Teaching investigation Plan

Teaching investigation Plan

The problemThe problem

Content specific issues Activity cycle issues Motivational issues Structural issues Issues with students’ general learning

skills NOT solely a management issue

Content specific issues Activity cycle issues Motivational issues Structural issues Issues with students’ general learning

skills NOT solely a management issue

Paragraph to describe problemParagraph to describe problem

When I teach my class, the students are very quiet when I lecture. I will ask them questions, but no one will answer. For example, I have been teaching about genetics, when I am talking about DNA and I say, “A bonds with…” they are just silent…

When I teach my class, the students are very quiet when I lecture. I will ask them questions, but no one will answer. For example, I have been teaching about genetics, when I am talking about DNA and I say, “A bonds with…” they are just silent…

HypothesisHypothesis

Form of: “If…, then…, because” If: your proposed solution Then: describe your hoped for change Because: the general teaching principle

from class This should be expanded on Need to do more research

Form of: “If…, then…, because” If: your proposed solution Then: describe your hoped for change Because: the general teaching principle

from class This should be expanded on Need to do more research

HypothesisHypothesis

If I plan (in my lesson plan) to have specific questions that move beyond having students answer with basic facts and are grounded in experiences, then students will be more interested and willing to answer the questions that I pose, because students tend to be more motivated when ideas are grounded in experiences and they can connect to something they know (TE 407/8) and because students are more apt to be motivated when they have to think to answer a question (Stiggens, 2001)….

If I plan (in my lesson plan) to have specific questions that move beyond having students answer with basic facts and are grounded in experiences, then students will be more interested and willing to answer the questions that I pose, because students tend to be more motivated when ideas are grounded in experiences and they can connect to something they know (TE 407/8) and because students are more apt to be motivated when they have to think to answer a question (Stiggens, 2001)….

Implementation PlanImplementation Plan

Paragraph for how you will implement the “if” of your hypothesis. I will come up with specific questions and

write them in my lesson plan Examples of specific questions.

Paragraph for how you will implement the “if” of your hypothesis. I will come up with specific questions and

write them in my lesson plan Examples of specific questions.

Data collection planData collection plan

Paragraph describing the evidence you will gather (observations) Video of specific events Mentor’s observations (what do you want

them to look for?) Field instructor observations Student work

Paragraph describing the evidence you will gather (observations) Video of specific events Mentor’s observations (what do you want

them to look for?) Field instructor observations Student work

Teaching Investigation AnalysisTeaching Investigation AnalysisReport on: The data -- what happened Evaluating your hypothesis

Report on: The data -- what happened Evaluating your hypothesis