To begin, Please record the last 4 digits of your social security number:

I am completing this survey : (select one)

   Before using KaAMS
   Immediately after using KaAMS in my classroom
   3 to 6 months after using KaAMS in my classroom
   More than 6 months after using KaAMS in my classroom

Please indicate your level of agreement for each of the following statements by checking the appropriate box to the right of the statement.

		Strongly Agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
1.	Effectively incorporating web resources into lessons can enhance instruction.
2.	Effectively incorporating web resources into lessons can decrease student interaction with instructional material.
3.	Effectively incorporating web resources into lessons can increase student collaboration during instruction.
4.	Effectively incorporating web resources into lessons can help present subject matter in realistic situations.
5.	Using web resources in lessons can have a positive impact on students' attitudes toward learning.
6.	Using web resources in lessons can have a negative impact on students' achievement on tests.
7.	Web resources should be used only as "stand alone" instruction so students can complete lessons on their own.
8.	The World Wide Web provides instructional resources that I have no other way of accessing.
9.	Web resources can be effectively incorporated into existing lessons.
10.	Effectively incorporating web resources into lessons is essential.

Please comment on the statements with which you have disagreed.

EXAMPLE: Televisions as an educational media

	(1) ++	(2) +	(3) =	4) +	(5) ++
Inferior						Superior
For the given statement, check the box that represents your opinion about television as an educational media. If you feel that it is a totally inferior educational media, you would check the box on the far left (1). If you feel it is neither inferior nor superior, you would check the box in the middle (3). If you feel it is fairly superior, you would check the box on the inside right (4).

Please check the appropriate box indicating your opinion about the following:

Using Web Resources in the Classroom

		++	+	=	+	++
11.	Inviting						Uninviting
12.	I do not want to use						I want to use
13.	Non-threatening						Threatening
14.	Bad						Good
15.	Not exciting						Exciting
16.	Gratifying to me						Not gratifying to me
17.	Urgent						Not urgent
18.	Unwise						Wise
19.	Efficient						Inefficient
20.	Inhibiting to students						Encouraging to students

Please comment on the statements of which you were unsure.

Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements:

I plan on incorporating                 into lessons I create in the future

		Strongly Agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
21.	informational web site elements (such as narratives, graphics, or pictures)
22.	multimedia-based informational web site elements (such as animations, sound clips, or video clips)
23.	web-based tools (such as plug-ins, calculators, or number converters)
24.	information web sites (such as current and historical event descriptions, databanks, or advertisements)
25.	activity- and project-based web sites (such as weather tracking or other science projects)
26.	interactive web sites (such as teaching tutorials or hands-on simulations and experiments)
27.	entertainment sites (such as games and puzzles)
28.	e-mail or listservs
29.	newsgroups
30.	web-conferencing (such as audio and video conferencing)

Please comment on the statements of which you have disagreed.

31. Which statement best represents your current use of web resources in the classroom? (please check one)

I have used web resources before and no longer use them in my lessons.
I have never used web resources in my lessons.
I currently use web resources in my lessons.

Web-based Instruction and Learning: Please indicate your level of agreement for each of the following statements by checking the appropriate box to the right of the statement.

		Strongly Agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
32.	There is a high level of administrative encouragement to use web resources in the classroom.
33.	The technology infrastructure is adequate for using web resources with students in my classroom.
34.	There is an appropriate level of technical support.
35.	I have adequate support and release time to learn how to use web resources and develop lessons integrating web resources.
36.	I have adequate in-service training to learn how to use web resources in my lessons.
		Strongly Agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
37.	There are an adequate number of instructional rooms in the school with Internet connected computers.
38.	The technology in the classroom is adequate for using web resources during lessons.
		Strongly Agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
39.	I have the skills to operate the computers in the school.
40.	I have the skills to integrate web resources in my lessons.
41.	I have the knowledge to integrate web resources in my lessons.
42.	I am confident in my abilities to use web resources effectively in my lessons.
43.	I collaborate with my peers to create lessons.
44.	I believe that administrators believe the use of web resources in the classroom is important.
45.	My lessons meet educational standards requirements.
46.	Web resources can be easily integrated with current curriculum materials.
		Strongly Agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
47.	I currently use NASA material to support my lessons.
		Strongly Agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
48.	I have used web resources in my lessons in a variety of ways, such as for independent student work, group activities, and demonstrations.
49.	I have successfully had students use web resources to access information for lessons.
50.	I have successfully had students use web resources to access other people such as e-pals, experts, or other students during lessons.
		Strongly Agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
51.	I have attended training to learn how to create web sites.
52.	I have attended training that helps me integrate web resources into my lessons.

Methods of Teaching: Indicate how often you use these teaching strategies and techniques by checking theappropriate box to the right of the statement: often; occasionally; never use this strategy.

		Often	Occasionally	Never
53.	I use a questioning, conversational strategy and expect students to respond.
54.	Students are presented with examples and expected to generate rules.
55.	I present the rules using pictures, context and prerequisite information.
56.	I present examples to provide context and to enable the student to see the problem from many perspectives.
57.	I allow two or more students to work together on learning activities.
58.	I provide students with a shared goal when students work together.
59.	Students are allowed to have continuous communications with each other that extends beyond the class lesson.
60.	My students work together with others not physically present.
61.	My students are actively involved in conceiving and internalizing of material.
62.	I present, illustrate, and demonstrate in my classroom.
63.	I use mnemonics when I present rules in the lesson.
64.	I encourage my students to form mental connections between concepts.
65.	I use activities that help students create organizational relationships among concepts.
66.	I use activities that help students create integrated relationships between what the they see, hear, or read and what they already know.
67.	I provide a real problem for students to solve when they are learning various topics.
68.	My students actively manipulate and explore case data.
69.	Students are in the role of an active participant in a realistic task of event.
70.	Collaboration is encouraged among my students.
71.	I try to present complex situations in a realistic environment.
72.	I present a problem in a narrative format or story with embedded data.
73.	My students identify with the problems I present and become actively involved in generating a solution.
74.	I present problem for which multiple solutions are possible, depending on student’s perspective and data provided.
75.	Problems usually drive my lessons.
76.	When my students solve a problem, I facilitate and coach.
77.	I give my students guidelines on how to approach the problem, not formulas to solve problems.
78.	I use an authentic, performance-based assessment as a seamless part of my instruction.

Teaching and Learning Resources: Indicate how often you use these teaching strategies and techniques by checking the appropriate box to the right of the statement: Often use, Occasionally use, Never use this resource. If you never use this resource, then indicate if you wish you could use or don't want to use.

		Often	Occasionally	Never, but wish I could use	Never, don't want to use
79.	Textbooks, story books
80.	References materials such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, scientific journals
81.	Workbooks, worksheets, or handouts
82.	Existing data sets
83.	Graphs and charts
84.	Maps
85.	Pictures, Photographs
86.	Newspaper Articles
87.	Posters
88.	Newsletters, your own or others
89.	Computer-based instruction
90.	Advertisements from magazines, newspapers, or television
		Often	Occasionally	Never, but wish I could use	Never, don't want to use
91.	Videotapes or films
92.	Television
93.	Records, audio-tapes, CDs, or radio
94.	Manipulatives such as scientific instruments and models
95.	Video teleconferences
96.	Audio teleconferences
97.	Letters to students in other schools or regions
98.	"Peer" teachers
99.	Entertainment such as puzzles, games, music
100.	Guest speakers
101.	Music or sounds
102.	Field trips

103.

My Classroom:

Science

Math

Geography

Technology

other:

		Never	1-4 times	5+ times
104.	Over the last year, how often did you have scientists, guests, or other teachers visit your classroom during science lessons?
105.	Over the last year, how often did you have scientists, guests, or other teachers talk to your students through the Internet or send them information over the Internet during science lessons?
106.	Over the last year, how often did your students work with printed textbooks, pictures, and posters during science lessons?
107.	Over the last year, how often did your students work with Internet resources such as text and pictures during science lessons?
108.	Over the last year, how often did your students work with science equipment or tools during science lessons?
109.	Over the last year, how often did your students work with science equipment or tools on the Internet such as getting weather readings from other cities or looking at stars from Internet telescopes, during science lessons?
110.	Over the last year, how often have you used NASA resources in class?

111. How often do students access the Internet during class activities?

Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Less than monthly
Never

112. Which strategies do you use most frequently in your lessons? (check all that apply)

present or lecture on science content.
ask questions or use discovery learning.
engage students in hands-on experiments.
engage students in group work.
engage students in problem-based learning.
encourage students to role play a scientist.

113. What one strategy do you use MOST often in your lessons?

present or lecture on science content.
ask questions or use discovery learning.
engage students in hands-on experiments.
engage students in group work.
engage students in problem-based learning.
encourage students to role play a scientist.

	Yes	No
114. I have a science teaching degree or certificate.
115. I like teaching science-related lessons.

Please indicate your level of agreement for each of the following statements by checking the appropriate box to the right of the statement.

		Strongly Agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
116.	Remote sensing resources are crucial to our school's curriculum.
117.	Remote sensing lessons and activities enhance student learning in my classroom.
118.	Aeronautics resources are crucial to our school's curriculum.
119.	Aeronautics lessons and activities enhance student learning in my classroom.
120.	NASA resources are crucial to our school's curriculum.
121.	NASA resources enhance student learning in my classroom.

Demographic Information

122.

I teach     grade

6

7

8

  While using the KaAMS supplemental curriculum materials:

123.

The number of female students I teach is:

124.

The number of male students I teach is:

  125.     The number of students regularly in my classroom who are:

	African American
	Asian
	Hispanic
	Native American
	Pacific Islander
	White or European

126.

I have taught

Less than 5 years

5 or more years

127.

I consider myself a

Generalist

Science teacher

Math teacher

other:

128.

% of my teaching time is dedicated to teaching math.

0-20%

21%-40%

40%-60%

+60%

129.

% of my teaching time is dedicated to teaching science.

0-20%

21%-40%

40%-60%

+60%

130.

My current curriculum is

Traditional by discipline

Interdisciplinary

131.

I would consider myself at the following skill level as a Web user

Novice (use infrequently, mostly simple searches and e-mail read & send)

Intermediate (use for frequently, advanced searching, downloading)

Experienced (create web pages, advanced Internet features)

132.

I have incorporated web resources primarily in my lessons for:

Not at all

Search and research activities

Communication with others outside the classroom

Publishing of material on the web

Combinations of these types of activities

133. Our school has the following COMPUTER access:
        (Check the one that best applies to your school.)

Only for teachers (not available for students)
Only in the school library (teachers and students)
Technology labs only, with multiple stations
One station in my classroom, no lab
More than one station in my classroom, no lab
Combination of lab and classroom setups
Other, please explain:

134. Our school has the following INTERNET access:
        (Check the one that best applies to your school.)

Only for teachers (not available for students)
Only in the school library (teachers and students)
Technology labs only, with multiple stations
One station in my classroom, no lab
More than one station in my classroom, no lab
Combination of lab and classroom setups
Other, please explain:

135.

At home I have access to:

Computer

Web

Both

Neither

136.

I prepare lessons using:

Computer

Web

Both

Neither

Thank you!