Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fB3GBW013503; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 11:11:32 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 11:11:32 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <sc0b5cb2.086@mail.jsi.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Julie McKinney" <julie_mckinney@jsi.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3482] Re: likert scales for low-literacy readers X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 5.5.5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 1100 Lines: 22 We have used the likert scale in a different way for low-literacy students in adult education classes. We post signs on either side of a wall that say "I strongly agree" and "I strongly disagree". In the middle is a sign that says "not sure". (Or you could use "always/never" or whatever other responses). We read statements (for example: "All women over 40 should get a mammogram every year.") and the people go and stand along the wall in the place that corresponds with how they would answer, either under a sign or in between somewhere. Then we have volunteers say why they are standing where they are, and a discussion begins. Some people choose to move to a different spot in response to the discussion. Obviously this would not work for research or in a medical setting, or other of the ways you use these scales. But in an education class, where the goal is discussion and learning, rather than collecting statistics, it is a fun and engaging way to use the likert scale. Julie McKinney Coordinator, Health & Literacy Special Collection World Education (617) 482-9485 jmckinney@worlded.org
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