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Institut für wirtschaftspsychologische Forschung und Beratung GmbH

Institut für wirtschaftspsychologische Forschung und Beratung GmbH. Evaluation of MindMatters in Germany and Switzerland. Concept. Dr. Günther Gediga Dipl. Psych. Maren Timmer Institut für wirtschaftspsychologische Forschung und Beratung GmbH Brinkstr. 19 * 49143 Bissendorf * DE.

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Institut für wirtschaftspsychologische Forschung und Beratung GmbH

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  1. Institut für wirtschaftspsychologische Forschung und Beratung GmbH Evaluation of MindMatters in Germany and Switzerland Concept Dr. Günther GedigaDipl. Psych. Maren Timmer Institut für wirtschaftspsychologische Forschung und Beratung GmbHBrinkstr. 19 * 49143 Bissendorf * DE

  2. Evaluation strategy Independence of Evaluation & Projectmanagement Focus: Both, summative and formative evaluation Evaluation should fit to „German“ evaluation culture Efficient use of resources 2

  3. Domains of evaluation Summative • pupils • change (health/quality) in school • change (health) in life • testing cognitive skills / knowledge • teachers • change (health/quality) in class(es) • change (health/quality) in school • school principals Formative • improvement of material • process improvement 3

  4. Evaluation Instruments Pre Test (summative) • pupils (3 classes per school) • teachers • school (characteristic data) Post Test (summative) • pupils (the 3 pre test classes per school) • teachers • school (characteristic data) Materials (formative) • pupils (5 classes per unit) • teachers (5 per unit) Interviews (teacher / principal; about 30) Evaluation-Workshop 4

  5. Schedule of MindMatters Evaluation Report; Preparation of the workshop Developement Of Instruments Post-Test Test of the materials Interviews Pre-Test;schooldata Test of the Materials Test of the Materials Technical realisation; contact with schools Schooldata Evaluation-Workshop until Jan. 04 Feb. 04 ... 2004 Dez. 04 Feb. 05 5

  6. Resources for Evaluation (mandatory) Pre-post: school structure data and health related data Report about the MM-units used at school with detailed information about the usage (teacher / contact-teacher) One knowledge test per class 3 classes per schol perform the pre Test and post Test (about 45 min. each) Pre and post testing of all participating teachers (about 45 min.) Evaluation of the material (5 per unit) 30 interviews with teachers and principals 6

  7. Resources for Evaluation (optional) Participation in the MindMatters-(Evaluation-) Workshop Usage of evaluation-tools which are presented in the internet 7

  8. Details: Pupil Pre Test Standardized German questionnaires as raw material • Advantage: culture-adapted, proved, standardized • Disadvantage: to extensive, no precise fit Selection of those questions, which are perfect by expert-judgement and fulfill good psychometric properties The following fields (among others) are handled with 80 questions: schoolcontentment, schoolclimate (5 aspects), classclimate (2 aspects), anxiety, school-listlessness, psychic burden, schoolstress, self-concept (3 aspects), social competence, life quality 8

  9. Details: Teacher Pre Test Standardized German questionnaires as raw material Selection of the exactly fitting questions with expert-judgement + psychometric quality Following fields (among others) are handled with 79 questions: burnout, professional load, optimism, communicative competence (3 aspects), self-efficacy (2 aspects), relations to ... pupils; parents, colleagues & principle, several aspects of school quality 9

  10. Details: Evaluation of Material Information gathered from pupils and teachers Teacher: • Valuation of:lessons (quality dimensions), pupils (eg intellectual adequacy), knowledge transfer, judgement of aim achievement • suggestions/problemreports pupils: • Questions of valuation of: interest, emotional bewilderment, fit to school context, personal relevance • suggestions/problemreports 10

  11. Details: Interviews Interviews adapted from the Australian MindMatters Evaluation Teachers: • changes in own behaviour • changes in pupils behaviour • questions to every MindMatters-unitPrincipals: • changes in teachers behaviour • questions to every MindMatters-unit • external effect • participation 11

  12. Expected Results Status and change in variables concerning mental health (and school quality) of pupils and teachers (pre test, post-test, norms) Status und change in health related variables in schools Success of knowledge transfer (using a knowledge test) Feedback about necessary changes of the materials and of the process (questionnaires, interviews) 12

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