My sketchnote video left you with my wicked problem cliffhanger. Now it is reveal time! My wicked problem focuses on student retention in the school system.
When it comes to student retention, what if the issue lies within the school?
Why student retention?
COVID-19: The pandemic last school year spiked an increase in retention due to learning loss and the way it was presented to students remotely. The learning loss was so significant, many school districts in Arizona set up summer school to support those students needing extra assistance.
Curiosity: I wondered if there were factors in reasoning to retain a student, specifically if retention lies within the school such as the teacher or teaching practices.
Locality: I wanted to hear how other states handle student retention, as states could have different processes.
Alright, wicked problem, check! Next is creating a survey using questions (Warren Berger pops up again). With the creative process, I stared at the computer screen for a while. After reading Survey Design Best Practices (2020), I gained many tips and got down to business. Many questions I had were without much thought. I was able to re-iterate questions using the Suggestion feature on Google Docs. That was a very messy but effective process, that helped me condense my questions to specific, yet simple ones.
One design decision I chose was using pages. My survey has five pages total, but I structured it so that similar topic questions were together. I made sure to put titles of the topics of questions. That way surveyors would get an idea of what the questions were focused on.
My survey is available for submission if you would like to contribute to my wicked problem research. Please be cognizant that this survey is meant for individuals in education.
References
Market Research Guy. (2020, July 7). Survey design best practices: How to write a good questionnaire. My Market Research Methods. http://www.mymarketresearchmethods.com/survey-design-best-practices/
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