Lessons for Children & Youth–One time and Multi-session Groups—Evaluation Tools and Procedures (FY12)

September 2011

Situation

• 67% of the teaching contacts in WNEP/SNAP-Ed were taught to children and youth during FY10. Most of the lessons taught to children in schools are taught in a series of lessons over time.
• Parents and teachers of the children who are participating in WNEP lessons frequently notice and can report behavior changes in their children as a result of the learning that has taken place

Evaluation Tools

The evaluation tools in this collection vary in their match to appropriate teaching topics and strategies—some are designed for use with single lessons on a specific topic, others are appropriate to capture behavior changes that occur due to a series of lessons that help the children and youth learn and adopt new behaviors.

Do not change the wording of these questions or statements!

• Before & After Lesson Questions for use with Children/Youth (Instructions)
  • Cartoon format questions
• Guiding Goal Setting Activity and Evaluation Strategy for Youth
• Parent Survey: Child's Fruit & Vegetable Consumptions
• Parent Survey: Child's Handwashing Practices
• Youth Gardening
• Teacher Observations Survey: Assessment of Outcomes of Classroom Lessons—Student Behavior, Reported Family changes, Teacher Behavior
• Fruit & Vegetable Sampling
• Portion Awareness

Human Subjects Protection—Informed Consent to Participate

The end of session evaluation questions that are designed for this evaluation project are intended to be asked of all willing adults who participated in the lesson being evaluated.
Before asking the end of session evaluation questions, say the following to the learners:

"I am going to ask you a question that will help us see what you have learned today. You do not have to answer the question if you don’t want to. All of your answers will be private."

Do not record individual learner’s names on evaluation forms or questions. Do not share individual answers or comments made by the learners with other teachers or staff.