MEL Post Workshop 2019 Thank you for taking the time to give us some feedback on how you feel after the workshop. OK Question Title * 1. Your name First Name Last Name OK Question Title * 2. At this time, how useful do you feel MEL and baMEL activities will be in helping your students develop scientific reasoning skills? Not at all useful Not useful Neutral Useful Very useful Explain if necessary OK Question Title * 3. Please respond to the following statements based on your level of agreement: Strongly Disagree1 Disagree 2 Neutral3 Agree4 Strongly Agree5 I know the steps necessary to effectively teach the MEL and baMEL activities. I know the steps necessary to effectively teach the MEL and baMEL activities. Strongly Disagree1 I know the steps necessary to effectively teach the MEL and baMEL activities. Disagree 2 I know the steps necessary to effectively teach the MEL and baMEL activities. Neutral3 I know the steps necessary to effectively teach the MEL and baMEL activities. Agree4 I know the steps necessary to effectively teach the MEL and baMEL activities. Strongly Agree5 I understand the scientific practices, crosscutting concepts, and Earth science disciplinary core ideas that are the foundations of the MEL and baMEL activities. I understand the scientific practices, crosscutting concepts, and Earth science disciplinary core ideas that are the foundations of the MEL and baMEL activities. Strongly Disagree1 I understand the scientific practices, crosscutting concepts, and Earth science disciplinary core ideas that are the foundations of the MEL and baMEL activities. Disagree 2 I understand the scientific practices, crosscutting concepts, and Earth science disciplinary core ideas that are the foundations of the MEL and baMEL activities. Neutral3 I understand the scientific practices, crosscutting concepts, and Earth science disciplinary core ideas that are the foundations of the MEL and baMEL activities. Agree4 I understand the scientific practices, crosscutting concepts, and Earth science disciplinary core ideas that are the foundations of the MEL and baMEL activities. Strongly Agree5 OK Question Title * 4. How likely are you to implement MEL and baMEL activities in your classroom? Very likely Likely Neither likely nor unlikely Unlikely Very unlikely Explain if necessary OK Question Title * 5. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the MELs versus baMELs with respect to student learning? OK Question Title * 6. Discuss the 2 - 3 most important differences that you see between the implementation of MELs and the implementation of baMELs. OK Question Title * 7. In what ways do you feel MEL and baMEL diagrams facilitate 3-Dimensional teaching, as presented by the NGSS/GSES? OK Question Title * 8. What are some of the benefits and challenges for teaching a topic that has competing models? OK Question Title * 9. Provide an example of how models can be used in teaching a difficult concept. OK Question Title * 10. Provide an example of how to address plausibility and falsifiability in a science classroom. OK Question Title * 11. We will be repeating this workshop in the future. What suggestions do you have for that workshop? OK Question Title * 12. Please share any other thoughts you have about the workshop. OK DONE