action+research



Here are some samples of action research I have collected over the  last five years at The Haverford School

Below is action research I conducted last fall in 2011. Students were letting me know which model helped them understand ecology the best.



Below is action research I conducted using causal patterns in my classroom in the fall of 2011



Below is action research I conducted using causal patterns in my classroom in the fall of 2009



Below is an action research paper describing my work testing different modes of learning using three different models of an atom. I presented this research at Shipley School for the MCRC Teachers Teaching Teachers Workshop in the fall of 2008.

** Does “role playing” improve the academic performance of a wide range of sixth grade boys in a science classroom? **

Below is a sample journal entry from a May Journal. Topics include:

"still a work in progress" "slow down, you move to fast" and  "what is academic rigor?"




 * I developed a wiki page for our middle school PLP (powerful learning practices) technology team to study the effects of the use of 1:1 netbooking in the sixth grade. Here is a page on this wiki that posts the results of the year end student survey I collected from all our sixth grade students. **


 * PLP Wiki : Student Surveys for 1:1 netbooking **