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Action Research in the Classroom
To what extent is team-based learning effective in helping children learn? Although team-based learning is often touted as helpful in teaching students to how to work together on a social level, monitoring the degree to which learning is actually taking place can be challenging because of the degree of 'social loafing' that may transpire. Students may allow one student to assume the majority of the burden of work, and the conscientious student is often unwilling to complain. The result is that the final project does not accurately reflect the full knowledge level of the entire group, merely that of one student.
Comparing test grades of students after they study two chapters within the same subject area together -- one of which is assessed using a team-based project, the other of which is assessed with an individual project -- can provide guidance as to the impact team-based learning may have in terms of learning. After each project, students would take summative tests that would...
This is significant to my professional development as a teacher, because I wish to use team-based learning in my classes, but am often uncertain as to the degree which it can truly enhance student learning in an equitable manner.
'Wondering 2': When teaching ESL students, one point of contention is the degree to which instruction should be content-based or should primarily reflect the need to orient students in the new language. Increasingly, there has been a shift to emphasizing content-based instruction, to excite student interest. However, given the multiplicity of techniques that exist to educate ESL students, there is little solid research confirming that one approach is superior to the other. Some teachers arrange to have subjects such as biology and mathematics taught by other instructors fluent in the student's first language and offer English instruction in their own classes. Some use an all-English based instructional day with an immersion format, while…
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Action research project. (2012). Teaching foreign languages: K-12 workshop. Retrieved:
http://www.learner.org/workshops/tfl/session_04/project.html
The authors further note that the National Research Council (2003) state that the "obligation to treat individuals as autonomous agents whose decisions on whether or not to participate in research are to be respected and not overridden by a researcher" (as sited in Nolen & Vander Putten, 2007, p. 402). When considered in the context of students as a protected research group in a K- 12 classroom this obligation may
Action Research on the Impact of Video Technology Classrooms on Student Achievement Audio-Visual Technology & Student Achievement Research problem / topic. The proposed research study will examine the impact of integrating video technology in classroom lessons on the achievement of students. In this study, consideration will also be given to students' perceptions of the impact of integrated video on their achievement and gender-based differences in achievement related to the integration of video
Action research as related to education is a process by which a teacher, group of teachers, school, school district, or university observes a problem, creates a plan for action, implements that plan (action), observes the results (research), and plans on further action (Ferrance, 2000, 26). It is in this way that an individual teacher becomes aware of the advantages and disadvantages of her own teaching methods and improves the performance
The case studies compiled and edited by Caro-Brice (2007) provide a somewhat broader perspective than the singular case study conducted by Coles-Ritchie and Lugo (2010). These studies are all geared towards promoting equality in instructional methods and learning rates in diverse classroom settings, however, making them directly useful in this review and plan development. Some of the central common findings of the studies compiled by Caro-Brice (2007) and the lessons that
Clearly, if there is motivation from the parents to encourage English literacy, whether that be to help them or simply to focus the student on succeeding and graduating, studies see a 30-40% increase in scores in individuals in which the parents are actively involved in the ESL class. Thus, there are a number of proven successes that are available to help increase the efficacy of English instruction in the
Do you ever read English for pleasure? If yes, include follow-up question below. Follow-up: What do you like to read in English? [Interviewer could have several examples of ESOL reading materials to help identify specific examples here.] 3. Do you seek help when you don't understand something you read? If no, include follow-up question below? Follow-up: Are there peer-tutoring resources available to you? Have you used these resources in the past? If