Experiment Sample Presentation

(Name the Problem): Students in the current generation seem to "read" visual texts more th

an they read traditional, print texts.Step Two:

(Define the variables)

Independent: Students in an English classroom who are assigned print texts to read.

nal public school classroom. Will incorporating SMART Interactive Whiteboard Technology to achieve this goal enhance student performance on mandated statewide testing?

Step Six:

(Standardized Procedure)

One SMART Board was placed in a lower tier tracked high school English classroom where students are tested for literacy within state mandates. This seven-month research study will be divided into three phases: a pre-SMART Board phase, an SMART Board application phase, and a post-SMART Board phase. In the pre-SMART Board phase, students will complete composition and language pre-assessments and will be interviewed to determine self-perceptions of literacy. The researcher will collect pre-test data

regarding student past performance on state mandated testing. In the SMART Board application phase, the researcher will use the SMART Board for a minimum of two literacy (print and visual) lessons per week. In the post-SMART Board phase, students will complete composition and language post-assessments and will be interviewed to determine self-perceptions of literacy. When state mandated testing scores are released, the researcher will compare scores from previous testing. Data, both quantitative and qualitative, will be coded then analyzed via SPSS.

Data will comprise demographic surveys; frequencies of identified variables; one sample T-test with test variable “curriculum track in English class;” paired sample T-test, with variables “score on previous standardized test” and “think of self as literate;” and, comparisons of pre- and post-test assessment indicators. Step Seven.

(Choosing the Participants)

Four narratives will center on students who fit the description of “the children we worry about the most” (Allen, Shockley, & Michaelove, cited in Hankins, 2003).

Variables will be controlled through comparison of pre- and post-data regarding performance on state mandated testing with a roster of students who do not participate in the SMART board project.

Step Nine.

(Analyze the Results)