Instructor's Questionnaire
The Virtual Museum of Minerals and Molecules™
Demographic Information (Instructor)
Age:
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15-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70+
Gender:
Male
Female
Highest academic degree attained:
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high school
BA or BS
MA or MS
PhD or MD
other
Location:
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United States
Africa
Asia/Middle East
Australia
Canada
Caribbean
Central America/Mexico
Europe
South America
Discipline for which you are using this site:
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Soil Science
Soil Science
Geology
Mineralogy
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Food Science
Other
Instructional Use of the Modules
9. In what type of learning context did you use the modules?
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higher education “credit” instruction
higher education “non-credit” instruction
secondary education: high school
corporate seminar or training
state agency seminar or training
secondary education: junior high or middle school
elementary education
home schooling
personal enrichment
Other
10. Please type in the title of the course or seminar in which you used The Virtual Museum of Molecules and Minerals
11. What level is this course or seminar?
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elementary school
middle school or junior high
high school
college introductory (lower division)
college upper division
graduate
Other
4. How many students were enrolled in this course or seminar?
4. What is the name of institution or organization sponsoring this course or seminar?
12. What role did the modules play in this learning context?
a major role (i.e., you used them for a major component of the instruction)
a somewhat major role
a minor role
13. How were the modules integrated into the course or seminar?
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very integrated; e.g., instructor developed additional materials to connect course with modules
somewhat integrated; e.g., instructor showed modules during classtime
very little integration; e.g., modules assigned for outside independent work only
14. How did students view the modules? (check all that apply)
in class via a computer projection system
in a computer laboratory setting
from offices
from home
other
21. What, if any, “bridge” materials did your instructor develop to integrate the virtual museum into the course or seminar context?
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new modules
new text pages
new organization of the virtual museum materials
developed no bridge materials
Other
15. If students viewed this from their personal computers and downloaded the Chime plugin, for the most part did they report that the plug-in was:
easy to install
somewhat difficult
'impossible' to install properly
16. How did you interact with the modules? (check all that apply)
viewed
during class lectures or similar presentations
directed assignments
exploratory fashion
randomly
other
Correctness, Completeness, and Construction of Models and Modules
1. In your opinion, are the 3-D models/visualizations accurately constructed?
YES
NO
2. Is the information presented in the modules correct?
YES
NO
3. Are the modules intuitive or easy to use from your standpoint?
YES
NO
4. Are all major molecules/minerals and important concepts/processes represented?
YES
NO
5. How “complete” is this set of mineral and molecular models?
Not at all
Somewhat
Very
6. What models do you wish to see constructed?
7. What models would you like to construct for the virtual museum?
8. Have you been asked to construct similar modules, e.g., as part of an assignment? If so, what models have you constructed?
17. Overall, how effective were these modules in helping you to understand the minerals and/or molecules?
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very effective
somewhat effective
not very effective
18. How effective were the modules in helping you to develop a deeper cognitive understanding (i.e., were you able to transfer this knowledge to new contexts or to your work in other courses)?
very effective
somewhat effective
not very effective
19. What attributes of the modules were most effective in helping you to understand the minerals and/or molecules?
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the models themselves
textual pages
crystallographic information
highlight buttons
higher level instructional materials (e.g., the silicate classification web page)
other
20. What attributes were least helpful?
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the models themselves
textual pages
crystallographic information
highlight buttons
higher level instructional materials (e.g., the silicate classification web page)
other
Instructional Potential, Acceptance, and Use
22. Rate the instructional potential of the virtual museum site and its modules?
High Potential
Some Potential
No Potential
23. Rate the level of acceptance in your unit (or this course) toward the 3-D models and accompanying modules?
High level of acceptance
Some level of acceptance
Little or no acceptance
24. How many faculty / instructors / trainers are in the department in which you took this course or seminar?
25. How many of these people are currently using The Virtual Museum of Molecules and Minerals?
26. Would you be willing to be contacted for further questions? If so, please enter e-mail address:
THANK YOU!
This page is part of the
Virtual Museum of Minerals and Molecules
™.
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Minerals & Molecules Project
.
For further information about the
CHIME plug-in
, see the
Chime Source and Reference Page
.
Original release: 20 May 1998;
