Virginia Master Naturalist Program Basic Training Course Evaluation We hope you are enjoying your experience as a new trainee in the Virginia Master Naturalist program. To make sure we keep improving our training materials to meet our volunteers’ needs, we would like to ask several questions to get your feedback on the training given to you today on Citizen Science and Research Skills. This will help us determine the quality of the materials we have developed and continuously improve them for future classes. 1. Please respond to the following statements: 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, or 5 = strongly agree. Strongly Strongly Disagree Agree Training goals and objectives were clearly 1 2 3 4 5 stated Time allocated for the training was sufficient 1 2 3 4 5 The instructor was effective at teaching the 1 2 3 4 5 material The background readings I received were 1 2 3 4 5 useful 2. What was your level of confidence in participating in the following activities before and after the training: 1 = not at all confident, 2 = somewhat confident, 3 = confident, and 4 = very confident. BEFORE THIS TRAINING…. AS A RESULT OF THIS TRAINING…. Not At All Very Not At All Very Confident Confident Confident Confident Keeping a field notebook and 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 recording data Using a dichotomous key to 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 identify organisms Participating in the scientific 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 process as a citizen scientist Following ethical standards as a 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 citizen scientist
Virginia Master Naturalist Program Basic Training Course Evaluation We hope you are enjoying your experience as a new trainee in the Virginia Master Naturalist program. To make sure we keep improving our training materials to meet our volunteers’ needs, we would like to ask several questions to get your feedback on the training given to you today on Citizen Science and Research Skills. This will help us determine the quality of the materials we have developed and continuously improve them for future classes. 1. Please respond to the following statements: 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, or 5 = strongly agree. Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree Training goals and objectives were clearly stated 1 2 3 4 5 Time allocated for the training was sufficient 1 2 3 4 5 The instructor was effective at teaching the material 1 2 3 4 5 The background readings I received were useful 1 2 3 4 5 2. What was your level of confidence in participating in the following activities before and after the training: 1 = not at all confident, 2 = somewhat confident, 3 = confident, and 4 = very confident. BEFORE THIS TRAINING…. AS A RESULT OF THIS TRAINING…. Not At All Confident Very Confident Not At All Confident Very Confident Keeping a field notebook and recording data 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Using a dichotomous key to identify organisms 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Participating in the scientific process as a citizen scientist 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Following ethical standards as a citizen scientist 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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