Collecting Data
Confidence scales
This is a really effective way to measure more subtle shifts in attitudes. A choice of five terms or a number scale works best.
Sample survey questions
- I feel confident in identifying triggers for poor mental health
- I understand what keeps me happy and healthy
- I know when I am struggling with emotions
- I feel calm and relaxed when I go to bed at night
- When I feel angry or stressed, I can calm myself down easily
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totally agree |
mostly agree |
unsure |
mostly disagree |
totally disagree |
Not confident Very confident
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5 |
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7 |
8 |
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10 |
The same principle could be applied to a human bar chart.
Head counts, hand counts, stand up sit down
If you want a straight answer to a straight question then this is the most simple method,
Eg
Who ate a piece of fruit at snack time today?
Online Pupil Survey Data
If you’re working with a year group that took part in the survey then you can use this as your baseline and repeat the question that provided it to measure impact after your intervention work – a confidence scale would help you with this.
Learning Line
A learning Line is a very visual way of collecting and sharing data with the children and it tracks the journey of the learning experience – this is probably best used in conjunction with another method of collecting data as the best examples it will provide will be anecdotal – the comments and conversations triggered by the learning.
