After the authorities determined that the school was secure, they kept students in classrooms to interview potential witnesses and planned to release them to their parents in the afternoon.
The NextGen project is trying to change that, through a painstaking process that includes not just software development but also testing, data gathering, observations of classroom dynamics, interviews with teachers, assessments of children's learning and controlled comparisons.
Data were collected from surveys, classroom observations, interviews, and lesson plans.
To assess students' perceptions of technology use in the classroom, structured interviews were conducted.
Brandon Haught, author of Going Ape: Florida's Battles over Evolution in the Classroom, is interviewed about his book.
Some students will find that their device is an engineering marvel but would never fly in the market for reasons they weren't even aware of until they did their "outside of the classroom" customer interviews.
We propose a mixed-methods approach to evaluation that comprises both quantitative and qualitative data (classroom observations, interviews, peer-assessment, narratives and learning portfolios) to give a comprehensive picture of the effectiveness of the new model.
Other forms of procuring data, for example, from interviews, videographed peer discussions, classroom observations, flash interviews, reflective essays or learning diaries, might prove more adequate.
In our own post, Three Teachers' Answers to Questions on Classroom Microblogging, we interview teachers who use Twitter and other microblogging tools with the students in their classrooms.
