Summary

1. What level workbook did your child/students work on last summer? (Parents: Please fill survey seperately for each child in Gurukul)

Level 1

17 (38%)

Level 2

11 (24%)

Level 3

8 (18%)

Level 4

6 (13%)

Level 5

3 (7%)

Total: 45

2. Did you like the idea of having a HINDI SUMMER WORKBOOK for the students of Gurukul

No did not like it

2 (4%)

Liked it but student did not

4 (9%)

We Liked it

13 (29%)

We loved it. GREAT IDEA.

24 (53%)

I think that this is a great idea. even though my kids would always complain about doing them during vacation it forced all of us to go over the important material and as a result they did not forget much of what was taught in the last year. Keep it up.

1 (2%)

It was a good idea, but the printed material was not clear and student mentioned that some of the material was not covered in class

1 (2%)

Total: 45

3. Did the summer workbook help maintain continuity of education during summer?

No student did not do it

0 (0%)

No student had no time until end of summer and found it too difficult by then

2 (4%)

Yes, somewhat helpful for retention of learning

10 (22%)

Yes, most useful for retention

29 (64%)

Any homework is completely useless

1 (2%)

since we were travelling most of summer, student was not able to do it.

1 (2%)

We spent every weekend working on it throughout the summer. There was a lot so the student got annoyed doing hindi every week.

1 (2%)

Wasn't announced properly and handed out in class. Had to collect it in the next school year and finish it in 2 weeks.

1 (2%)

Total: 45

4. What did you think about the CONTENT of the workbook for your student

Too easy

2 (4%)

Just right

29 (64%)

Difficult

6 (13%)

Too Challenging

1 (2%)

Most of the work was at a good level. Some of it was too advanced. Both my kids did not like the word searches; they enjoyed doing the translation of the words but didnt enjoy finding them

1 (2%)

Level 4 work book was too hard. 4A class students were much younger than 4b and were not at the same schedule so giving them same workbook did not work.

1 (2%)

It was fine but could have been a little easier

1 (2%)

Content could have been better both in terms of appearance and quality. Some of the fonts and pictures are too small. The cliparts used were unclear

1 (2%)

Hard to read, not clear print

1 (2%)

Difficult to complete by herself.

1 (2%)

Some of the content was not even taught in the class

1 (2%)

Total: 45

5. Quality of the workbook

Poor

Average

Good

(%)

Layout

(%)

Coverage of curriculum Interesting and colorful

(%)

Guidelines / instructions

(%)

Comprehensibility for parents

(%)

Comprehensibility for student

(%)

Too much busy work (Yes --> No)

Total: 45

6. Comment on the quantity of work.

Not enough

2 (4%)

Just fine

32 (71%)

A bit too much

6 (13%)

Way too much

1 (2%)

Given its Summer, my daughter was able to complete is in a week - we could use some more work - maybe something to get them ready for hte next year.

1 (2%)

writing complete sentences for answer from story book was a little hard when the student was not even comfortable writng simple words.

1 (2%)

Kids were not ready to so much writing.

1 (2%)

I feel it was right, but with summer vacation and travel, it can be too much for student.

1 (2%)

Total: 45

7. Was the student able to work Independently on the workbook

Not at all

1 (2%)

Not much

17 (38%)

Satisfactorily

13 (29%)

Quite a bit

12 (27%)

Completely

0 (0%)

For writing student needed hekp.

1 (2%)

Some of the instructions were not printed clearly enough.so kids struggled to read.also printed hindi was not very clearly printed either.

1 (2%)

Total: 45

8. Was the workbook fun for your student?.

Not at all

2 (4%)

Not much

10 (22%)

Satisfactorily

21 (47%)

Quite a bit

8 (18%)

A lot of fun

2 (4%)

Fonts used are not clear in the workbook. it seems to be over expanded and hence looked blurry. My kids were so much interested in solving the questions but used to loose their enthu because of poor readable quality of the workbook

1 (2%)

Fonts used are not clear in the workbook. it seems to be over expanded and hence looked blurry. My kids were so much interested in solving the questions but used to lose their enthu because of poor readable quality of the workbook.

1 (2%)

Total: 45

9. Can you help with enhancements? If yes, please provide email address.

HELP ADD/MODIFY CONTENT

1 (2%)

EDITING HELP ONLY

2 (4%)

NOT AVAILABLE

40 (89%)

Remove the idea of trying to teach. it never succeeds. try to have fun in Hindi. If students don't get Hindi, so be it. but with this experience, students will hate Hindi.

1 (2%)

already volunteering in Gurukul as a teacher since last 3 years...so can't tell now..I would love to do so so will think later.

1 (2%)

Total: 45

10. Comments / Other feedback...will be appreciated.

Writing work should be less. Or if at this level kids are suppose to know this much writing then we should concentrate more on writing in level 4 teaching. Summer workbook type worksheets should be provided to kids in regular Gurukul homework.

1 (17%)

1) Along with just solving the questions in the workbook contains small Hindi poems, jokes ,riddles , finding rhyming words etc written in Hindi , making a craft or drawing activity related to india ..for example - draw a picture of Tiranga, Taj, Lal kila , make paper Gandhi topi etc kids would surely have fun to work on the workbook.

2) Fonts should clear , big enough to read especially for younger kids, inviting so that kids feel to read the content and can understand what they read.

1 (17%)

) Along with just solving the questions in the workbook if it contains small Hindi poems, jokes ,riddles , finding rhyming words etc written in Hindi , making a craft or drawing activity related to india ..for example - draw a picture of Tiranga, Taj, Lal kila , make paper Gandhi topi etc kids would surely have fun to work on the workbook.

2) Fonts should be clear, inviting, big enough to read especially for younger kids so that kids feel to read the content and can understand what they read.

1 (17%)

1. It would be good for teachers to give parents a crash course on the expectations of each exercise in the book. Quite a few of the instructions were completely misleading.

2. It would be good to hear back from the teachers how the students did on their workbooks. Students like to hear about the appreciation for the great effort they did.

1 (17%)

I think it a good idea but they kids really need a break. Maybe Gurkul can give them a 5 page short work book to start a few weeks before they return. This will make the kids feel good, get some practice and set them up for sucess.

1 (17%)

First of all, It was fun doing the summer workbook. Great Idea. Thanks so much for all the hardwork you put in preparing the summer workbook. I am a non-Hindi parent, so found it little difficult to follow. Please consider the following suggestions while preparing it this summer.

* Add the instructions in English for all the worksheets(pages).

* Provide answer key (very useful and a great help for non-hindi parents)

* Add short stories to read. ( hindi with english translation)

* Add more pages (around 10)

1 (17%)

Total: 6

11. (2 Questions for Gurukul teachers only, choose 'Not a teacher' if not applicable to you)
About what percentage of students completed the summer workbook and turned it in to you?

I am not a teacher

35 (78%)

I did not collect workbooks so not sure.

3 (7%)

Less that 25%

1 (2%)

25-50%

0 (0%)

> 50%

1 (2%)

See answer below

0 (0%)

100% completion. We had to send strong reminders for 2 week from 1st week of gurukul then most of the kids retuned it.

1 (2%)

Almost all the students completed it 100%

1 (2%)

I have been teaching 1st levels since last 3 years in Gurukul and students in 1st level don't have to do work on summer workbook.

1 (2%)

I am a teacher in 1st level and students entering 1st level don't have to work on summer workbook.

1 (2%)

All students

1 (2%)

Total: 45

12. Did your students return to class after summer with a certain amount of retention? As a teacher do you think the book was effective ?

Strongly Agree

Average

Strongly Disagree

(%)

Could have been better if enforced properly (Made mandatory)

(%)

Too much content for summer

(%)

Covered my level curriculum well

(%)

Less transition between levels observed compared to past years due to it

(%)

More retention of learning was observed

Total: 14

13. PLEASE SCROLL ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE AND PRESS "SAVE AND CLOSE" TO SUBMIT YOUR RESPONSE. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TAKE THE SURVEY!

Yes

45 (100%)

0 (0%)

Total: 45