[squeakland] How do you measure Etoys success?

teefal timothy at squeakland.org
Wed Jul 8 10:46:32 EDT 2009


Many of us have seen first-hand how Etoys can engage and inspire children, but when talking to school administers and journalists, they all want to know one thing:  where's the proof?

They suggest giving the kids a test before, then after, and measure the progress.  I've personally never seen how to do this and keep within the spirit of Etoys.  They suggest action research projects, which pretty much amount to formalized anecdotes.

What I usually say at this point is:

If you took twenty kids and sent them to some kind of empowerment summer camp, then the following term these same twenty increased the grade-point-average by a full point, where their peers did not, would that be success?

What other ways of describing success have you used?   Does Etoys fit at all within the standardized test paradigm, or is it simply too experiential, like music or visual arts.




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