |
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not important |
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31 |
Do you want to have robotics classes at your school,
even if you are not the teacher? |
yes |
6 |
4 |
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no |
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depends |
2 |
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32 |
What do you see as significant obstacles to adding
robotics instruction at your school? You can check more than one. |
funding |
7 |
3 |
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equipment |
3 |
2 |
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facilities |
3 |
2 |
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qualified staff |
3 |
3 |
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interest |
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[other comments] |
my volunteer, depends, curriculum implementation |
educating administrators |
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