This week in my studies, I learned much more about action research. I will admit, after week 1, I still was quite unsure what this whole process of action research involved. I now realize that action research is actually quite a common type of research used throughout many school districts. The week 2 lectures, interviews, and readings have helped my grasp a better understanding of what action research is and how action research is used. This week, I have been able to narrow my search for research topics down even more. I am pretty sure I have decided upon my research plan, however, I have arranged one more meeting with my site supervisor in order to talk things through one more time and finalize my action research plan. My hope is to research the effects the transition from the block schedule of 90 minutes to the 7-period day of 55 minutes has had on 7th grade ELA and math students as well as teachers. I know this has been an extremely difficult transition for the teachers, but I am curious to see how this is actually affecting student learning and performance. I am very eager to begin this process and to discover the findings and hopefully come about ways to help teachers and students with this difficult transition.
This week we learned much more about action research. We now realize that action research is common type of research. I am glad to know that we as a class studying action research are understanding action research more in detail. Hope you can narrow your search for research I am certain that you will find something that you are passionate about. Your research on the effects the transition from the block schedule of 90 minutes to the 7-period day of 55 minutes sounds interesting.I am sure that you will discover ways to help teachers and students with this difficult transition.
ReplyDeleteI have also become much more informed regarding what action research is and should look like. This is my tenth class and was previously operating in the dark as to how to complete this task. We have moved from an eight period, to a nine period, and back to a seven period day at my school during the last three years. There are clearly benefits to have a greater number of periods in the school day, but the block schedule allows you to have more periods while still allowing for adequate instruction. I look forward to reading your future posts.
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