Outcome 6:

Project Title: Research Poster

Class: DMET 581 - Research Project II: Action Research Implementation

Summary:

The professional research poster I created presents all the research and analysis I completed to find answers to my research question that focuses on whether online curriculum impacts teacher instruction in the classroom. I used the research binder to find data to support my project and to generate a survey for the participants of my study, middle school math teachers in the Allentown School District. The results of my survey are presented on the poster along with my findings based on the analysis of the data. 

Reflection:

This project completes the process for Outcome 5, communication techniques to foster active inquiry. The poster represents the research, analysis and findings in a clear and professional manner that can be shared to help others make their own decisions about the use of online curriculum in a middle school math classroom. I found this portion of completing a research project very rewarding because it brings together all parts of an entire research process and makes sense of all the parts that go into completing research. I can now see the full purpose of completing research and why it is important to ask the tough questions and find studies to support or disprove a theory. It may not be necessary to complete the entire process of completing a research study but being able to search for studies to make sense of an concept or idea or process can be very beneficial when making decisions in any area of life.