Interview/Questions

I will be conducting a primary research by conducting interviews and observations.

Interview questions for teachers:

1. How often do you come across a teenage pregnancy with your students?
2. What do you feel should be done to bring awareness of safe sex to your students?
3. What type of information is provided to your students about safe sex?
4. What do you think teenagers know about sex?
5. Who do you think should bring awareness to the students?

Interview questions for students:

1. What do you know about sex?
2. What do you think should be done to bring awareness of safe sex to the students?
3. How many of your friends are having pre-martial sex?
4. How many of you have been involved with pre-marital sex?
5. Is there anyone you feel comfortable taking about sex with?
6. What type of information would you like to know about safe sex?

Interview questions for parents:

1. Have you ever had a talk about sex with your child?
2. Do you know if you child is involved with having pre-martial sex?
3. What information would you like your child to learn?
4. How comfortable are you talking about safe sex with your child?
5. Are you willing to participate in group talk with you child and other parents and children?

Formal Proposal

To: Antonio Limon, Superintendent of San Benito School District
From: Cynthia De La Garza, CIS Case Manager
Date: August 7, 2008
Subject: The need to bring awareness of the recent increase of teen pregnancies in our school district

Enclosed you will find a report based on the recent increase of teen pregnancies in our school district. This report address all the concerns regarding the increase rise of teen pregnancies and some options that our school district might want to consider taking to help lower this rate.

It is of great interest and concern that something should be done to bring awareness to our students about the precautions of having pre-martial sex and the consequences that may follow. As a community it is a concern that we need to teach our children that their are options out there for our children/students can take. I hope that the recommendations that I have made are helpful to you and our school district. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by phone any time after 5:30 at (123)456-7890 or via email anytime at dlg22497@yahoo.com. Thank you for your time and I hope to be hearing from you soon.

Sincerly,



Cynthia De La Garza

Encl: Proposal

References/Source Page

The following websites are websites that I will be using to help complete my report:

• Solutions for America (2007). "Teenage Pregnancy Preventions." The Guide for Civic Problem Solving: Solutions for America. Retrieved from http://www.solutionsforamerica.org/healthyfam/teenage-pregnancy.html on July 20, 2008.
• The Family Connection of St. Joseph County, Inc (2005). "Teenage Pregnancy." The Family Connection of St. Joseph County, Inc. Retrieved from http://community.michiana.org/famconn/teenpreg.html on July 20, 2008.
• Wikipedia (2007). "Teenage Pregnancy." Wikipedia Online. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_pregnancy on July 20, 2008.

Proposal for Project 5

Cynthia De La Garza
180 Abigail Lane
San Benito, Texas 78586

July 17, 2008

Antonio Limon
Superintendent for San Benito School District
San Benito School District
San Benito, Texas 78586

Dear: Mr.Limon:

I am writing this letter to ask for your permission to to conduct a thorough research regarding the recent increase in teen pregnancies that are affecting your school district. I will be researching how often this is happening and what we can do to help reduce this occurrence. My research will include recent articles from journals, newspapers, Internet, and of personal interviews with some students who are either teen parents or are currently expecting a baby.

I will be making a few recommendations that are the following:

• a change in your curriculum that I believe will benefit our students district wide
• have all our fourth grades and fifth grades take a health class that will provide a more in depth theory about the human body
• have our school nurses attend seminars that will help teacher them in depth trainings that will provide them with the tools that they may need so that if our students have any questions regarding their bodies our anything pertaining to sex that they can provide them with the correct answers
• provide monthly counseling group sessions for our parent and students so that they can learn to communicate opening so that if they have any questions they will feel comfortable to talk to their parents with any of their concerns or questions
  

I would like to thank you for taking the time to review my proposal. I hope that you will consider some of my options and that you look forward to any other recommendations that I might come up with in my complete report.

This report with be at no cost to you or your school district. All I ask is that you allow me the time to complete all my research. This report will be completed by July 27. I will be conducting all my research through my computer desk top and with interview through some students.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me any time after 5:30 at (956) 123-4567 or through my email at any time at dlg22497@yahoo.com. Once again I would like to thank you for taking your time on my proposal.

Sincerely,

Cynthia De La Garza

Main Sections of a Report

Introduction:

• indicate its purpose of the report and what to expect in the report.

Technical Background:

• require some technical discussion in order to make the rest of the report meaningful to readers

Background on the Situation:

• you'll need to discuss the problem, need, or opportunity that has brought about this report

Requirements and Criteria:

• discussion of the requirements you'll use to reach the final decision or recommendation; can be found in various ways: numerical values, yes/no values, or ratings values.

Discussion of the Options:

• you'll need to explain how you narrowed the field of choices down to the ones your report focuses on

Category-by-Category Comparisons:

• the comparison of the options and this should be handled category by category

Conclusions:

• is in part a summary or restatement of the conclusions you have already reached in the comparison sections

Recommendation or Final Opinion:

• states the recommendation of what should be done or conducted

Reflection on Usability Project

What did you find was easiest about doing the usability test?
I thought that completing the usability test was rather hard. The easiest thing might have been the constructing my own instructions. I know how to construct a dish of enchiladas, so I did not have any trouble completing the instructions part. The part of actually testing if the instructions were effective enough was hard. It took time to construct our questionnaire and actually asking clients to fill it out.


What did you find was missing in your test?
I felt that if we had some more time to work on this project maybe my test could be a little more efficient. I tried as best as I could to follow the instructions of how to properly conduct this test/project, but I still find it difficult to complete it.


What did you learn about your instructions form the test?
I learned from my instructions that no matter how many times you have made enchiladas and you have the steps memorized, once putting the instructions down on paper was a little more difficult than I thought it would be. I hope that I fully grasped the concept of properly constructing efficient instructions that others will find them easy to follow.


Did you find the test valuable? Why or why not?
I did find the test to be valuable. The test proved that the instructions were easy to follow and to complete it.


What changes did you make to your instructions after user testing them? Did the results of usability testing surprise you?
I did not make any changes to my instructions after they had be tested. Many of our readers found them to be very easy to follow. The results did not surprise me, since I did expect the readers reaction to be that of the instructions being easy to follow. The only thing that I would add on to my instructions, is that the reader does not have to use the exact ingredients that I use when making the enchiladas. I want the reader to know that they can use whatever brand of ingredients that they prefer.


Comment on working collaboratively? How was this similar, different, easier, more difficult than other projects you have completed on your own?
Working with a partner was fairly refreshing to me. I enjoyed having someone else's input on what I had to say or write. I enjoy having someone to add on to maybe what I have to say or for them to maybe just help explain further what we were trying to get across to the reader. I have always agreed with the saying that two heads are better than one, so I was a little relieved that we had the opportunity to work along side someone else. I felt that working on this project, even though we had a partner, was may just as difficult or even slightly more difficult than working by myself.

Usability Test -Questionnaire for subjects

1. Why did you decide to take this test?
To learn how to prepare a new item to prepare for dinner.

2. Were the instructions precise and detailed in order to accomplish the task?
Everything was explained so that someone who had no experience cooking would have no problem with the instructions.

3. Were all the supplies needed stated in the instructions?
Yes, everything that was needed was told in the instructions

4. Was the terminology used in the instructions easy to understandable?
Yes they were easy to understand.

5. Did the test provide the user with any warnings that could be helpful?
Yes but it was common knowledge.

6.Was the test completed by the time stated in the instructions?
Yes, the time was precise.

7. What was the reaction of the subject towards the questionnaire?
The reaction was fine, the subject was expecting to fill out a questionnaire.

8. How long did it take the subject to fill out the questionnaire?
Ten minutes maximum.

9. Did the questionnaire pose any problems being filled out.
No one seem to have any problem.