Bringing Elementary Back to Middle School.

I have changed my research. I am excited to say that I am bringing elementary back to middle school. I have revised my research to the Yellow Folder System. To deal with the absence of homework completion I will be using the assistance of yellow folders to keep track of students homework, communication with parents, and feedback tot students. I will research the affects of the system with one class that is performing below expectations.

Draft Action Research Plan

Schools Vision: Create active, lifelong learners who will lead, achieve and succeed in a global tomorrow. Goal and Objectives To be able to utilize homework or the lack of it that best benefits student achievement in the classroom and on state test. Activities to Achieve the Goals Involve 3 classes that are comparable Assign daily, weekly and no homework in certain classrooms Design homework that is in-depth that can be either one question or multiple questions and then design quizzes that cover the homework assignments. Create a questionnaire and gather student input using survey monkey Look at student data from first semester such as homework completion grades, test grades, District Assessments and quizzes Resources Needed Survey Monkey Classroom Clicker System (used to check homework) Time Line for Completion By May 2012 or December 2012 depending on the results in May Person Responsible for Implementation Jamelah Roberts-Hassan Process for Monitoring the Goals Excel sheet showing students grades in each category: homework completion, test, quizzes, District Assessment Monthly questionnaires for students Common Formative Assessments Assessment Instrument to Evaluate Pre and Post Test Used prior to lessons and after lessons to see which classes score higher: No homework, One assigned questioned, homework quiz.

How educators should use Blogs?

Educational leaders and members should use blogs to do one main thing help increase students achievement of all levels and background in all areas of knowledge. We can use this venue to gather information and collaborate with others across different schools, districts, and states.

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Administrative inquiry or action research is simple, it’s an effective method of problem solving collaboratively, through continuing of action and reflection. This form of research is best if you want to be a part of the community of research. It’s engaging and though might seem time consuming; it will eventually put other things into perspective making better outcomes. Action Research helps one gain insights about themselves and their practices and if used appropriately assists with student learning and teacher lessons. It brings about transformations by planning, creating action, continuous observation and delivers the importance of reflection. Action research is mainly in an educational setting. It usually is to deal with increasing student achievement. Each and every year schools across the world are dealing with action researches that are situations personal to their campuses. There are steps to action research the most important step is to self-reflect on what is needed to be done on your campus. It involves taking the time to gather the information and data needed and then again reflecting about the outcomes and decisions to be made.

I will be able to use action research to help me be a better teacher in my field of math. Students are changing every year and classroom lecture and deliver should change also. Action research will help me come up with more engaging lessons and activities to assist with student achievement. Action research also will help with my research development for my internship. I can use this method of research to see what are my true principles and what I really want change in.