Part D - Findings and Implications

To prove that using the program World Book Kids helps students who have difficulty reading; especially non-fiction material, I have some ideas of how I can use formative and summative assessments to collect data. I plan on using formative assessments by using rubrics on our non-fiction projects that are completed in the library media center using World Books Kids Online. Prior to our “big” projects, I would like to hold a lesson directly on the use of World Book Kids as an introduction to the program and using online sources as a means to collecting information. Afterwards, I would create an assessment or quiz to give students so that I know how successful my lesson was and if the program really helped to address their needs by observing whether they were able to successfully complete a task and gather non-fiction material a given topic. This assessment would have to include information that tests navigation through the program and content questions, so that I can tell students were able to successfully acquire information. My summative assessments would include having an end of year review. This could be done through a written review, but I think more interesting results would be through an interactive Webquest. I would ask students to partake in this online assessment to see how well they can acquire information within the program, decode it, and navigate through the program. This assessment will help test students to see if they understand how to find information with this site and if it proves useful for researching. I would like to include questioning that leads towards students’ learning styles as well to evaluate whether they prefer using this online program versus print or other library sources. I believe these assessments will help me evaluate the usefulness of this program of addressing the needs of my students. As the year moves on, I can edit the assignments or the assessments based on the students’ feedback and my other observations.