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Project Description
Project Description
The purpose of the teacher inquiry project is to provide an opportunity for teacher candidates to demonstrate mastery of the necessary skills and knowledge to engage in instruction specific teacher inquiry for the purpose of addressing the needs of students receiving special education services or who are struggling learners (i.e., receiving intensive tiered instruction). This involves being familiar with the general education curriculum and standards, knowledge of individualized cognitive strategy instruction, and instructional differentiation.
The purpose of this key assessment is for you to learn about teacher inquiry and how to develop a rigorous teacher inquiry plan of action, show knowledge of a content area and the evidence-based practices associated with that content area.
Inquiry Journals Instructions
Inquiry Journals Instructions
There will be 10 inquiry journal reflections due over the course of the semester. A reflection post is 400-500 words, free of excessive spelling, grammatical and typographical errors, ON A GOOGLE DOC or BLOG in response to the in-class inquiry activity. The quality of your response will be graded based on the rubric on moodle. The expectation is that your response show in-depth thinking through referencing the readings, lectures, and literature. You may also pose questions for the input from the instructor and the peers in your group. Each reflection blog post is worth 5 points and evaluated based on a rubric.
#4 Reflect on the Literature
#4 Reflect on the Literature
Choose 3-5 articles on your topic here
Use page 2 and the google doc template for reflecting on each article you read
#6 Build a Research Plan
#6 Build a Research Plan
Methods
Data Collection options
Data Analysis types
#7-9 Collect Data
#7-9 Collect Data
For weeks 7, 8, and 9, your inquiry journal will be about your data collection. Submit an updated version of this chart each week.
Data Collection Table.L3 (3).docx#10 Data Summary
#10 Data Summary
Doing Data Analysis and writing results
Session 10 - Data Analysis SummaryPublish
Publish
Below are three examples of inquiry projects final write-ups and a journal that publishes teacher inquiries. Your final report should be 8-15 pages.
If you choose to do a recorded presentation you will still need to prepare a script to be sure you cite your sources and the final product meets the criteria. See the video below of how one teacher, artist, and researcher put her study in video format. Please keep in mind that this is a dissertation and your's is just your first inquiry and make it feasible!
Guide to Completing a report (coming soon)
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