NEWSDEPTH ONLINE SURVEY RESULTS

 

Thank you very much to the one hundred and twenty six teachers who took the time to take our online survey! All of those teachers received NewsDepth pencils for their students – 6,228 in all! We learned a lot from the survey results as well as from your excellent comments. One teacher wrote, “I have not used the additional materials on your web site in the past, but after filling out this survey I am inspired to take a look at them.” We’re glad to know that!

Please let us know if you have any suggestions on how we can make this website work better for you. Send your comments to newsdepth@wviz.org. Here are some of the interesting statistics we took from the survey.

NewsQuiz Questions:
1.6% think the questions should be research-oriented and problem-solving questions
27.2% think the answers should be embedded in the program and test listening skills
71.2% think the questions should be a mixture of both

How do you access NewsDepth:
38.4% watch the NewsDepth broadcast
50.4% tape the NewsDepth broadcast and watch it later
17.6% use the streamed version of NewsDepth on the website
11.2% use the NewsDepth download or podcast on the website

Weekly story topic descriptions on the website:
15.3% always use them
19.4% often use them
41.9% sometimes use them
23.4% never use them

Web links that are connected with the weekly topics:
0.8% always use them
13.4% often use them
50.4% sometimes use them
35.3% never use them

Lesson plans that are connected with the weekly topics:
1.6% always them
6.5% often use them
58.5% sometimes use them
33.3% never use them

NewsDepth video archives
3.4% always use them
10.9% often use them
33.6% sometimes use them
52.1% never use them

Do you or your students use the individual streamed video segments connected to the program topics?
2.4% always use them
4.8% often use them
33.9% sometimes use them
58.9% never use them