Saturday, March 12, 2011
Winnemucca TIC
Look Holly! I remembered to post. My students are continuing to grow in stamina. I don't even set the timer any more. I've seen some BEAUTIFUL paragraphs from my second graders. I've introduced indenting and more than one paragraph in writing this month. We also revisited writing friendly letters. We've been busy and happy.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Michelle's survey post
I did finish tallying survey and then I set the results aside so that I could try to look at them more objectively that right after tallying.
So the top motivators are as follows:
BOYS GIRLS
free homework pass 29 class pet 49
extra recess 29 extra recess 40
class pet 29 lunch with teacher 40
lunch with teacher 22 prizes 31
extra computer time 22 free homework pass 25
So one thing that I observed is that our students generally prefer something simple as a motivator such as free homework pass, extra recess or a class pet. I wonder if boys like the extra computer time more for the games and do the girls prefer prizes for sharing with someone special?
As I look at the results one thing that pops out at me is that the total number of results posted, girls had 49 as their top while boys had 29. I will need to count the actual number of responses but I think I had close to the same number of boys and girls responding. I did notice on the boy surveys that most of them marked a few choices. Very few boys had more than 6 choices. While the girls for the most part did pick their favorite top ten. So I was wondering if this could be that females tend to pay attention to details and focused on the details of what the teacher directions were? I was also wondering if the boys did not put as many responses because they know what motivates them so why bother listing things that do not motivate them?
I now need to interview some teachers in how the survey might change what they do to motivate their students. After I complete those interviews, I will them post the survey results for all teachers and ask if they will reconsider what they use for motivators in their class.
My biggest task is now to delve into research. I am asking my blogging buddies to get on my case for this. My goal is to read each day and post a short summary statement of what I have read on the blog. I am getting excited for this project because I am starting to notices differences in what I am doing, even if it is only with myself.
So the top motivators are as follows:
BOYS GIRLS
free homework pass 29 class pet 49
extra recess 29 extra recess 40
class pet 29 lunch with teacher 40
lunch with teacher 22 prizes 31
extra computer time 22 free homework pass 25
So one thing that I observed is that our students generally prefer something simple as a motivator such as free homework pass, extra recess or a class pet. I wonder if boys like the extra computer time more for the games and do the girls prefer prizes for sharing with someone special?
As I look at the results one thing that pops out at me is that the total number of results posted, girls had 49 as their top while boys had 29. I will need to count the actual number of responses but I think I had close to the same number of boys and girls responding. I did notice on the boy surveys that most of them marked a few choices. Very few boys had more than 6 choices. While the girls for the most part did pick their favorite top ten. So I was wondering if this could be that females tend to pay attention to details and focused on the details of what the teacher directions were? I was also wondering if the boys did not put as many responses because they know what motivates them so why bother listing things that do not motivate them?
I now need to interview some teachers in how the survey might change what they do to motivate their students. After I complete those interviews, I will them post the survey results for all teachers and ask if they will reconsider what they use for motivators in their class.
My biggest task is now to delve into research. I am asking my blogging buddies to get on my case for this. My goal is to read each day and post a short summary statement of what I have read on the blog. I am getting excited for this project because I am starting to notices differences in what I am doing, even if it is only with myself.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Kara's post
Hooray for the first set of CRT's being done! I can't wait to get my 5th graders back in the gym!
Emotions- 2, Journals-0
With the carnival and having kids in and out of the gym so much this last week I haven't done a whole lot of TIC work. From my observations, the retest of the PECentral Challenge went really well! I had a lot of kids who were super motivated to earn a pin! They worked hard and came in before and after school to practice the skills. My "mini lessons" (thanks Aaron for the idea!) have been going really well for the warm-ups. The kids have complained a little about running so much but when it comes time for the PBD and the Presidential Fitness Test, they will be happy they got so much practice in! The data we worked with the last time we met looks pretty good...I am trying to decide how many graphs to use with my data. I want to put it all together first and then I will share it with you all and get your input.
Other than that, not much for my TIC project! I can't wait to hear how everyone else is doing!
Kara
Emotions- 2, Journals-0
With the carnival and having kids in and out of the gym so much this last week I haven't done a whole lot of TIC work. From my observations, the retest of the PECentral Challenge went really well! I had a lot of kids who were super motivated to earn a pin! They worked hard and came in before and after school to practice the skills. My "mini lessons" (thanks Aaron for the idea!) have been going really well for the warm-ups. The kids have complained a little about running so much but when it comes time for the PBD and the Presidential Fitness Test, they will be happy they got so much practice in! The data we worked with the last time we met looks pretty good...I am trying to decide how many graphs to use with my data. I want to put it all together first and then I will share it with you all and get your input.
Other than that, not much for my TIC project! I can't wait to hear how everyone else is doing!
Kara
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
my aha moment
I'm using this project to complete my yearly evaluation-as I was writing my question finally soldify with me: What is the impact of students' writing when using the 4 square in conjunction in teaching trait writing?
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