thoughts for my study

thoughts for my study

August 11th, 2007 by ckennedy

As I prepare to begin the year I have thought about a number of different ways to jump though the necessary hoops to take May 23 off. I think that I will probably do some sort of parallel study with Kirk. Some ideas might include: a lesson on recoding data and then illustrating data using technologically advanced tools vs. completing the same lesson using pencil and paper, we are being pushed to use the curriculum developer (c-scope) to cover teks. I might compare some of the lessons in the c-scope with lessons that I have previously taught and think about how the kids reacted/responded/performed, I also thought about the intra-personal dynamics that a student can bring to one specific class period. We typically have a myriad of schedule changes and one class that was quite pleasant before can become somewhat of a challenge after changes are made. I could also perhaps record pacing changes that I have to make with my morning and afternoon classes and with the bloated class periods.

As perhaps a side study (extra work for me?); administrators seem to really like to walk into a room and see a teks objective/number posted somewhere. I could study the performance of a class with said objectives/numbers posted and performance without that posted. Of course, if I see that the lack of the numbers and letters are hindering student performance I would immediately end this portion of my study. Anyone want to join in on this part and produce some scientifically researched based data?