Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Action Research Plan---18 Months of My Life

Whew, This is the next 18 mos of my life. I am so excited to see what the results will be!! What actions can faculty take to improve academic vocabulary in the math classroom?  What effects will
these action have on the STAAR test?
Action Step (s)
Person (s) Responsible
Timeline
Start/End
Needed
Resources
Evaluation
Analyze the data from the 2012 Algebra STAAR test for 100 10th grade students.
Jennifer Garner
Aug 2012/Aug 2012
Eduphoria and Class Rosters
Analyze the information by objectives for the 2012 Test
Survey students on common high school level academic math words common in both Algebra and Geometry.
Jennifer Garner
Aug 2012/Aug 2012
Google Docs
N/A
Implement one research based vocabulary concept in the classroom.
Jennifer Garner
Sep 2012/ Sept 2012
Unknown at this time
Unknown at this time
Implement one research based vocabulary concept in the classroom.
Jennifer Garner
Oct 2012/ Oct 2012
Unknown at this time
Unknown at this time
Implement one research based vocabulary concept in the classroom.
Jennifer Garner
Nov 2012 / Nov 2012
Unknown at this time
Unknown at this time
Survey students on common high school level academic math words common in both Algebra and Geometry.
Jennifer Garner
Nov 2012/Nov 2012
Google Docs
Analyze the data in comparison to the pervious benchmarks.
Implement one research based vocabulary concept in the classroom.
Jennifer Garner
Jan 2013/ Jan 2013
Unknown at this time
Unknown at this time
Implement one research based vocabulary concept in the classroom.
Jennifer Garner
Feb 2013/Feb 2013
Unknown at this time
Unknown at this time
Implement one research based vocabulary concept in the classroom.
Jennifer Garner
Mar 2013 / April 2013
Unknown at this time
Unknown at this time
Survey students on common high school level academic math words common in both Algebra and Geometry.
Jennifer Garner
April 2013/April 2013
Google Docs
Analyze the data in comparison to the pervious benchmarks.
Students will take the 2013 Geometry STAAR test
 All Teachers
May 2013
STAAR Testing material
Results will be in during summer
Analyze the data from the 2013 STAAR test and compare to the 2012
Jennifer Garner
Summer 2013
STAAR Results
Analyze the data
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4 comments:

  1. FloCC41August 8, 2012 at 8:30 AM

    I know you concern is the terminology in mathematic for the STAAR test. Have you consider developing a high frequency list of mathematic words that may appear on the test. If you ever worked in an elementary school Kinder- 2nd grade sent home high frequency word cards, so the students could be familiar with the words. If you create something like that so your students would be ready for the STAAR .

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  2. FloCC41August 8, 2012 at 8:32 AM

    I would appreciate any comments on my blogs as well.

    Thanks

    Flo

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  3. Kristin BoydAugust 8, 2012 at 6:11 PM

    @FloCC41, That is a great idea for the high frequency math vocabulary words. A lot of times when people look at the big picture, it is overwhelming. You have broken down your plan in a way that should help reduce resistance, especially since it is teaching that is required anyways.

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  4. UnknownAugust 10, 2012 at 11:17 PM

    Put up a Word Wall. Word Walls are not just for reading/writing classes any longer. If these words are visible at ALL times, they become FREQUENTLY read and subconsciously thought about.
    Awesome ideas/plan. I wish you lots of luck and high STARR scores!

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