Research Round 1
My learning throughout this semester has inspired me to adjust my driving question to make it more specific. My initial DQ was: What is the relationship between growth mindset and goal setting? Exploring this question was a great experience, but also a challenge because of the broad scope of the question. Measuring student mindset and goal setting was a little bit abstract, but I did manage to get some qualitative and quantitative data. Although my results did not show a strong correlation, the study helped me to understand the students in my class and how they viewed goal setting and growth mindset. Research Round 2 Now that I’m hoping to narrow the study, my driving question is going to focus more closely on goal setting and student agency. Having learned this semester about how to effectively integrate technology into teaching and learning, as well as having a better understanding of how students learn through visuals and how they make sense of their world, I am in the process of adjusting my question to be something like: Does student agency increase with the use of goal setting technologies? Why? In exploring this question, what I am hoping to be able to do is to use technology to help make the goal setting process easier and more accessible to students. I am also hoping to be able to create tutorials and compile resources for teachers in order to enable other teachers to easily implement goal setting strategies with their classes of all different ages. Implementing goal setting in the classroom can be a challenge with limited time and lots of standards to cover, but if I can show teachers an easy and effective way for it to be done- I will feel accomplished in my research. How? My first step is to try integrating more technology into the goal setting that I do with my students in the classroom. I am going to try out the newer tools on Seesaw, where teachers can actually post activities for students to work on, including a google docs integration. I’m curious to see if this increases my student’s motivation and engagement with the academic goal setting process. In my former research question, I studied specifically math goals. I may choose to study math again to make the results more concise for interpretation, however my ultimate goal is to get students taking responsibility for their own learning. That will happen through goal setting with technologies in my classroom, and hopefully in classrooms around the world once I am able to compile all of my strategies, knowledge and information into my capstone website. I’m excited to continue this journey into goal setting and towards completing this program with a plan in mind that I am passionate about.
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Jose Cerda
3/31/2018 09:45:19 pm
I like how your driving question has evolved, it seems like you know where you are going next. You mentioned using the new tools on seesaw, maybe I should take a look at the site again. I used it my first semester but later decided to move on to google classroom. Have you used google classroom with your kids?
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Maria Dowling
4/9/2018 11:04:42 pm
It sounds like you have a well thought out plan for continuing your action research. I still have not tried Seesaw, but it sounds like it is working out well for you so far. The way you describe the new tools you are using, sounds similar to what you can do on Google Classroom. I just started implementing Google Classroom with my students not too long ago, and I love it!
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AuthorKayla Bryant is an elementary school teacher in Napa, CA. This year she teaches a 2/3 combo class. She keeps a journal with funny quotes from her students, and enjoys learning and laughing alongside them. Some of her main educational interests are related to goal setting, growth mindset, and creativity. Archives
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