Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Finishing the First Book
Finally we are finishing our last reading and grand conversation. I am eager to interview students, give a post reading comprehension test and reading survey, and allow students to grade their group members and their book. I have been observing students and documenting my observations during the grand conversations, but I think my most valuable findings will be from the interviews, comprehension test, reading survey and group members/book grades. As long as students are honest when they are completing their assessments, they will be helpful to my research.
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In my experience, students tend to be honest when asked to share what they think about something you're doing in class. My students loved being interviewed and some of the interviews were over a half hour long. The transcription was literally painful.
It's been my experience that students are more than happy to tell you what they think of the class. It is difficult in the beginning. There's a lot of "boring, boring, boring" talk. I always mention there's a difference between boring and the fact that you don't want to do it. I always ask what we can do to improve things. Most don't have a legitimate answer.
I will be interested to see how your comprehension scores come out. To me, when I look at taking my basic lesson plans into a new realm, I am always interested to see if the results are worth the effort.
There's also the variable of the class effort in the new assignment. If there's buy in, then your results could be valid. I've tried new plans that worked, and some that didn't. Before we take the assessment, I can usually predict if it was worth the effort.
That doesn't hinder me from trying new things. It's always worth the effort, and it gives me a chance to see what will work or not work with my students
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