In the remaining time, students will be given the opportunity to ask questions about TV ratings, discuss the Web Quest and its objectives, and anonymously evaluate the effectiveness of the Web Quest and the instructional unit. Materials Needed Text Book, Diaries, Internet access, Library Books Human Resources Needed 1 instructor. The instructor will act as facilitator and will be in the classroom, available during office hours, via the telephone or e-mail to answer student questions. Outline of Activities From their syllabus and classroom instructions, students will know to read the chapter on TV ratings before coming to class. From the Web Quest sheet passed out in class, students will know what is expected of them.
Students can only write down a show if they watched it for five minutes.
If they watched several shows in a half-hour, only the first one they watched for five minutes should be written down. Students will then have an opportunity to ask questions of the instructor about the Web Quest and will then be sent to library to access the resources, including the world wide web. On the second day the class meets, the students will gather the raw figures from their diaries. It will be announced to the class which shows were watched by how many students and which TV sets were not on or watched during each prime time half-hour. Each student group will then use their mathematical formulas to figure out ratings, share and PUT level for each half-hour of prime time viewing.