Unfortunately I had forgotten about updating my blog!!!! Oh no!
I have not made much progress on my action research project, but I am about to start researching questions that I might need to ask on the surveys for the students and teachers. I am not sure of where to start because I have not created a survey before. I will try survey monkey first because I have heard great things about this site.
ANY SUGGESTIONS OR THOUGHTS?????
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Action Research Plan (draft)
Action Planning Template | ||||
Goal: Upon completion of this action research project, I hope to find ways to motivate the unmotivated 4th and 5th grade students. | ||||
Action Steps(s): | Person(s) Responsible: | Timeline: Start/End | Needed Resources | Evaluation |
Create a student survey to determine a good starting point for research. | Lacie Robinson with the help of S. Zielonka (mentor) | Oct. 23 - Nov. 30, 2011 | -On-line survey assistance -Examples of survey questions | Approval by S. Zielonka -Research |
Create a teacher survey to determine what teachers are already doing in their class to help motivate students. | Lacie Robinson with the help of S. Zielonka (mentor) | Oct. 23 - Nov. 30, 2011 | -On-line survey assistance -Examples of survey questions | Approval by S. Zielonka -Research |
Conduct research through reading articles/journals and analyzing completed surveys. | L. Robinson | Beginning of Dec. to the end of Dec. 2011 | I need to research books that will assist me with this project. I will also google articles/journals for tried and true practices. Completed surveys. | Completed surveys |
Visit different grade levels and classes to see motivation strategies used by others. | L. Robinson | October 24- Dec.16, 2011 | Campus Classrooms | Completed surveys |
Compile data and decide what motivational strategies are most effective and should be tested. | L. Robinson | End of Nov. 2011-Jan. 2, 2012 | Information collected from visiting classrooms and research. | Results from research |
Ask teachers to implement different strategies to measure effectiveness. | 4th and 5th grade teachers, reading specialist, math specialist | May 2012 | -Teacher notes/thoughts and findings | Teacher comments/thoughts |
Create a post survey and poll the teachers after they have implemented recommended strategies. | L. Robinson | End of May 2012 | -On-line survey assistance -Examples of survey questions | Approval from S. Zielonka |
Compile all data and review the information with S. Zielonks | L. Robinson S. Zielonka (mentor) | June 2012 | Collected Data Surveys | |
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Week 2 Reflection/Comment
I have started to realize that I have conducted action research many times, just not as detailed as the current project. The other math/science teacher on my team and myself plan our lessons together. We are always looking for ways to improve how we present the information being taught or looking for new activities to engage the students. We have been known to research activities and ask for input from teachers at other schools. After we complete the lesson or activity, we discuss what went right and what needs to be changed.
After reading about the 9 passions, I was thinking that action research could be used with nearly any topic. I believe that this method of research is more meaningful and beneficial because you are actually carrying out a plan to see if your ideas will work. Like our readings from last week stated, you are the "insider" in action research.
After reading about the 9 passions, I was thinking that action research could be used with nearly any topic. I believe that this method of research is more meaningful and beneficial because you are actually carrying out a plan to see if your ideas will work. Like our readings from last week stated, you are the "insider" in action research.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Why BLOG?
Educational leaders should use blogs to communicate with other leaders about successes, issues, "wonderings," and support. This is a great way to connect with people that share your same interests/views in education. Blogs help to bring people together all around the world.
Action Research Findings
Action research is a fairly new approach to conducting research. It is quite different from standard research. As the researcher, you are an "insider" that found helpful information on a topic and developed a way to implement or tryout what you discovered. The problems are based on the researcher and how they can improve in hopes that others will follow their lead. This is a way to approach issues with out sending shock waves through the school. The researcher uses it to make positive changes to the school, grade level, or classroom. The benefit of action research is that you actually complete the task that you feel would benefit or change the school. As you are completing the task, you take several opportunities to stop and reflect on your findings. This allows you to find a different approach if your plan is not working or helps justify that your plan is working well.
Standard research is information gathered from an outsider. You do not actually complete a task. You take the point of view and approach from a scholar and implement their findings. This is still effective, but action research is more meaningful to the researcher because it helps to better them and the school they lead.
Standard research is information gathered from an outsider. You do not actually complete a task. You take the point of view and approach from a scholar and implement their findings. This is still effective, but action research is more meaningful to the researcher because it helps to better them and the school they lead.
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