Monday, November 22, 2010
Baer's question
Well, I have no idea what I'm doing. No, that's not true. I am stressing. I keep thinking of Kelly's struggle last year and feel like I am in that boat with no paddles. UGH! I have so many things swarming around in my head and nothing seems to be coming together...yet. I expect something will soon. I am working with the math leadership team within our district and feel like we have made some progress toward a plan and organization. I am also trying to finalize some plans with the Nevada Math and Science Leadership Cadre which I am part of. Each of these organizations will affect my TIC question. I am leaning toward something teacher focused rather than student focused, but that scares me a great deal. What do I want to measure and how do I measure it?
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I think focusing on a teacher question would be interesting. I think as you develop your question, you need to remember that you should only be researching items that you can control, so maybe using or not using a specific strategy for math/science instruction could be an idea, or "What is the impact of teacher enthusiasm/knowledge/education for/in their content area in relation to student learning"? The only problem with this question is, as a researcher, some of these items would be more subjective than objective. Maybe something to think about. Talk to you soon. Cherié
ReplyDeleteI agree with Cherie. A teacher question would be really interesting! If you can swing it, it would be interesting to look at the enthusiasm aspect of teaching. You could maybe do some surveys of other teachers and then observe their teaching. Or you could have other people observe you and compare how enthusiastic they felt you were with your own personal feelings.
ReplyDeleteI am excited to see what you decide on!
I agree with Cherie and Kara's comments, a teacher question is intriguing, but kind of scary. One of the things to keep in mind is that you have to be able to collect data on something that is measureable, perhaps a pre and post survey of whatever aspect you decide on. I wonder, if you decide to question how teacher enthusiasm affects student learning... it could be measured in test scores, that would give you the good hard data that I know you crave. :) Just a thought. Liz
ReplyDeleteA teacher question is difficult. I did this my first year and it was quite the process. The results were interesting but the project just didn't make me proud because, well, it just didn't. My advice...stay with the students.
ReplyDeleteTina,
ReplyDeleteSince you are part of the math committee this year why not base your Tic on one of the new techniques being used for example Singapore Math?
You could measure teacher response to it by using surveys and you could measure student improvement or lack of using map scores.
-Jenni
I understand it being scary. What exactly do you think makes it more frightening to consider a teacher based rather than a student based project?
ReplyDeleteAlso, have you tried writing about what it is you want to measure? Sometimes, writing helps me clarify things in my own mind.