This week’s
lecture, interviews, readings and assignments focused on examples of action
research in educational settings. This week I studied the nine areas that are common targets or themes of school-based research projects. The areas include staff development, school curriculum, leadership skills, management, individual teachers, individual students, community/culture building, school performance, and social justice. Each area plays a vital role in the success of the campus and each area is composed of many components. This week I have identified my action research plan - How can I utilize technology for differentiation of content and assessments? How will flipping my math classroom effect student achievement in mathematics?
I am very curious to see how this develops. If you have an inclusion math class with very few students "at risk" on your campus are these students who have not passed TAKS? I am curious to know how "included" your class is. I love the idea of a flipped classroom because I love to teach "hands on" and this will give the opportunity to do just that, but concerned about the "at risk" students not getting all they need. Excited to follow you on this journey.
ReplyDeleteI don't have the testing data yet on my incoming students, but I do know that we will have a handful that did not past state assessments. The initial studies done by Khan Academy were in Palo Alto ISD where the at risk population is rather high and it proved to be much more effective than traditional classroom instruction. In the study, It mentioned that students that successfully mastered an objective were utilized to work with other students that were struggling with that objective. I do see the concern if you have many students still struggling at once. Here is a short video I found on flipping an at risk campus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2QgtPyk_Gk - Thanks for your feedback!
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