Research Reflection

5/6/2019

I believe that I was able to come up with some concrete data to answer my research question. I learned through my observation collection that "early finishers" do in fact have the ability to disrupt the learning environment for struggling students, EL's, and students who are easily distracted and/ or who have focusing issues(learning disabilities) causing the classroom to be a place of unequal student success.
The idea of a complete reconstruction of the classroom based on academic performance rather than age is something that I would like to see more research about. If we can build classrooms where many common issues can be significantly decreased or made so the don't exist at all is something worth exploring.
Because the main issue was managing multi-level students all in one room, the way the teacher delivers instruction also needs to be multi-level. Differentiation plays a huge role. Teacher strategies such as organized grouping of students, extensions to independent work and increasing student engagement are a few small changes that can make a difference in the learning process.

4 Comments

Karling Skoglund

5/7/2019 08:44:56 am

Alexis,

I agree that the struggle with keeping accelerated students from disrupting others is something that can be an everyday issue and is one of the responsibilities that the teacher must face and plan for in order to keep disruptions to a minimum. I am glad that you got some concrete data to support your research and I really like your thoughts about future research regarding reorganization of how students are placed in classes based on ability or performance. I have had a few conversations with colleagues about this, and the complications with having students who are such different ages but at the same academic level, but I believe there are some other options that are within reason and shifting around the notion of same age same room can be challenged just a bit in order to better serve students.

Karling

Roger Pence

5/7/2019 11:05:09 am

Alexis,
I look forward to seeing and discussing the data you've collected around early finishers and disruption. This can be presented as the "baseline" from which you may want to embark on an innovation/intervention to see if implementing strategies you've studied do in fact make a difference. Take the first step now to write up the results you have and include them in your action research proposal as information as to where to go next semester. That's what you will be asked to do in the first session of 791: How can you design an intervention/innovation based on the data you collected in this round 1? Let's discuss how to complete your IRB proposal to reflect where you are when we talk 1:1.

Roger

Golden Wiliams

5/9/2019 05:03:52 pm

That’s good that you have got your data and can see some results from int. I’m still collecting my data and hope to see some success from this study but still have to wait and see. I also have problems with students that finish fast causing problems in my class. So I have been keeping a n eye on your research so I can hope to incorporate it in to my daily teaching to help all students in my class.

Lisa Marie Smith

5/9/2019 07:41:52 pm

Alexis,

Again, I am impressed with your research question and I look forward to reading your blogs, and have a take away from your writing and comments every time. I am particularly impressed that while teaching younger students, you focus and address the importance of "Differentiation plays a huge role. Teacher strategies such as organized grouping of students,". Well done and I look forward to reading about your finished project and the results of your research.

Warm Regards,

Lisa Marie Smith

EDUC 790

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