1 Presenting Action Research

2 Purpose Provide an overview of the issue or the purpose for your action research. What are you trying to teach? (E.g.) The purpose of this action research study is to determine the impact of a math manipulative on my fifth-grade students’ understanding of positive and negative numbers.

3 Variables The Independent Variable: –Describe here the variable or strategy or technique that you are introducing into the setting. The Dependent Variable: –Describe here what you are measuring with your classroom assessment(s). What are you trying to change?

4 Participants Describe here: the number of students, grade level, and any other demographic data about the students you are working with.

5 Design Create a Flow Chart of Your Action Research Lesson Delivered Using Rules Primary Assessment Card Game Activity Secondary Assessment Video Taped Post Interviews with Students Informal Obs.

6 Data Overview of the Data Collected –Tables with students’ pre-post data –Video clips –Interview data clips – Examples of students’ work

7 Results What does the analysis of all of this data tell you? Did the independent variable make the desired impact?

8 Reflection What did you learn about the setting? What did you learn about yourself and your instruction? How will you use what you have learned in the future to improve your instruction?