Baseline and Ideas
When I am taking classes, I enjoy reading and conducting educational research. At other times, I subscribe to educational journals and read back issues like other (normal) people read popular magazines. For many years, I chose to complete action research studies in place of formal evaluations. Past studies have included reading differentiation, multiple intelligences, asking questions, and science instruction. In addition, I completed a narrative inquiry graduate class and learned how to write a narrative research study.
What type of research would be best for pursuing my questions as a teacher?
How have research methods changed since I last conducted research?
What is a good journal for math instruction?
Smart Goals
I will conduct a review of the literature on creating standards based curriculum and grading in mathematics Specifically, I would like to read Marzano's and Wormeli's books and conduct action research to find the best methods for implementing standards based curriculum and grading to increase student achievement of MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) Goals in mathematics. I would like to finish reading the two books and an article on using cooperative math groups to achieve standards by January, 2011. Then, I would like to find at least three more articles to support my research and meet with a teacher in Beaver Dam who has conducted similar research in social studies by June 2011. Finally, I would like to read at least 3 more articles after I conduct my final research project during the Fall of 2011 and compare my results with others conducting similar research.
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