Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Data, Data, Data...

So call me a nerd, but I really love data. It guides my instruction daily and sometimes even by the minute! I love assessing my students and seeing where they are and where they have come. Data collection for this project, on the other hand seems to be a dark cloud looming over my home and classroom. I do not feel at all adequate to conduct this type of research but hopefully when the data starts rolling in, I will feel a little more at home. I have begun constructing a student survey where the students explain to me how they feel when they are reading in small group, how they feel when they are reading with a whole group and how they feel when they are reading independently. I want to get an idea of my students thoughts about reading and themselves as a reader. I haven't yet begun to even meet with my students just yet in small groups because we are still working out all the kinks of our daily schedule and time together. Hopefully I will see a light at the end of the tunnel soon. Right now, it's pretty dark :((.
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  1. Mrs. BonnerSeptember 5, 2012 at 5:39 PM

    I feel pretty dark to, and not capable of collecting the data I need to be collecting. I feel still like my research is going very slow. I am hoping as well that in the next week or so it will start working out more smoothly. I have also given a survey to my kids and plan on posting that data later this week.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 9, 2012 at 5:27 PM

    I am in the same boat. I feel very behind since I just came back last week and am just now going to give the initial survey. Samantha I know you are using a focal group in addition to the whole class. Ashley, are you doing the same or are you just doing whole class? I'm thinking using a focal group will be easier to focus a more in-depth examination but am still trying to decide.

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    1. UnknownSeptember 12, 2012 at 9:28 PM

      Anna, I am actually going to use two whole class periods as of right now. I plan on using a group of struggling fifth graders and a group of advanced fifth graders but my plans are not really lending itself to that kind of subject. I may compare my third grade class to the fifth grade class to determine the effects of ability grouping. My class is not ability grouped and the fifth grade class is.

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