Thursday, July 25, 2013
Week 2: Action Research
As of this week, if we didn't really understand Action Research before, we certainly do now. We've studied all the major areas that leaders tend to focus their projects on and had some reflective time to apply them to our own school situations. I do think that my personal action research project has been decided. It was on my agenda for the coming year anyway, but now I will have a formal structure to help guide me which should make me more successful. I am planning to work with my 4th grade team to help our students raise their math assessment scores. Because of STAAR, our district is restructuring our math curriculum anyway, so changing the way we group and plan for differentiation will be the perfect timing. I think I need to get researching so that I have some great data when the year starts!
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That's exactly the purpose of action research. It is practical and springs from needs within your current context. I think to a point, some of us have been performing action research all along. We just didn't know it was called action research and did not approach it as so.
ReplyDeleteOur project will be similar, but completely different. I am going to find ways to improve the 4th grade writing scores! Another idea I had was to find ways to improve math fact skills in 4th graders. I love your idea and can't wait to learn more and hear more about your project!
ReplyDeleteAs a fellow fourth grade math teacher, I would your idea! I cannot wait to see what you learn and how you apply it. We also had to do some curriculum revision this year as well. We are going to meet in the next couple of weeks to do some planning. I find myself chomping at the bit to get this school year going now!
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