University of Nebraska Kearney

Reading Critical Friend Survey

We are always trying to improve our Master of Arts in Education: Reading Specialization program and request your assistance. Based on your knowledge and experience with our graduates, please fill out this survey and return it to the Department of Teacher Education

Please respond to the following questions by circling the appropriate number. 1 is "strongly agree" and 5 is "strongly disagree." 0 is "not applicable.

1. The graduate has shown greater skill and ability to assess, diagnose, and develop prescriptive instruction for individual (Pre K 12) students at a variety of reading levels as a result of completion of this program.
   
   The graduate has shown greater skill and ability to...as a result of compltion of this program.
   
   

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2. The graduate has shown greater skill and ability to use strategies to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate seminal research and original inquiry within the field of literacy as a result of completion of this program.
   
   

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3. The graduate has shown greater skill and ability to use strategies to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate seminal research and original inquiry within the field of literacy as a result of completion of this program.
   

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4. The graduate has shown possession of the necessary background and research to consider herself/himself as an agent of literacy instructional change.
   

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5. The graduate has shown greater skill and ability to lead his/her colleagues in literacy curriculum changes.
   

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6. The graduate has shown possession of a knowledge base to articulate a position statement of literacy elements that is based on best practices.
   

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7. The graduate has shown greater skill and ability to select and evaluate instructional strategies that exemplify effective instruction for a specific situation.
   
   

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8. The graduate has shown greater skill and ability to reflect upon the impact on learners of the instructional strategies that exemplify effective instruction.
   
   

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Previous Instrument, Replaced Fall 2007