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Enhancing 8th Grade Computer Skills through Whole Faculty Study Group Initiatives

A detailed study of computer skills pre-assessment results and strategies used to improve student performance through innovative techniques such as Computer Jeopardy and Vocabulary Assignments. The focus on enhancing reading skills within the computer skills curriculum and student workbook design. Various teaching strategies employed to cater to diverse learning styles.

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Enhancing 8th Grade Computer Skills through Whole Faculty Study Group Initiatives

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  1. Whole Faculty Study Group 4 Computer Skills Reading Madden, Smith, Adu-Poku, Petrosillo

  2. Pre-Assessment • Used Pre-Test Skills from Study Island: • Tiger Team – tested 91 students; 60 failed, 31 passed • Jaguar Team – tested 86 students; 54 failed, 32 passed 177 total 8th grade students; 114 failed, 63 passed Percentages; 36% passed and 65% failed

  3. Strategies • Use computer lab routinely and more often if necessary • Daily vocabulary assignments in CORE classes • Computer Jeopardy • Quiz Bowl of terms and definitions • Social Studies project – Tigers Database 15 North Carolina Colleges and Universities • Use websites from other middle schools • Practice on NCWise test simulator

  4. Computer Skills Test • Fall testing results: • Tigers tested 93 students; 53 passed; 41 failed • Jaguars tested 101 students; 63 passed; 37 failed • Total tested: 194 students; 116 passed; 78 failed • Results: 60% passed – 40% failed • Retake of failures: 73 tested – 30 passed; 43 failed • Results: 41% passed – 59% failed • Total results overall: 146 passed giving TLMS roughly • a 73% passing rate for the 2008 8th grade class.

  5. Reading Portion of Computer Skills • Subject areas are: • Word-processing Databases • Spreadsheets Telecommunications • Ethics/Societal Issues Icons • The group designed a Computer Skills workbook along the lines of “history pocket” which allows students produce a project about Computer Skills by subject and “pocket” information within. • We focused on Vocabulary, Basic Facts, and 1 Activity per subject

  6. Computer Skills Workbook • QTL Strategies: • Constructivism – active learning • Cooperative Learning – work in groups to produce pockets; possible come up w/ one activity • Diversity and Learning Styles – pocket project provides success to the most challenged (EC) students and can be made more challenging for higher performing students from Average to AIG • Multiple Intelligences: again allows students to use skills they excel in and expand areas where weak. • Lower grades teacher provide print out sheets completed – with selected cloze notes • Higher grades teacher provide blank print out and students research the topic • Students work in groups – use artistic abilities • Hands on assignment – aids organization

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