Students begin to take charge

The result of the students' survey helped me understand students' feelings about their progress with the new learning approaches. The sample student's work and reflections, sample Discussion Forum transcript, sample blog messages, and the survey results all allowed me to see that the integration of the interactive technologies with language pedagogy supported student's learning. However, how did I know if the use of the technologies really had a positive impact on student learning? I turned to student's grades for answers. If the students really learned better, their improvement of the learning should reflect on their grades. I compared Chinese IV student's first-quarter grades with the same student's first-quarter grades a year ago. The Data Comparison and Analysis Chart showed me the evidence of students' progress. From students' learning reflection, I found student's suggestions, which told me where I needed to modify my plan for the second cycle to increase learning.