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http://www.tips-for-teachers.com/guided_math_groups.htm

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Students Benefits of Guided Math Groups

*targeted standards based instruction

*individual attention

*opportunity to speak & listen about mathematical thinking

* mathematical disposition levels increase

*frequent movement through activities of appropriate length

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Teacher Benefits of Guided Math Groups

*targeted teaching/differentiation

*on the spot error/misconception analysis

*question deeply

*focus on specific content and practices

*uses time more effiiciently

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article review

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article review

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article review

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article review

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Will there be sufficient research

to conduct my action research project

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Ideas for incorporating small groups.

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math groups planning sheet. I simply added an area for the whole group lesson for the day. I have once again updated this form. Now I only do whole group on Fridays as a general rule. However, please note that I do not ONLY use guided math groups ALL the time.

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"When a teacher tries to teach something to the entire class at the same time, chances are, one third of the kids already know it, one third will get it, and the remaining third won't get it. so two thirds of the children are wasting their time." ~ Lillian Katz

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Teaching Math with Small Group Instruction

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Potential personal bias - will time constraints

hinder the possibility of successful

guided math groups?

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Students benefit from small group instruction

if the teacher knows how to use this practice.

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Question - Is small group instruction more beneficial

than whole group instruction in a 2nd grade math class?

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"Action researchers, . . . , look at what they themselves are or should be doing" (p. 7).

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"Action research, . . . , is conducted by people who want to do something to improve their own situation" (p. 7).

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Sagor, R. (1992). How to conduct collaborative action research.

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"Your beliefs and attitudes about action research will be changed after you have tried it for yourself" (p. 17).

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"The key issue for teacher researchers studying their own practices, and hence,

collecting data primarily based on student outcomes, relates to the fact that

they are acting not only as researchers but also as the change agents who have

the power and authority to bring about change in their classrooms" (p.29).

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"Like action research, the act of teaching is largely an intuitive process carried

out idiosyncratically by both experienced and novice teachers" (p. 17).

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Mills, G. (2014). Action research: A guide for the teacher researcher