Evaluation Tools
A few evaluation ideas for your UFA project that you run. Simply click on a title to show more information.
The Wall is a great opportunity to allow the young people to let loose on the thoughts and feeling of a project. In simple form, the organiser places a large piece of paper in a central working space and the participants are invited to draw, write or doodle feeling of importance to them on this card.
To work well the topic or subject of the wall must be clearly defined and outlines the start of the wall opening. Alternatively you can use post-it notes to re-use the data. By doing this the post-it notes can be removed and sorted into positive and not so positive piles for improvement.
Remember to always document the findings, so either by photographing the wall or copying the content after the wall is closed. Only if the wall is done on anything other that paper.
This Activity for evaluation is very useful as it gives the person evaluation a clear idea of words, as sometimes at a crucial point, words can be forgotten. But as there are so many to choose from the mind is allowed to freely think of the best suited.
The process is to have a selection of words laid out on a table or the floor and for each person to come up and pick some of the words that they believe best suit the time that they have had over the day, week or even hour. This process can also be done in groups to allow everyone to have a go even if the participant does not feel confident enough.
Here are a few examples:
- Interested
- Frightened
- Disappointed
- Excited
- Bored
- Confident
- Nervous
- Uncomfortable
- Happy
- Impatient
- Enthusiastic
- Miserable
- Uncertain
- Determined
- Self-Conscious
- Worried
- Safe
- Thoughtful
- Annoyed
- Curious
- Satisfied
- Entertained
- Confused
- Challenged
- Tired
- Pleased
- Sad
This is a perfect activity in a group of small size and sometimes can be better with larger groups. It involves people using themselves as a rating system in a line, one side of the room is a lower score while the other side acts as a higher score. The leader then suggests a question and the group must stand in an order that reflects their belief of the activity. This is then repeated and can be documented through photo or written notes.
This activity is great for showing what skills you have learnt during the project. All you need is large pieces of paper, felt pens, and a chunky marker to draw the tree. You can include questions to run this activity such as ‘What have I learnt?’, ‘How do I feel about the things I have learnt?’ to get you started. Aim to think about what you have learnt and how your skills have ‘grown’ during the project. To keep a record of this keeps the large sheets to look back at and reflect on in future.
This is a good activity for reflecting on personal development part way through a project. It involves the individual drawing a balloon with a weight attached to it. In the balloon they would write their wishes for the future and in the weight what would prevent their wishes from happening. You can use reflection on personal development and future goals to identify room for improvement as the focus for this activity. Aim to think about problems or wishes and how to overcome them. To record this activity, keep the balloons to look back at in future.
Have fun!
