Trial run

I started my TIP research project data collection yesterday (AP Chemistry) and today (AP Physics) by getting my students collaborating online on one or two free response questions. However, a number of problems came to light and so I took these days as a trial run.

Here are the problems and my proposed modifications:

1. Short periods for group collaboration and individual testing on the same day --> Shorten the group and individual times from 30 min. to 25 min.
2. Google Docs lacks the ability to draw --> Direct students to Paint in Windows
   
3. Google Docs lacks the ability to cut and paste images --> Direct students FastStone Capture for screen capture.
4. Windows Calculator lacks important mathematical functions --> Direct students to
   
5. Surveys of student mastery lack needed information to help with record-keeping --> Add fields for date, name, topic of free response questions, and number of survey (i.e. first, second, third).
6. I need to reserve computer labs far in advance of research --> Reserve now.
   

Additional notes:

• I need to control the question length for each cycle of collaboration and testing. I will control the College Board point values to a reasonable number for each cycle. In other words, the students should have approximately equal number of points possible on any given set of questions given to them in an individual cycle. The numbers of questions might very but the number of points possible should remain constant, as possible.