Interactive Immersion – The Card Sort
The Card Sort was conducted on Friday 3/3 at Clay High School during the school day.
The set of cards included the options:
– Safety, the Arts, CTE, Athletics, Dual Credit, Reputation, Appearance, Diversity, Community and Academics
When we conducted the card sort, myself (or Faisal or Michael) would ask a student (or occasionally a teacher or school worker) to read and order the cards, ranking them based on the question,
“What does Clay High School do best?”
Observation: We received a variety of responses from the students, in a variety of different formats. Many students were curious what we were doing and wanted to help, this means that we may have had some bias by choosing students who were interested/engaged.
The most common trends were:
- The Arts, CTE and Academics consistently ranked near the top of the list. This was interesting as Clay does not have a reputation for being an academic school among people in the community.
- Athletics and Reputation were pretty consistently near the bottom of the list. This is consistent with our other research.
- Safety was usually located near the center of the card sort spectrum. Sometimes appearing closer to the best and sometimes to the worst.
Below are two examples:
