Saturday, August 3, 2013

MY Action Research Plan


Nydia Ledesma's Action Planning Template
Goal: How does being in an extracurricular activity, in high school, affect a student's academic performance (grades), behavior, tardies, absences, and referrals versus students who are not involved?
Action Steps(s):
Person(s) Responsible:
Timeline: Start/End
Needed Resources
Evaluation
-Identity 9th grade students in each of my math classes
-Nydia Ledesma
-Clay Smith
August 19, 2013 –
August 23, 2013
-Grade Book
-Email
-Spreadsheet
-Spreadsheet names and categories being addressed in Action Research Plan (ARP)
-Organize all action research documentation
-Meet with each one of my students so that I know who will be partaking in extracurricular activities and become familiar with their interests in sports, organizations (groups and clubs), etc.

-Define Groups (Extracurricular versus Non-Extracurricular)

-Classes will not be told of the data being collected
-Nydia Ledesma
August 26, 2013 –
September 27, 2013
-Spreadsheet
-List from Extracurricular Sponsors
-Update spreadsheet of names and categories being addressed in Action Research Plan (ARP)
-List students by activity
-Begin 9th Grade Algebra I Courses and Geometry K/H Courses
-Nydia Ledesma
August 26, 2013 –
June 5, 2014
-Spreadsheet
-Grade Book
-Email
-Advance through course, like normal, taking data as weeks progress
-Meet with involved teachers to address any questions on data collection
-Nydia Ledesma
-Clay Smith
August 26, 2013 –
August 30, 2013
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies         -Absences
-Referrals
-Collect Week 1 Data on Spreadsheet
-Meet with involved teachers to address any further questions on data collection
-Nydia Ledesma
-Clay Smith
September 2, 2013 –
September 6, 2013
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies         -Absences
-Referrals
-Collect Week 2 Data on Spreadsheet
-Meet with involved teachers to address any last questions on data collection
-Nydia Ledesma
-Clay Smith
September 9, 2013 –
September 13, 2013
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies         -Absences
-Referrals
-Collect Week 3 Data on Spreadsheet
-Gather 1st Six Week Data:
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies           -Absences    
-Referrals 
-Nydia Ledesma
-Clay Smith
October 7, 2013 –
October 11, 2013
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies         -Absences
-Referrals
-Record Spreadsheet Data on 6 week periods rather than the first 3 weeks to see if a pattern has arisen
-Gather 2nd Six Week Data:         
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies           -Absences    
-Referrals 
-Nydia Ledesma
-Clay Smith
November 11, 2013 –
November 15, 2013
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies         -Absences
-Referrals
-Record Spreadsheet Data
-Gather 3rd Six Week Data:         
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies           -Absences    
-Referrals 
-Nydia Ledesma
-Clay Smith
January 7, 2014 –
January 11, 2014
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies         -Absences
-Referrals
-Record Spreadsheet Data
-Gather 4th Six Week Data:        
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies           -Absences    
-Referrals 
-Nydia Ledesma
-Clay Smith
February 24, 2014 –
February 28, 2014
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies         -Absences
-Referrals
-Record Spreadsheet Data
-Gather 5th Six Week Data:        
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies           -Absences    
-Referrals 
-Nydia Ledesma
-Clay Smith
April 14, 2014 –
April 18, 2014
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies         -Absences
-Referrals
-Record Spreadsheet Data
-Gather 6th Six Week Data:         
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies           -Absences    
-Referrals 
-Nydia Ledesma
-Clay Smith
June 5, 2014 –
June 6, 2014
-Email
-Grades
-Behavior
-Tardies         -Absences
-Referrals
-Record Spreadsheet Data
-Analyze, Interpret, and Compile Data
-Nydia Ledesma
June 6, 2014 –
June 13, 2014
-Spreadsheet
-Summary Sheet
-What does the data show?
-Record noticeable trends and correlations according to data
-Create charts and graphs of data findings
-Share results with field supervisor, administration then staff and make modifications and recommendations
-Nydia Ledesma
-Clay Smith  
-Marshall Caplan  
-Heather Bergman
June 16, 2014 –
June 20, 2014
-Action Research Documentation
(Email, Spreadsheet, and Action Research Findings)
-Summary of Findings (How does being in an extracurricular activity, in high school, affect a student's academic performance (grades), behavior, tardies, absences, and referrals versus students who are not involved?)
-Present data to administration then staff
-Reflect upon changes that need to be made
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8 comments:

  1. Machost's Journey for AnswersAugust 3, 2013 at 6:34 PM

    I like your idea. I am curious to see what happens. Are you thinking about taking into account sub pops as well? Do you think any of that will make a difference in the over all data? Looking forward to following along as you go.

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  2. UnknownAugust 3, 2013 at 7:19 PM

    This sounds like a great plan for action research. I do have a couple of underlying questions though: What is the benefit of knowing this information and what changes can you implement from making these discoveries? I ask this because action research is all about making improvements, so are you hoping that if you discover those who are involved are the "overall better performers," will you try to make it mandatory for students to be involved in some type of activity in the future? Just something to think about if you haven't already. Best wishes in your discovery!

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  3. Jeremy TallonAugust 4, 2013 at 8:55 AM

    I like your action research plan! I think it sounds very thorough and gives plenty of time for people involved to ask any questions. Since none of the students know what is going on behind the scenes they will act like they normally would and give you accurate data. Just gotta make sure none of the other teachers spill the beans for you.

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  4. UnknownAugust 4, 2013 at 9:55 AM

    I think your Action Research plan is thorough and interesting. Teaching at the high school level students come in and out of sports and extra-curricular activities in season - do you have a way to note this on your spreadsheet? The nice thing about most sports is that the practice is all year long even if the sport isn't. I wish you all the best in your Action Research and hope to see your findings at the end of the journey!

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  5. UnknownAugust 4, 2013 at 2:48 PM

    I love you topic! I was an athlete in HS and I know that it helped me maintain good grades as well as be on time to school and class. The motivation for me was, if I did not have good grades or I was late I would have to miss games (ride the bench) or run extra at practice...

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  6. UnknownAugust 4, 2013 at 9:09 PM

    Will you meet with the students or teachers anymore after the beginning of the year or just collect data. Just a question. I think you have thought through your plan well and I expect you will find that involved students have fewer discipline problems and better grades ( only my opinion!). My question is, what will you do with the answers to this wondering? Try to get them more involved? Keep them motivated to be involved?
    I look forward to more posts about this! Very interesting!!

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  7. UnknownAugust 8, 2013 at 5:30 PM

    This will be a good topic to research. I have always felt that extracurricular activities are good for building the character, work ethic, sportsmanship and many other social skills in students. My 3 kids had choices of what activity they were going to do not whether they were going to do it or not. I hope the results go in favor of how I raised my kids. It should be interesting. In the collegiate world the athletes tend to have higher GPA's then the rest of the population.

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  8. UnknownAugust 9, 2013 at 9:41 PM

    Your plan is interesting. I would have never thought about it. I think is good that your are thinking outside the box.

    may you please return the favor. THANKS!!

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