Saturday, May 5, 2012

Action Reseach Plan

The following is my action research plan.  Review and let me know what you think :)




Action Planning Template
Goal: To determine if Edmodo is an effective educational technology tool in increasing interaction and raising test scores among middle school special education math Inclusion students.
Action Steps(s):
Person(s) Responsible:
Timeline: Start/End
Needed Resources
Evaluation

  1.  Assign Edmodo Accounts to all students in math Inclusion classes

Mrs. Z. Jones and General Education Math Teacher
October 4 and 5
Computer Lab and Edmodo website

  1. Assign Math discussion question on Edmodo (Different question for each grade level)



Mrs. Z. Jones and General Education Math Teacher
Starting October 8, 2012 and reoccurring every Monday
Lesson Plans, Computer, Edmodo website
Edmodo website to monitor discussion posts




  1. Observe written and verbal interaction within classroom





Mrs. Z. Jones and General Education Teacher




Starting October 9, 2012 and occurring Tuesday – Thursday of every school week




Interaction Monitoring Worksheet




Goal Monitoring Sheet
  1. Record class test scores






Mrs. Z. Jones and General Education Teacher
Starting October 19, 2012 and occurring bi-weekly
Eduphoria, Excel spreadsheet
Goal Monitoring Sheet
  1. Distribute and collect Surveys from students
Mrs. Z. Jones
Starting October 19, 2012 and occurring bi-weekly
Survey

  1. Discuss data (interaction worksheet, test scores, and survey responses) with site supervisor and General Education Math Teacher. Discussion and suggestions will be recorded for implementation
Mrs. Z. Jones
Mrs. Briggs- Vaughn, Mrs. Harris-Pratt (8th), Mrs. Dillard and Mrs. Williams (7th), Mr. Sinney and Mrs. Boateng(6th)
Starting October 15, 2012 and occurring every Monday
Eduphoria, Interaction Monitoring Worksheet,
Excel spreadsheet, Meeting log
Goal Monitoring Sheet
  1. Record Benchmark and STAAR data
Mrs. Z. Jones, Mrs. Briggs-Vaughn
Benchmark Scores – November 2012 and February 2013
STAAR scores -  late May 2013
Eduphoria and CSR’s
Goal Monitoring Sheet


2 comments:

  1. Great job! I think you have covered all your bases with this plan. One suggestion perhaps interview or survey the General Ed teachers individually to include as a piece of the data. Getting their viewpoint on the effectiveness of this program could be valueable. If you are planning on gettting that input during the meetings where you present your data to your site supervisor and the others, there is a possibility that not all of your teachers will share what they truly think when everyone is assembled together.

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  2. Zira,
    Your Action Research implementation timeline seems feasible. If you plan to implement a survey, I suggest that you field-test the items with a few people before you distribute it to everyone involved. Sometimes the items need clarification. Also, if you plan to use an online survey tool like Survey Monkey, then again it helps to have sometime give feedback about the set-up and item content prior to others taking the survey.
    Just something to consider.
    Dr. Mason

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