Workshop Evaluations: Multiple response questions

Here are the evaluation questions and the responses from 23 of the 26 participants.

QUESTIONS
1. My experiences at the workshop will help me offer a better version of the course I had mind when I signed up.
2. I learned about the applications of mathematics to issues of social justice from the workshop.
3. I learned about the importance of quantitative literacy in achieving social justice at the workshop.
4. The workshop exposed me to useful pedagogical techniques, some of which I hope to apply to the course I am designing.
5. Acquaintances fostered by the workshop will help me offer a better course.
6. At the workshop, I learned about resources that will aid me in designing my course.
7. I plan to create a course module for inclusion in the collection being assembled for the workshop.

RESPONSES

Question Strongly                        Strongly   No
Number    Agree   Agree Neutral Disagree Disagree Answer
   1        16       4     1                         2
   2        13       8     1                         1
   3         7      12     3                         1
   4        10      13
   5        18       5
   6        20       3

           Yes      No Not Sure
   7        15             7                         1

NOTES
1. The only Neutral response and one No Answer response to Question 1 were because the participants didn't have a course in mind when they signed up for the workshop.
2. One participant gave no response to Questions 1-3, indicating that s/he has no control over the content of courses s/he teaches.
3. The participant with no response to Question 7 indicated that s/he will be doing book reviews rather than a module.

INTERPRETATION
This data strongly suggests that participants found the workshop a success. Overall participants agreed that the workshop generally achieved the goals measured by the evaluation. In particular, no one disagreed with any of the statements offered.

It is clear that participants found the most successful aspect of the workshop to be offering opportunities for participants to learn about resources, meet one another, and improve their courses. At the same time, they found the least successful aspect to be conveying the importance of quantitative literacy in achieving social justice. Looking back at the workshop, these are entirely appropriate conclusions to draw, and they suggest a natural way to improve the next workshop; find more speakers and activities that address quantitative literacy as (ahem) social capital. (Sociologists were just the folks we needed to leaven the mathematical loaf, don't you think?) Participants overall agreed that the workshop succeeded quite well at conveying applications of math to issues of social justice, and exposing folks to pedagogical techniques. This agreement, while clear, was not as strong as that associated with the three strongest responses.