I had my 4th-6th grade students take a
survey at the end of the school year with questions about my teaching style/habits, the mural project, and their favorite lessons of the year. Today I finally had a chance to go through all of the surveys and count the number of votes for each lesson. If I put an asterisk next to the lesson title, it means that only half of the classes or less got to do that lesson due to scheduling. I also want to point out that I'm not counting the votes for the mural project in the rankings. I had such overwhelmingly positive feedback for that project that I knew it would be the favorite so I had asked students not to write it down on their surveys.
I think I want to try finding out the students' favorite projects at the end of each semester so they will be fresher in their memories. I could just make a sign and let students put a tally mark or sticker to vote for their favorite project. Finding out favorite projects was the most useful part of the survey I gave. The questions about teaching were not quite as helpful because the students contradicted each other and themselves! It amazed me how much their perceptions varied!
