Overall Instructor Rating: Satisfactory
Ratings explanation:
- Exemplary - A model answer in almost every way (this is given out very rarely).
- Satisfactory - Very well done; you've met the expectations of the assignment. There are some minor problems, so read my feedback well.
- Marginal Pass - You pass, but there are lots of issues to consider. Read my feedback very carefully and be sure you understand the points/issues I raise.
- Not satisfactory, redo and resubmit - The assignment was not completed appropriately. I am concerned that you do not understand the process well enough yet. To get credit for the assignment, you need to redo it, most probably on another topic. Read and consider my feedback very carefully before redoing.
Instructor's Overall Feedback:
Nikhat,
You have done well on this IDA. My suggestions for #1 and 4 are minor, but it is important that you pay attention to the feedback for #7 for future IDAs. All in all, you have a good idea of what is going on with the Needs Assessment process.
1a. You context tells me that there is a need for instruction in schools, but it does not tell me which aspect of school needs the instruction. From your problem statement, I would suggest that the context be something like "Nutritional Education Program." Notice from Lloyd's example, the context is Instructional Design Course, which is more specific than just college students, for example.
4b. You provided excellent examples of hypothetical data that would result from the reports and your surveys.
7. For your instructional goals, it is best to get in the habit of using the "student will be able to..." (SWBAT) format that Lloyd suggests. You'll be doing this in future IDAs. Your goals should be written in terms of what students will be able to do 'after' they complete instruction, which was provided by the school system. So, an appropriate instructional goal is that "students will be able to determine the healthiest food choice in the lunch line."
Lastly, it is important that you stay consistent with where your course or program will be instituted. It if is a nutritional course to be taught in schools, then you should only mention schools as the location. If it is an extracurricular program to be implemented in the YMCA, then you do not need to mention the school system. To the reader, the intended location of this program is a little confusing.
Overall, great job!
Email me if you have any questions,
Lindsay
1. Preliminary: Describe the context within which this potential instructional problem takes place. This will pinpoint where the problem is located. If instruction is deemed necessary, this will be the place where it will be designed and implemented.
a. List the context, also known as the "system of interest".
Your final response:
Elementary, middle and high school students .
b. Describe or show how the context relates to the bigger environment. Show how this context relates to other levels of the system within which it works.
Your final response:
Elementary,Middle and High Schools
YMCA club for children and youth
college students
Families
Companys where adults work
Local Community
States
. All chilren with in states
Nation
. All American Children
World Wide
. Developed countries where children have direct access to the vending machines to purchase soft drinks
The instructor's feedback to step 1:
No specific feedback given on this step.
2. Symptoms of a problem. Write a brief description of some symptoms that make you stop and wonder if something is wrong.
Your final response:
Media, news, journals which reports on the health problems related to drinking soft drinks in children and adults.
. The most commonly associated health risks are obesity, diabetes and other blood sugar disorders, tooth decay, osteoporosis and bone fractures, nutritional deficiencies, heart disease, food addictions and eating disorders, neurotransmitter dysfunction from chemical sweeteners, and neurological and adrenal disorders from excessive caffeine.
Studies found on soft drinks:(Source:Web)
. Consumption of soft drinks with phosphoric acid as a risk factor for the development of hypocalcemia in children.
. Prolonged exposure to soft drinks can lead to significant enamel loss.
This suggest that serious instruction is necessary in educating children and adults on the dangers of drinking soft drinks.
. Caffeine stimulates the adrenal gland without providing nourishment. In large amounts, caffeine can lead to adrenal exhaustion, especially in children.
. Phosphoric acid, added to give soft drinks "bite," is associated with calcium loss.
* Parents lack of control on their children.
* Schools reports students make poor choices.
Using the evidence cited above, describe why you believe that these symptoms signal a problem. Keeping these questions in mind, describe the reasons for identifying these symptoms as problematic.
Your final response:
Children are the future of our community, state and nation.
If they are not taught to make good choices then they may develop health problems.
The following articles provided me with more insight into the above problem:
http://www.westonaprice.org/modernfood/soft.html
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/08/obesity_soft_drinks.html
http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2586652.ece
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/report-33695.html
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20040105/ai_n10944142
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/261302/study_soft_drink_ingredient_sodium.html
The instructor's feedback to step 2:
No specific feedback given on this step.
3. Preliminary Problem Statement. Based on 1 and 2, write a preliminary draft problem statement. Your context should be the subject of the statement. This is just the initial pass -- the statement will be revised in subsequent steps.
Your final response:
Schools don't provide the education on the harmful affects of drinking soft drinks. Neither does any club or institution.
Parents often find themselves helpless.
The instructor's feedback to step 3:
No specific feedback given on this step.
4. Verify the problem and determine specific needs. Two things will now happen concurrently. First, you need a systematic procedure to identify and collect data in order to verify that a problem exists. Second, you must identify information that the data sources may help uncover.
Data sources (who, what) |
Information gathered |
What did you find? (Needs)* |
Example: Interview participants in course; administer class survey; administer test of understanding.
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Example: Participant opinions on IDAs and course; Participant score on test. |
Example: Participants believe there is too much jargon (felt need); Participants don't understand ID vocabulary as compared to other classes (comparative need); Participants don't score above national average (comparative need); Participants don't/couldn't see the relation between their work and the ID process) |
| Your final response:
Data Sources:
a. Authentic study reports
a. Reports of respected health institutes
b. National & state surveys on soft drink drinking habits
c. Interviews with children doctors
d. Survey from parents on their children habits of drinking
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Your final response:
Information gathered -
a. Scientific evidence that obesity is related to the soft drinks and that it is the second leading cause of disease and death
a. Varying experts opinion about the right liquid drinks.
b. Health classes at most all schools do not provide the right instruction on drinking liquids.
c. Children are ignorant about the harmful contents in soft drinks
d. Children don’t know how to make the right choice about liquid drinks.
e. 7-15 year old members report their parents often buy them fast food along with the soft drinks. youth like soft drinks and energy drinks as it helps them stay awake and keep focused.
f. Children often find that it is the cheapest and easily availble drink to quench their thirst!
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Your final response:
a. Children’s drinking habits are not nutritious and they don’t give enough thought to what is good or bad for them. (normative)
a. Children and youth need to change their soft drink drinking habits (expressed)
a. Schools lack resources to teach about the healthy drinks instead of soft drinks (comparative)
b. Children and youth need clear information about healthy drinks and their health(felt)
c. Schools provide education in all other aspects of students (academic skills, sports, etc) but not on soft drinks. (comparative)
d. Parents need more time to fix proper food (expressed)
e. Growing number of overweight children and youth (normative)
d & e. In general school children and youth make poor choices when it comes to drinking soft drinks (comparative)
f. Growth of diabetes and obesity in children and in youth.(future or anticipated)
g.Studies on the soft drinks suggest that the contents in ths soft drinks affect children's health. (expressed)
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*Note: You are not required to gather data; you can draw on your experience or imagination to list the data you might gather.
The instructor's feedback to step 4:
No specific feedback given on this step.
5. Prioritize your list of needs.Which are most important? Why are they most important?
Prioritized needs |
Reasons/evidence for priority |
Your final response:
1.Children’s drinking habits are not nutritious and they don’t give enough thought to what is good or bad for them. (normative)
2.Children and youth need to change their soft drink drinking habits (expressed)
2.Children and youth need clear information about healthy drinks and their health(felt)
3.Schools provide education in all other aspects of students (academic skills, sports, etc) but not on soft drinks. (comparative)
4. Growing number of overweight children and youth (normative)
5. Schools lack resources to teach about the healthy drinks instead of soft drinks (comparative)
6. In general school children and youth make poor choices when it comes to drinking soft drinks (comparative)
7. Growth of diabetes and obesity in children and in youth.(future or anticipated)
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Your final response:
1 and 2 relate to the children's and youth right to education, whereas the schools are not in a position to provide the needed education nor they have the resources to teach about healthy drinks. Similarly, the schools, clubs or institutions cannot give parents more time to educate them on low cost healthy drinks.
A better approach would be to target children and youth to teach them about the harmful affects of soft drinks and the benefits of drinking water (a low-cost drink). While the desired result is healthy children and youth, the school is not a health clinic, so it cannot provide the students with the information related to health studies, nor can it properly supervise the students who are addicted to drinking soft drinks. Last but not the least children and youth often lack the wisdom to think of their future health.
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The instructor's feedback to step 5:
No specific feedback given on this step.
6. Rewrite your problem statement. Take a moment to look carefully at the initial problem statement that you wrote. Revisit your prioritized needs and check if your problem statement is still accurate and appropriate.
Rewrite the problem statement here:
Your final response:
Schools do not provide necessary health education to children and youth to make healthy choices in drinking liquids.
The instructor's feedback to step 6:
No specific feedback given on this step.
7. Identify the instructional goals. The last step in Needs Assessment is to list a few goals of instruction. Remember, not all goals can be solved through instruction. The instructional goals you identify will be the starting information for the next steps in the instructional design process. List the instructional goals in order of priority.
Instructional goals by priority |
Reasons for importance |
Your final response:
1. Make a big poster or chart writing the contents of soft drinks with the harmful affects listed side by side and put it on display near vending machines in schools, clubs and other institutions wher students have easy access to soft drinks.
2. Add a health section to monthly or quarterly school newsletter focusing on helping children and youth by providing alternatives to low-cost healthy drinks.
3. Send out news letters to Parents and family members through YMCA club and health agencies offering help in preparing healthy nutritious drinks that are low-cost.
4. All schools should add a health section " Healthy Living" on their websites providing the latest news on nutrition and healthy drinks with their benefits and a section on health news "Stay Alert" that informs students on what to eat and drink and what to avoid and why?
5. All community YMCA clubs should actively participate in eliminating the deadly disease of "Obesity and Diabetes" in children and youth by offering seminars on timely basis and educating its adult members so that they can guide their children and youth in making better choices.
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Your final response:
Children and youth might not be aware of the harmful contents in the soft drinks. If they can see themselves written clearly they can understand why soft drinks are considered bad and why they make people obese and give diabtes. Children and youth would response positively to "give-up" soft drinks only if they understand why it is harmful and what is it that causes the wrong affects, though it tastes so good to drink. Children need liquid drinks to drink and if they are to avoid soft drinks then they would need a replacement to soft drinks that is nutritius and low-cost.So news letter with health section would offer them a guide to healthy low-cost liquid drinks.
The final outcome of this course is children and youth health. Though, it would cost schools to add a health section or to keep the website updated but if we care for student education and achievement then we are obliged to care for their health as well. A small fund could be raised or the senior students can be selected every year to act as school health mentors who would work to promote "better health by better choices".
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The instructor's feedback to step 7:
No specific feedback given on this step.
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