Hi, I'm asking a few questions to participants for evaluative purposes about a programme that I'm running as part of my undergraduate dissertation.
Would you mind having a read of them and letting me know what you think abuot the wording etc and why?
Thank you so much!
1. Do you think that the Positive Mindfulness Programme (PMP) should be integrated into preparation and in-service training? (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree)
2. Do you think that the PMP has made a change to your wellbeing? (1 = much lower to 5 = much higher)
3. When managing classroom behaviours, has the PMP made an impact on your effectiveness and compassionateness? (1 = much worse to 5 = much better)
4. Has the PMP caused a change in the way that you establish and maintain supportive relationships with the children that you teach? (1 = much worse to 5 = much better)
5. During the PMP, have you noticed a change in students’ prosocial behaviour? (1 = much worse to 5 = much better)
6. During the PMP, have you noticed a change in students’ on task behaviour? (1 = much worse to 5 = much better)
7. During the PMP, have you noticed a change in students’ academic performance? (1 = much worse to 5 = much better)
1. You may be asking two questions when you ask the participant to respond to PMP integration into preparation AND in-service training (I don't know. If they are the same thing, I'd just go with one).
2. You won't get meaningful information from the question by asking if participants feel the program has made a change. All you will learn is that a participant feels there has been a certain degree of change. This is a dichotomous item and should be answered "yes" or "no." If you want to know if the participants have experienced improved well-being, say so. "Has the PMP improved your well-being?" 1. Not at all, 2. A little, 3. Neutral, 4. Somewhat, 5. Yes, definitely (or similar)
3. Same with 3 as above with 2. If you want to know if the program has caused positive change (or perceptions of), ask if the program has improved classroom management and then provide the anchors as noted above. Also note you are asking two questions with "effectiveness" and "compassion" as your participants may respond differently.
4. "Establish" and "maintain" are different and should be asked separately. Also a dichotomous question (yes or no) and needs to be specified "PMP has improved my ability to establish relationships..." "PMP has improved my ability to maintain relationships..." 1., Not at all, 5., Very much
5. "Have you noticed" is a yes/no question. Change to match format as above.
6. & 7. Same as above.
Best of luck.
Dear Lydia,
My advice would be to simplify some of your questions along the lines Hadley has suggested, use a consistent answer wording (such as strongly disagree - strongly agree), use 7 point Likert scales rather than 5 point ones, and to reverse the wording of one or two items where the language makes it possible without being complicated.
1. Do you think that the Positive Mindfulness Programme (PMP) should be integrated into preparation and in-service training? (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree)
OK
2. Do you think that the PMP has made a change to your wellbeing? (1 = much lower to 5 = much higher)
OK
3. When managing classroom behaviours, has the PMP made an impact on your effectiveness and compassionateness? (1 = much worse to 5 = much better)
OK
4. Has the PMP caused a change in the way that you establish and maintain supportive relationships with the children that you teach? (1 = much worse to 5 = much better)
OK, but see * below
5. During the PMP, have you noticed a change in students’ prosocial behaviour? (1 = much worse to 5 = much better)
OK, but see * below
6. During the PMP, have you noticed a change in students’ on task behaviour? (1 = much worse to 5 = much better)
OK, but see * below
7. During the PMP, have you noticed a change in students’ academic performance? (1 = much worse to 5 = much better)
OK, but see * below
*: You must have a way to contrast these answers to real data: observational data, prefearably.
Thank you all for your answers! I was thinking of changing the questions to statements and having a 5-point Likert style. Thoughts?
EG
1 – strongly agree
2 – somewhat agree
3 – neutral/no opinion
4 – somewhat disagree
5 – strongly disagree
To Hadley Solomon - thanks very much for your specific feedback - I've made changes based on your comments!
To Peter Samuels - why do you say 7-point Likert style?
What items would you recommend reverse wording?
To Antonio Velasco - I wish that would be the case - I cannot in this particular dissertation because of time and limited resources. I am running it on my own, so observations would be a little tricky to get.. especially as there are over 100 teachers participating all over the UK.
So, for this purpose, I want to get their perceived view, and then if positive, I can go on to make further suggestions in the discussion for future research.
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