EDU 501: Teacher as a Researcher by Brett Laskowitz

Scholarly Article

b_laskowitz — 2013-05-08 23:40:04 UTC

Motivation in the Classroom: Reciprocal Effects of Teacher Behavior and Student Engagement Across the School Year.

This article examines how the behavior of a teacher can impact student behavior. This should relate to my project because some teacher behaviors include how they present content and structure their classroom

Scholarly Article

b_laskowitz — 2013-05-08 23:51:00 UTC

School Context, Student Attitudes and Behavior, and Academic Achievement: An Exploratory Analysis

This article examines how the context and structure of a school can impact student behavior. This may be useful for my research project.

Video

b_laskowitz — 2013-05-09 00:03:47 UTC

Motivating Defiant and Disruptive Students

This video has a piece on varying instructional strategies and activities throughout a lesson to improve student behavior. That can definitely come in handy for my project.

Research Project Idea

b_laskowitz — 2013-05-10 00:23:13 UTC

I would like to determine whether or not student behavior is affected by the type of instruction taking place in the classroom. For example, do students disrupt class less frequently during whole-class instruction, collaborative work, partner work, or individual work. Certainly I would like to narrow my focus or give it a little tweak, so if anyone has interesting ideas I'd love to hear them! I want to use my findings to determine which types of instruction work best in my classroom and utilize those most frequently.

Website

b_laskowitz — 2013-05-10 22:46:34 UTC

This site offers possible measures a teacher can take to prevent disruptive student behavior. Among these are breaking work into manageable chunks and varying instructional strategies. Some of these suggestions may help me narrow my research focus.

Article

b_laskowitz — 2013-05-10 22:53:48 UTC

This article provides suggestions for improving student behavior, some of which are preventative in nature and have to do with teaching methods and activities. Some of these may be useful strategies to try during my research.

Rationale for Action Research Project

b_laskowitz — 2013-05-10 22:57:30 UTC

"The goal of teachers to be professional problem solvers committed to improving both their own practice and student outcomes provides a powerful reason to practice action research" (Mills, 2014).

This quote is relevant to me because while I do of course want to improve my own professional practice, what is most important to me is improving learning for all students; both those creating disruptions and those affected by disruption. I want my classroom to become a more effective environment for all students to learn.

Reference:

Mills, G. E. (2014). Action research: A guide for the teacher researcher (5th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Video

b_laskowitz — 2013-05-10 23:11:57 UTC

This video demonstrates methods for researching student behavior using liberty university's online library. This can be a valuable asset for me while completing research on this very topic.

Bias Consideration

b_laskowitz — 2013-05-10 23:16:58 UTC

The primary bias I am concerned with regarding this project is the amount of background I have with my students and their behavior. It is imperative that I don't allow past experiences with students to interfere with the integrity of my research on how instructional strategies affect their behavior.

Website

b_laskowitz — 2013-05-10 23:22:27 UTC

This website from Duquesne University offers strategies for preventing and curtailing student misbehavior. Some of these may be useful for me.

Literature Review

2013-05-18 03:56:09 UTC