Identification of a Problem for Action Research by Priyatha Nanayakkara

2025-10-01 07:19:05 UTC

Please share your action research problem.

Students attendance not satisfactory

paparuran — 2025-10-01 08:44:59 UTC

Plan - call our class students and ask their reason for absence. Requests them to records the reasons on absence card.

paparuran — 2025-10-01 08:47:48 UTC

2025-10-01 08:51:49 UTC

Develop the skills of handling box of instruments in grade 9 students at J/Kodokamam thirunavukarasu center college

Activity - Ask students why they absent.

paparuran — 2025-10-01 08:52:19 UTC

Observation - O sering their register records.

Reflecting-If they regular absence after school provide them some siramadhana activith

Less interesting towards biology lessons by grade 10 boys

2025-10-01 08:56:26 UTC

Dinusha

difficulties in getting the meaning of terms

2025-10-01 08:56:33 UTC

Grade 06 is still experiencing difficulties understanding the correct meaning of English terminology found in the mathematics textbook. Six students out of the 16 students have these kinds of problems. They are capable enough to read those words with correct pronunciation. But without knowing the real meaning, they are reading it. After reading it, they used to ask me what was said in the question.

Imesha Somasiri

2025-10-01 09:01:42 UTC

Problem:

How can the integration of low-cost digital tools improve English language speaking skills among Grade 8 students in my classroom?

Background:

English speaking skills among Grade 8 students in my classrooms are often weak due to limited exposure, lack of practice, and traditional teacher-centered methods. Many students feel shy or afraid to speak in English, which hinders their confidence and language development. Observations show that only a small percentage actively participate in spoken English activities. The speaking assessments highlight that speaking remains the most underdeveloped language skill in them related to English. With increased access to mobile devices, using low-cost digital tools may offer students more engaging, accessible, and consistent opportunities to improve their English speaking skills in meaningful ways.

2025-10-01 09:05:50 UTC

There are 21 students in my Bilingual classroom. When I was to get the number of students who are willing to Study The subject History in English, only 4 students raised their hands. My students are comparatively fair in handling maths, science and Health and physical education in English.

I discussed with the 17 students, the reasons for the rejection recorded it.

Most of the students were afraid of heavy and lengthy lessons to be learnt in English.

Out of 40 students,10 do not do homework as a habit. Everyday, when students are asked to present their homework, these students tell different reasons for not completing. They are clever students to do the work but their work is not systematic. Even they do not maintain their dressings and personal appearance neat.

apraengacademy88 — 2025-10-01 09:07:53 UTC

nirodhathathsarani46 — 2025-10-01 09:21:24 UTC

The impact on languages. The students can't understand the terms in subject in L2. Then we have to explain the questions in both languages. So we want double time to cover a part of lesson.

Thilini Wasana

thiliniwasanawickramathilake — 2025-10-01 09:25:37 UTC

Problem: Many of the students in BE classes show low participation in speaking activities even though they can understand English.

Background:In many BE classes,students hesitate to speak English due to fear of making mistakes,lack of vocabulary or low confidence.I noticed that students are silent in discussion or reply in their mother tongue instead of English. When I asked, students said they feel,"shy" or "afraid of being laughed at". And students performed better in written tasks than in oral presentations or speaking tests.Whle students answered confidently in their first language,their answers are short or hesitant in English.

This shows a gap between understanding & performance in oral communication.

Improving speaking participation will not only help students with fluency but also with confidence and long-term communication skills.

Possible strategies to test in my action research:

*Using pair/group activities instead of teacher-centered questioning.

*Introducing role plays or dramas (Which I am already involved in)

*Using technology tools(voice recording apps, interactive games,or AI powered feedback)

Topic : Improving grade 7 students understanding of algebraic expressions through the use of real life examples and visual aids.

dev089267 — 2025-10-01 09:29:08 UTC

During mathematics lessons, I was observed that many Grade 7 students face difficulties in understanding algebraic expressions, especially when variables are used instead of numbers. Students often get confused about the meaning of letters in expressions and fail to connect them to real-world contexts. This lack of understanding affects their confidence and performance in algebra, which is a foundational area of mathematics.

So I selected this topic as my research topic.

In a Grade 6 bilingual class, 20 out of 35 students are obtaining low marks in science during the term test. However, these same students perform above 40 marks in Mathematics and English. This indicates that the issue may not be related to overall academic ability, but possibly due to difficulties in understanding scientific concepts in the bilingual education language barriers, or lack of effective learning strategies in science.

2025-10-01 09:36:29 UTC

Sharmila Begum

2025-10-01 09:50:19 UTC

In my division, I identified 75% and 52% of Grade 11 students in a particular school have got marks below 40 for English for the third term test 2024 and first term test 2025 respectively . I did an item analysis and observed they lack competency in reading and writing.

So I decided to do an action research to increase the marks by intervening in development of reading skill.

My research question is,

'How to increase the English achievement scores of students who got below 40'