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Instructor Training Pre-Survey

2021-08-09

Welcome screen

Consent to Participate in Research

Introduction and Purpose My name is Erin Becker and I am the Associate Director of The Carpentries. Thank you for volunteering to take part in our research study, which is about understanding the effectiveness of our instructor training program.

Confidentiality In order to understand the impact of our instructor training program, we are collecting information about learners’ attitudes and skills related to our content before and after the training. Your responses will be recorded anonymously. If you respond via email, your IP address will be registered; however, your responses will remain anonymous.

Risks and Benefits There are no direct risks or benefits to you from filling out this survey, and no compensation. We hope to use these results to improve workshops for future learners.

Consent You are not required to take this survey to participate in our training. You may quit the survey at any time or skip any item other than those required to correctly sort your responses.

If you have any questions about the study, please contact Erin Becker, Associate Director of The Carpentries at ebecker@carpentries.org or eribecker@ucdavis.edu or Megan Welsh, Assistant Professor of Education at the University of California, Davis at megwelsh@ucdavis.edu.

If you have any questions about your rights or treatment as a research participant in this study or would like to provide input about this research, please contact the University of California at Davis’ IRB Board at (916) 703-9151, IRBAdmin@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu, or 2921 Stockton Blvd, Suite 1400, Room 1429, Sacramento, CA 95817.

Do you consent to taking this survey? *

Are you 18 years of age or above? *

Please enter the name of the event you attended. It is in the YYYY-MM-DD-sitename format and is used in the URL for the workshop website or the Etherpad you used. Please copy and paste the workshop identifier into the text box below.

(short text answer)

Please enter a unique identifier as follows: Number of siblings (as numeric) + First two letters of the city you were born in (lowercase) + First three letters of your current street (lowercase). Example: If you have 0 sibling, were born in Arlington, and live on Creekwater Street, your unique identifier would be 0arcre. This identifier will be confidential to you and will help us compare your answers with the post-survey.

(short text answer)

Please indicate your relevant fields or disciplines. Check all that apply.

What is your current status? Check all that apply.

How would you describe your ability to do the following tasks?

Teach using live coding
Not at all able Neutral Extremely able
1 2 3 4 5

Create a Carpentries workshop website
Not at all able Neutral Extremely Able
1 2 3 4 5

Use a concept map for lesson planning
Not at all able Neutral Extremely Able
1 2 3 4 5

Write a multiple choice question with diagnostic power
Not at all able Neutral Extremely Able
1 2 3 4 5

Write effective learning objectives
Not at all able Neutral Extremely Able
1 2 3 4 5

Describe your knowledge about the following topics.

Formative vs. summative assessment
Little or no knowledge Some knowledge Extensive knowledge
1 2 3 4 5

Giving effective feedback
Little or no knowledge Some knowledge Extensive knowledge
1 2 3 4 5

What makes someone a novice or expert
Little or no knowledge Some knowledge Extensive knowledge
1 2 3 4 5

How human memory works
Little or no knowledge Some knowledge Extensive knowledge
1 2 3 4 5

Cognitive load
Little or no knowledge Some knowledge Extensive knowledge
1 2 3 4 5

What the Carpentries are and what they do
Little or no knowledge Some knowledge Extensive knowledge
1 2 3 4 5

Strategies to motivate learners
Little or no knowledge Some knowledge Extensive knowledge
1 2 3 4 5

Why are you attending the Carpentries Instructor Training? Check all that apply.

How did you find out about the Carpentries Instructor Training? Check all that apply.

Where is your workshop located?

Demographic Questions Thank you very much for participating in this survey. We appreciate your input, which will help us to create a diverse, inclusive and welcoming event. The Carpentries seek to promote a scientific computing community that is an inclusive and welcoming environment for all. In order to further this goal, we hope to understand the makeup of the community and the experiences of individuals within it. The data from this survey will help us to assess the diversity of our community.

To which gender do you most identify?

How would you describe yourself? Choose one or more of the following groups.

Thank you screen

Thank you for completing this survey. Should you need support for any accessibility requirements that would improve your experience at the training, please contact your training host.

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