Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Clarifying Moment

For last week's assignment we were to meet with our site supervisor to edit and approve the Action Research Plans. For me, it was spring break, and my principal and I met through email. It was interesting enough, but more of a "good job" than any critique. Today we just met again to see what we could do to edit the plan again--it was almost an hour of tearing apart the plan and refocusing it.

Now... we've changed it a lot. The over-arching goal is now: Determine how seperating out non-academic from academic grades influence student's perception of their learning.

That's a big change from simply "Determine how non-academic factors impact student acheivement."

I love how Dr. Nye really takes the time to see how this will be a viable and researchable plan, and not just another "x" to cross off on my graduation plan. It's refreshing to do something for a class that is not only practical in my classroom, but has the ability to influence our campus as a whole.

It was a great meeting, and I'm excited to see how the ball rolls forward from here!

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