All teachers strive to affect student learning. Each teacher candidate will conduct Action
Research to document candidates impact on student learning. The project provides an
opportunity to measure students cumulative growth and progress during the implementation
of a unit of study. The attached rubric represents the scoring guidelines and provides criteria
for specific elements. The assignment should include the following components:
Title of Action Research Project
Abstract: Provide a brief summary of your action research report. Topics may include
student sample, instructional focus, and data collection and analysis.
Introduction: Provide a description of students, school, district or important features
that ensure understanding. The purposed is included and clearly stated.
Learning Goals and Objectives: The teacher candidate will set significant,
challenging, varied and appropriate learning goals and objectives based on the state
English language arts or math standards. Describe the students who will be affected.
What are the goals for improvement?
Assessment Plan: design an assessment plan to monitor student progress toward the
learning objectives. Plan appropriate assessment measures for assessing student learning
before instruction (pre-assessments), during instruction (interim or formative assessment),
and after instruction (post or summative assessments). Instructional sequence should
include a variety of assessment methods and strategies suited for the developmental level
of the students and your learning objectives. Align learning objectives and assessment
methods and strategies. Construct a table that lists learning objectives, the assessments
used to assess student performance relative to each learning objective, and a rationale for
each assessment that explains why the assessment was selected or developed. Expand
table as needed. Include copies of assessments, student directions, and criteria for scoring.
Student Objective (do)
1.
Rationale of Assessments
(NCTE 4.10)
Design for Instruction/Teaching Unit Plans: Designs instruction for the specific learning
goal and objectives that address characteristics and needs of students, and the learning
context. Design the lessons for the unit based on the learning goal and objectives, students
characteristics and learning context. Pre-assessment data must be used to guide
development or modification of your unit. Include all lesson plans and resources used in
unit plan. After administering the pre-assessment, analyze student performance relative to
the objectives. Provide a narrative description of the results and how the results shaped
your instruction.
Use of Technology: Candidate integrates appropriate technology that makes a significant
contribution to teaching and learning.
Introduction
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Assessment Plan
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Design for
Instruction/Teaching Unit
Plans
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Use of Technology
Score:_____
Instructional Decision
Making
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Points 3
Proficient
Vivid and detailed description of students,
school, district, and/or important features
that ensure contextual understanding.
Purpose is clearly stated.
Points 2
Satisfactory
Adequate description of students,
school, district, and/or important
features that ensure contextual
understanding. Purpose is addressed.
Candidate integrates non-print media and Candidate does not use appropriate
technology into the unit that makes a
technology or does not use technology.
contribution to teaching and learning.
Organization &
Presentation (includes:
PowerPoint, resources, use
of grammar/mechanics,
student work samples)
Score:_