Student Name: __________________________________________________________ Date:

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(Please write your name! Anonymous evaluations will not be used for database and program evaluation.)

2008 Global Innovation Challenge Parent

Evaluation
High School GT Symposium

The High School symposium: Stanford’s 2008 Global Innovation Challenge was designed to give your
student an opportunity to develop many skills including creativity, oral communication, research, leadership,
intra- and inter-personal skills, logic, critical thinking, and problem solving. Take your time to reflect on the
comments made by your student about the symposium and evaluate each question. Your input helps us with
developing future units.

PART I – GT CURRICULUM PROCESS:

1 to 5: 1 = Low, or Not engaged at all. 5 = High, or Yes, very engaged! NA indicates that
you have no evaluative information

In the curricular areas listed below, please indicate your student’s level of
engagement based on comments he/she made regarding the Innovation
Challenge project or other aspects of the experience.

1. Creativity (generating original ideas)

12345 NA

Comments_________________________________________________________________________________________
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2. Interpersonal Skills (working with others)

1 2 3 4 5 NA

Comments_________________________________________________________________________________________
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3. Intrapersonal Skills (learning about oneself)

12345 NA
12345 NA

Comments_________________________________________________________________________________________
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4. Research (learning from an expert or expert source)

12345 NA G Wiz’s Chemistry Demonstration and Lecture
12345 NA Dr. Shay’s Presentation
12345 NA Conversation with the 3 Judges during the “Meet the Judges
Breakfast”

Comments_________________________________________________________________________________________
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5. Oral Communication (speaking and/or presenting to an audience)

12345
Comments_________________________________________________________________________________________
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6. Critical Thinking (evaluation skills)

12345

Comments_________________________________________________________________________________________
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7. Problem Solving (generating solutions to existing problems or criteria)

12345

Comments_________________________________________________________________________________________
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8. Logical Reasoning (using given information to generate new information)

12345

Comments_________________________________________________________________________________________
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9. Leadership ( taking risks, understanding leadership style)

12345

Comments_________________________________________________________________________________________
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PART II -- SYMPOSIUM FORMAT

1. My student enjoyed this Symposium.

1 2 3 4 5 (1=Strongly Disagree 2=Disagree 3=Not Sure 4=Agree
5=Strongly Agree)

One activity my student enjoyed:

__________________________________________________________________

One activity my student did not

enjoy:______________________________________________________________

2. My student found this symposium to be an engaging learning

experience.
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The most valuable thing my student learned was:

_______________________________________________________

3. My student was challenged during this symposium.

12345
(circle one or more: emotionally, academically, physically, or otherwise.)

Most challenging activity or concept:

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4. The Friday-Saturday time block worked well for my student and our family.
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 Comments:
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5. My student enjoyed being in a setting that offered a new learning experience

(UM Campus)
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Comments:
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6. Overall Score for this symposium

1 2 3 4 5 (1=Poor 2=Fair 3=Good 4=Very Good 5=Excellent)

I gave the symposium this rating

because____________________________________________________________________

One-word description: this symposium

was____________________________________________________________________

7. Communication
1 2 3 4 5 Moodle, e-mail, phone (timely, informative, concise)
1 2 3 4 5 Overall communication with PEAK staff.

Comments_______________________________________________________________________________________

Anything else that my student’s PEAK teacher should know about my student’s time at PEAK: