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Jillian Edwards Action Research Plan
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Goal: Can peer tutors help students who
are at risk increase their class grade in order to pass for the entire year?
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Action Steps(s):
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Person(s) Responsible:
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Timeline: Start/End
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Needed Resources
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Evaluation
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Analyze student’s math
grades from the first and second six weeks.
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Edwards
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Beginning of third six
weeks.
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Access to the grade
book. Teacher Rosters and Students ID numbers
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Have a print out from
our registrar office of grades.
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Pair up an at risk
student with a High performing student. “Bubble Buddy”
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Edwards
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Beginning of third six
weeks
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Grade book, time in class
to match students. Teacher Rosters, student ID numbers for the bubble buddy
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Have all grades per
class in numerical order laid out so we may match the students together.
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-Meet with each Bubble
Buddy pair and give them the average the “at risk” student needs in order to
pass for the third six weeks and the semester.
*Have a power point
that shows the incentives that each student can receive if certain goals are
met.
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Edwards
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-Beginning of the third
six weeks
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-Venn diagram with each
student’s[j1]
grades and the names of partners. Calculator in order to show students how to
calculate average.
*Free homework passes,
lunch pass with teacher, passes for free minutes at the end of class, candy
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-Check back each week
with partners. Have a check list that the bubble buddy checks to make sure
they are giving the most help to the at risk student.
*Survey students to
see what incentives they would like-needs to be short and straight to the
point.
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Meet with bubble buddy
at the two week mark and the 5 week mark.
*On the fifth week
make sure they know they only have one week left before grades are due.
Remind them of the
incentives given for students passing
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Edwards
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On that Monday
following the end of the second week with in the third six weeks.
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I need access to both
students math grades.
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Give the pairs any
missing work what either student is missing and give them a deadline when to
return the work.
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Sunday, August 4, 2013
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I am not sure what grade you will be using this with, but I love the idea of peer tutors. Depending on the grade level, you might include a step for training the tutor on what your expectations will be for them. I would also put actual dates on the timeline, that is what I've seen on most of the plans I looked at. I like the idea of incentives. This is a great idea, and a good start. Remember that it is a living document that evolves, so it is okay for you to modify it as you go along.
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ReplyDeleteLike Tammy, I can't tell where you're trying to use this. Peer tutoring is awesome, and it seems to always work well. You have no dates listed, and you only have yourself listed as working on this ARP. My suggestion is to add detail and break up some of your listings into multiple line items. Take this to your site supervisor and see what suggestions you get.
Thanks! I had those same concerns. I have already changed my dates. I will use the grades for each six weeks in the class. Do we have to use this template or can I write a step by step?
ReplyDeleteEverything looks great! You might add a mid year goal of re-assessing all bubble buddies to make sure students are working well together and to give any that aren't a chance to work with someone new
ReplyDeleteYou have a great research topic. Peer tutoring is a great way to help students who struggle. Your plan looks very good. You probably already know this, but if you are looking for more free incentives there are some good ideas and homework pass templates on Pinterest. On your plan you may want to include how you will evaluate or show if peer tutoring did help the at-risk students increase their grades in order to pass.
ReplyDeleteI love the goal of your action research. How about you gather data from last years scores and then compare it to your final scores. My question is for what age is your action research plan geared?
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