Salisbury University ELED 411 Everything an Intern Needs to
Know About the Impact on Student Learning Project!
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Getting Started! Action Research SLO Student Impact Study KWL
Chart Know Want to Know Learned What do you already know? What are
you wanting to know?
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What is action research?
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Action Research in Education Action research is a method for
educational practitioners to engage in the assessment and
improvement of their own practice. It can be an individual tool,
helping classroom teachers reconsider their teaching methods or to
adapt in order to solve a problem. It can also be a community
activity, helping teams of educators assess problems in schools,
enact changes, and reassess.
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Improve your teaching. Action research will help you discover
what works best in your own classroom situation. It is a powerful
integration of teaching and scholarship that provides a solid basis
for instructional decisions. Document your teaching. Action
research adds documentation by providing both a measure of teaching
effectiveness and a record of continuous improvement. These
projects are particularly appropriate for teaching portfolios,
where they complement descriptions of teaching strategies and
student learning. Renew your excitement in teaching. Action
research provides a new lens for examining your teaching. Learning
the methods of conducting action research projects can provide an
interesting challenge, and discussing your project findings can
open a whole new area for teaching discussions with colleagues. Why
should teachers try action research?
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The Action Research Cycle What are your questions, problems,
interests? What will be your plan of action? What data could help
you study your plan of action? What did you learning from your
data? What questions follow from the data analysis? Johnston, M.
(2006). The lamp and the mirror: Action research and self studies
in the social studies. In K. Burton (Ed). Research methods in
social education: Contemporary issues and perspectives (pp. 57-83).
Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publications. YOUR TURN YOUR TURN
What are some questions or problems you already see in your
internship?
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Sample Classroom Action Research Examples
http://www.drawntoscience.org/educators/action-research/sample-action-research-3.html
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What is an SLO?
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Definition of a SLO Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) are
measurable instructional goals established for a specific group of
students over a set period of time. SLOs serve as one of the
measures of student growth for the State Teacher Evaluation model
and may represent 20% - 35% of the evaluation.
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What do I need to do for my Student Impact Study?
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Student Impact Study Graphic Organizer Academic Problem
Academic Goal Academic Resources Baseline Evidence and Data
Analysis Student Population Learning Content Instructional Interval
Plan for Action Evidence for Growth Growth Target Target Attainment
Implement Plan for Action, Collect Data, and Reflect Sharing your
Research! Make sure you are collecting sample of student work! This
will be helpful for your final product!
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You will need background information on your question, and a
review of existing sources is great for this purpose. One good
source of information is general books on teaching, often available
through the library, university faculty, or mentor teacher. Another
excellent source is the Educational Resources Information Center
(ERIC) database, which indexes teaching-related publications of all
types. You can search the database at
http://eric.edu.govhttp://eric.edu.gov The What Works Clearinghouse
is another excellent resource for finding evidence- based
interventions for working with students. You can search the website
at http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/ http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/ Or visit
the Salisbury Universitys library website. You can access numerous
education databases that will connect you to thousands of education
resources. www.salisbury.edu/library www.salisbury.edu/library All
of the information gathered from these sources will help refine
your plan of action for your student Review the Literature
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Visit the Salisbury University Library Website Search all the
Education Databases that SU has access to!
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Develop A Plan for Action What are the selected instructional
strategies that you are going to put in place to support students
in reaching the academic goal? YOUR TURN YOUR TURN In a small group
or with a partner, take some time to look at some sample SLOs from
the Maryland Department of Education. What kinds of strategies are
included in the SLOs? What kind of additional strategies can you
think of?
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Baseline and Growth Target Data Examples of Types of
Measures/Assessments Commercially developed and validated measures
aligned with the standards Criterion-referenced tests, inventories,
and screeners District common benchmark assessment, end of course
exams Authentic measures to document performance School or
teacher-developed approved measures YOUR TURN YOUR TURN In a small
group or with a partner, take some time to look at some sample SLOs
data. Pay careful attention to how the SLOs have different goals or
targets? What kind of growth target do you think you would like to
use with your Student Impact Study?
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How much time or manpower to administer? Is a scoring tool
available? How much time or manpower to score? Will results be
available in time to gather and use the data? What to keep in mind
when picking assessments:
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Important Question! Can my Student Impact Study be the same as
my mentors SLO? COULD An intern's Student Impact Study COULD be
very, very similar to the SLO that their teacher is using. There
just might need to be some tweaking when it comes to how growth
will be shown. The main reason is that mentor teachers might be
using standardized tests as things as their data points, and SU
interns might need to use other assessments. This is because the
data has to be collected pretty quickly for the Student Impact
Study project. Interns might not be able to wait on the end of
term/year assessments. So that's why it COULD be the same
problem/goal....it just might be slightly tweaked!
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Gallery Walk Poster Final Product Printing Option 1 - Your
PowerPoint file can either be printed through the Salisbury
University IT Department (TETC 352) or you can take your file to an
office supply type store (ex., Staples) and print it yourself. This
will create one poster that can adhered to a display board for the
Gallery Walk. Printing Option 2 You may take the information from
your PowerPoint file and separate it out to print on your own home
printer. Then these individual pieces could be adhered to a display
board for the Gallery Walk. The Gallery Walk Poster Template is
available in MyClasses. Use this file to create your final product
that will be displayed at the Gallery Walk. Every intern MUST
create one of these files that can be uploaded into LiveText. This
is how your Student Impact Study will be graded. Final poster
dimensions = 48 inches wide by 36 inches tall. 48 inches 36
inches
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APA Style When you make reference or cite the resources you
used to help you create your Plan of Action, it is essential that
you correctly cite your sources. All citations and references must
be cited using APA rules. If you need assistance with this, please
either visit the SU Writing Center at http://www.salisbury.edu/uwc/
http://www.salisbury.edu/uwc/ Or you can visit the Purdue Online
Writing Lab (OWL) at
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
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Wrapping Up! Action Research SLO Student Impact Study KWL Chart
Know Want to Know Learned What are the THREE big ideas that you are
taking away?