Module 1 - Introduction to Course and Theme, Need for Data Training, Data Types, and Methods of Inquiry
Description
This module begins with an introduction to the online curriculum, including a broad overview of the course scope and sequence, navigation tips, and characters representing a fabricated school district who appear throughout the curriculum. The module continues with a review of the need for data use training, as well as common data types in educational settings, such as demographic, student learning, perception, school process, and behavior data. Assessment, evaluation, and research are briefly discussed as methods of disciplined inquiry that require the use of data. The module includes 4 sections (parts 1, 2, 3, and 4). This module is NOT mastery-based. Therefore, all participants are exposed to the same activities and content.
Learning Goals
- Part 1 - Welcome to Develop Your Data Mindset
- N/A
- Part 2 - Introduction to Theme
- Increase awareness of feelings toward data
- Increase awareness of Great Plains data utilization efforts
- Increase awareness of Great Plains staff
- Part 3 - Introduction to the Need for Data Use Training
- Increase awareness of need for data use training
- Part 4 - Introduction to Data Types and Methods of Inquiry
- Increase knowledge of general data types
- Increase knowledge of inquiry methods
SLDS Data Use Standards
- B.3.D Prioritization: Prioritizes time to analyze and use data
- K.1.C Types of Data: Knows that data come in two main forms— QUANTITATIVE and QUALITATIVE—and that, within these forms, there are other categories
- K.2.D Data Context: Knows the circumstances and purposes for which data are collected