Consensogram

Type of strategy: AssessmentBrainstorming and DiscussionGroup ManagementProcessingWriting and/or Reflection
Intended Audience: StudentsTeachers
Learning styles: EN: Extraversion and IntuitionES: Extraversion and SensingIN: Introversion and IntuitionIS: Introversion and Sensing
To get a clear reading on the perceptions of a group around a particular issue or question - in an anonymous way.
Directions:
Best Uses
When you want to:
- Get a read on the views of the group.
- Surface issues in a non-threatening way.
- Measure change in a group over time.
Key Steps:
- Determine a question for the group that focuses them on the topic at hand. Write out the question at the top of a piece of flip chart paper, or slide. Some examples:
- To what extent do you believe we are effectively integrating iPads in our classrooms? From 0% to 100%.
- To what level do you believe we understand the Common Core Standards? From 0% to 100%.
- Down the left side of the chart, list percentages, starting from 100%, then 90%, 80%, 70% and so forth, down to 0%.
- Ask each particpant to take a sticky note (all the same size and color) and black marker and write down his/her honest response to the question.
- Participants hand their sticky notes to you. Post the notes next to the corresponding percentages written on the chart.
- Once all sticky notes have been posted, have participants look at the chart and make observations.
Tips:
- Make sure to preserve confidentiatlity.
- Use the process serveral times during a training/meeting to see if progress is being made in the eyes of the participant by using a different color sticky note. For example, rate your fluency utlizing the iPad for instruction. Then measure if they are more fluent at the end of a training.
Variations:
- Use Polleverywhere.com allowing for participants to use their mobile devices to vote.
- Use a Google Form to collect the data.
Source:
http://www.bobpikegroup.com/Our-Consultants/United-States/6Submitted by: Jennifer Arns