I'm working on the time line for my action research project. I am investigating the effects of a writing-rich format in my math 11 class. To do this I will need to compare student's attitudes and abilities before the "intervention" with their attitudes and abilities afterward. I want to see if writing and thinking about what they are doing helps in math class, and whether there is any carryover to their science classes. Therefore it stands to reason that I will need to do a 'non-intervention' unit - not much journaling about their though processes as they problem solve; and not many activities which work to make students think about what they are doing, and why they would follow a particular algorithm. So, Tuesday is the big day - I'll start journaling myself as I observe the students working in both math and chemistry.
I think this 'non-intervention' phase will last 4 weeks - until term 1 ends.
I'm nervous about how much writing I'll be doing, but excited to finally be underway.
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