1)
Read
Mills Chapters 1 and 2.
UNIT #8
Goals
of Unit 8:
Assignments:
1)
Read
Mills Chapters 1 and 2.
2)
Visit
the site below and follow the directions for your assignment given in this
unit.
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/sod/car/index.htm
On this site, you will see a section that looks
like this:
What is Action Research?
Classroom Action Research Abstracts: Voices from Madison Abstracts
for Studies Completed During the 1990-91 to 1998-99 School Years
|
Click
on the links to the sites below and read each carefully (you
may wish to print the information):
What
Is Action Research?
What
Action Research Is Not
What
Do Teacher Researchers Do?
What
Are Some Effects of Action Research?
Read the final report to the Spencer Foundation (Final
Report to Spencer Foundation)
3) Choose an action research project to critique:
The
Effects of De-Emphasizing Grades on the Achievement and Stress Levels of
Students in Health Class
http://www.d113.lake.k12.il.us/hphs/action/page4.htm
The
Realities of Being a Student in a Constructivist Classroom
http://www.d113.lake.k12.il.us/hphs/action/page7.htm
If
you have difficulty with any of these action research studies from ENC,
see the link near the end of this page.
Effect
of Technology on Enthusiasm for Learning Science
http://www.enc.org/professional/research/journal/science/documents/0,1341,ENC-002432-2432_ch1,00.shtm
Encouraging
Participation in a Middle School Classroom
http://www.enc.org/professional/research/journal/science/documents/0,1341,ENC-002432-2432_ch3,00.shtm
What
Types of Learning Activities Are More Likely to Increase the Involvement
of Non-Participating Students?
http://www.enc.org/professional/research/journal/science/documents/0,1341,ENC-002432-2432_ch2,00.shtm
What
Patterns of Teacher-Student Verbal Communication Exist in My Classroom?
http://www.enc.org/professional/research/journal/science/documents/0,1341,ENC-002432-2432_ch4,00.shtm
The
Use of Cloze Procedure as an Instructional Tool in a Middle School Classroom
http://www.enc.org/professional/research/journal/science/documents/0,1341,ENC-002432-2432_ch5,00.shtm
Equality
in the Classroom: An Attempt to Eliminate Bias in My Classroom
http://www.enc.org/professional/research/journal/science/documents/0,1341,ENC-002432-2432_ch6,00.shtm
The
Effect of a Teacher's Questions on Limited English Proficient and Bilingual
Students
http://www.enc.org/professional/research/journal/science/documents/0,1341,ENC-002432-2432_ch7,00.shtm
Conceptual
Learning and Creative Problem Solving Using Cooperative Learning Groups
in Middle School Science Classes
http://www.enc.org/professional/research/journal/science/documents/0,1341,ENC-002432-2432_ch8,00.shtm
Long-Distance
Collaboration: A Case Study of Science Teaching and Learning
http://www.enc.org/professional/research/journal/science/documents/0,1341,ENC-002432-2432_ch9,00.shtm
If
you have difficulty with any of the previous action research studies from
ENC, click on this site, then look for articles by clicking on this site,
and then following the directions given below:
http://www.enc.org/professional/research/journal/science/documents
About midway down the page, you'll see this:
Spiegel, Samuel, Angelo Collins, and James Lappert, eds. Action Research: Perspectives from Teachers' Classrooms. Science FEAT (Science For Early Adolescence Teachers), Tallahassee, FL: SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE), 1995.
Click on the blue link: Action Research: Perspectives from Teachers' Classrooms from there you will have access to the above studies (look in the 'chapters').
Using
Think-Alouds to Analyze Decision Making During Spelling Word Sorts
http://www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=/articles/fresch/index.html
If
the Mountain Won't Come to McCormick ....Improving Pupils' Classroom Performance:
A Practitioner's Case Study
--Click on the box that says Full Text--
http://www.triangle.co.uk/ear/06-02/ear-06-2.htm#jm
The
Power of Two: A Study of the Integrated Reading Method of Peer Tutoring
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/~ctd/networks/journal/Vol%202(2).1999oct/article5.html
It's
Friendship, Developing Friendship. A Teacher Action Research Study
on Reading Buddies
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/~ctd/networks/journal/Vol%202(1).1999march/article1.html