Assessing Progress of the Program
Our goal as Charlotte Community Scholars was to not only provide assessment and quantitative data that this does, in fact, work, but to also keep the Scrabble aspect in the Scrabble Club. In other words, we felt that it was necessary for the students to continue enjoying what they are already enjoying. By creating this type of "assessment" it is more of a puzzle of sorts rather than a test to the kids.
Below, you may scroll through a series of the above described "assessments" or "word learning tools" that have been created for the students who participate in the Scrabble Club. These "assessments" may be used to track students' progress throughout the year. They may do so by calculating the scores of each worksheet and then observing how much each individual improves his/her vocabulary, based upon these results. These assessments may be given weekly, quarterly, or 3 times a year to match the MAPS data, all based upon the coordinators discretion.
Below, you may scroll through a series of the above described "assessments" or "word learning tools" that have been created for the students who participate in the Scrabble Club. These "assessments" may be used to track students' progress throughout the year. They may do so by calculating the scores of each worksheet and then observing how much each individual improves his/her vocabulary, based upon these results. These assessments may be given weekly, quarterly, or 3 times a year to match the MAPS data, all based upon the coordinators discretion.
Below are links to download the Scrabble Word Learning Tool as well as the Key which shows all the possible word combinations that can be created for each set of letters.
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The Scrabble Club Self-efficacy Scale
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The Scrabble Club Self-Efficacy Scale (SCSES) was designed as a PRE- and POST-survey to help Scrabble Clubs measure changes in students' perceptions of skill (PoS), perception of attitudes (PoA), and perceptions of persistence (PoP). The SCSES has 15 Likert-scale items that ask students about perceptions of skill, attitudes and persistence of reading, word learning, spelling, school, and Scrabble. The SCSES provides a "snapshot" of changes in attitudes.
We suggest that Scrabble Clubs administer the SCSES early in the Scrabble Club year during the first week or so and then near the end of the Scrabble Club year. Click here to download the SCSES. We also develop a set of five open-ended questions to ask Scrabble Club participants (the students) at the end of the Scrabble Club year. These can be added to the SCSES survey when it is administered at the end of the year or can be asked to small groups of students separately. Click here to download the Scrabble Club End-of-Year Questions. |
Other Assessment Measures
- At the end of each game, record each students final score. Throughout the year, compare the final scores to see if the children are becoming better at the game itself, which in turn could implicate that vocabulary and word forming skills are improving.
- In the Charlotte school systems, counselors use what is called MAPS data. Teachers and coordinators could look at each Scrabble student's reading and vocabulary scores in MAPS to determine whether Scrabble Club is helping the students in the classroom.
**This club is in no way affiliated with Hasbro's School Scrabble.