Results of the first challenge in Estonia

1. The way we did it in Estonia 

2. But we still found some material to
work with …
The most popular trees were pines,
spruces, oaks, and birches.
P.S. Very important!
These hands belong to Eva-Liisa,
Cedric, Kim, and Berit.

9. We got feedback from 30 pupils and 3 teachers.
Not all the kids were highly motivated, but the overall evaluation to the challenge
was „good“.
We had 7 teams, 5 teams worked well, 2 had little motivation.
Some teams weren’t able to finish in time, they are not involved in the statistics.

10. - +
The weather/season great group atmosphere
No leader in the group positivity
Little interest in the task generating ideas
Mobile phones –
doing everything besides the task
vs
finding accurate information

11. 7.2
7.4
7.6
7.8
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8.2
8.4
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Evaluationscores(scale0-10)
Categories
Self-evaluation

12. The highest at an average of 8,2 were:
1. I have paid attention to the teacher's instructions.
6. I have listened carefully to the contributions of each of my group mates.
7. I have helped my group mates when they have needed it.
The lowest at an average of 7,5 was:
2.- I have searched different sources to get the information.

13. What really worked in the group?
Writing, group-work, searching for information, using the phone. „We had a really
good team, we worked together as a team and I think it really worked out.“
Which difficulties did you find?
Finding and writing poems. „The poem was a really hard thing to do, none of us
we’re really good with it, so i think that was really hard.“
How did you solve them?
Discussion, argumentations. Asking help from each other.

14. What would have happened if you'd done it differently?
The outcome would have been „tidier“.
What have you learnt?
New things about trees. How to do teamwork, how to respect my team and my
mates more.
In which other occasions can you use the same positive strategies?
In groupwork activities, competitions, an English tournament, in science and
natural science lessons.

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Evaluationscores(0-10)
Categories
Teamwork co-evaluation

16. The highest at an average of 8,2 was:
7. We have helped each other before asking the teacher for help.
The lowest at an average of 6,7 was:
6. We have fulfilled each one with the functions that we have been assigned in the
cooperative role.

17. What did we like most about working as a team?
We got to know each other a bit better, and we really had fun with it. We could
draw. The team worked well, we got a lot of ideas from each other.
What has been the hardest part of working as a team?
Everything was easier with a team, we could work with others.

18.  Respect level:
 EXCELLENT: 40% (12/30)
 GOOD: 27% (8/30)
 ACCEPTABLE: 20% (6/30)
 IMPROVE: 13% (4/30)
 Praising:
 EXCELLENT: 43% (13/30)
 GOOD: 20% (6/30)
 ACCEPTABLE: 20% (6/30)
 IMPROVE: 17% (5/30)

19.  Cooperating:
 EXCELLENT: 43% (13/30)
 GOOD: 20% (6/30)
 ACCEPTABLE: 17% (5/30)
 IMPROVE: 20% (6/30)
 Sharing:
 EXCELLENT: 40% (12/30)
 GOOD: 23% (7/30)
 ACCEPTABLE: 20% (6/30)
 IMPROVE: 17% (5/30)

20.  Coaching:
 EXCELLENT: 30% (9/30)
 GOOD: 43% (13/30)
 ACCEPTABLE: 13% (4/30)
 IMPROVE: 13% (4/30)
 Noise level:
 EXCELLENT: 47% (14/30)
 GOOD: 20% (6/30)
 ACCEPTABLE: 13% (4/30)
 IMPROVE: 20% (6/30)

21.  Role respect:
 EXCELLENT: 47% (14/30)
 GOOD: 27% (8/30)
 ACCEPTABLE: 20% (6/30)
 IMPROVE: 13% (4/30)

22.  Attitude toward learning:
 EXCELLENT: 43% (13/30)
 GOOD: 23% (7/30)
 ACCEPTABLE: 17% (5/30)
 IMPROVE: 17% (5/30)
 Task accuracy:
 EXCELLENT: 37% (11/30)
 GOOD: 33% (10/30)
 ACCEPTABLE: 13% (4/30)
 IMPROVE: 17% (5/30)

23.  Knowledge acquired:
 EXCELLENT: 33% (10/30)
 GOOD: 37% (11/30)
 ACCEPTABLE: 13% (4/30)
 IMPROVE: 17% (5/30)
 Skills acquired:
 EXCELLENT: 40% (12/30)
 GOOD: 30% (9/30)
 ACCEPTABLE: 13% (4/30)
 IMPROVE: 17% (5/30)

24. We got feedback from 3 teachers.
The overall feedback for all the aspects of the challenge was „good“ (60-80%)
Point out the most positive aspects:
Working as a group, dividing roles, and taking charge.
Point out the most difficult aspects:
Provoking interest when it comes to the theoretical part. Helping children to search
for information and work with the gathered data.