Sunday, October 21, 2012
Beginnings of Action Research
The process of beginning an action research project was actually a little more difficult than I first thought. My idea of looking into researching the benefits of after school tutoring were pretty simple.....I thought. As I began to think through it, I soon realized it was growing larger and larger. Many times, computer based programs are used in tutoring, so I thought it would be only natural to include research on all those programs as well. As I was printing off article after article related to my topic the light started to come on that I might be covering more than I could handle. Thankfully, after visiting with my supervisor, he confirmed what I had suspected; my project was getting too big to handle. I have scaled it back to only focusing on after school tutoring, but I may include 1 computer program because it is the main one used in tutoring; however, I can see a great topic for another action research project just around the corner! :)
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I can relate to you completely. As I am trying to organize my thoughts about my action research, I get excited and there is so much I want to learn about and cover. I have to continously narrow down my topic in order to have a clear focus and direction. Now focusing on tutoring, many times licenses for computer programs are purchased by the campus or district but there is not time during the school day to implement them so the way to meet requirements is to use them afterschool in tutoring. I'm interested to know about your findings and will follow you along the way to your action research path. If you are interested in student engagement in the learning environment, follow me at hazelvalverde.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way! It seems like the more I think about my topic the more my brain wants to run wild! The amount of possible sub-topics and the amount of information available seems to be endless. One of the toughest parts will be staying focused on the main goal and not straying too far from what we hope to accomplish!
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