Here is my action research plan. Please let me know what you think and if any changes need to be made.
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Same Sex Classes Action Research Plan
Goal: The goals of this action research project is
to determine if same sex classes improve the academic success of high school
math students.
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Action Step (s)
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Person(s) Responsible
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Timeline: Start/End
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Needed Resources
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Evaluation
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Survey students on
thoughts about same sex math class vs. heterogeneous core classes
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Jamie Baldwin
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April 2013
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Surveys
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Have each student
complete a survey and explain how same sex class is beneficial to academic success.
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Collect data from
math unit tests from each class
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Jamie Baldwin
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April 2013
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Excel,
Math unit test
scores
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Analyze data and
gather in an Excel workbook
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Research the success
rates of same sex classes
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Jamie Baldwin
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April 2013
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Internet,
scholarly journals
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Research
instructional strategies and analyze why same sex classrooms are successful.
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Collect TAKS data
for current math students
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Jamie Baldwin
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May 2013
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Excel
TAKS Data,
Eduphoria
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Analyze TAKS
scores and gather in an Excel worksheet
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Compare math unit
exams and TAKS scores from 2011 – 2012 heterogenous classes to 2012 -2013
same sex classes
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Jamie Baldwin
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May 2013
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Excel,
Math unit test
scores, TAKS Data
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Analyze 2011-12
data and 2012-13 data and gather in an Excel worksheet
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Create data
tables/ graphs comparing 2011-12 test data to 2012-13 test data
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Jamie Baldwin
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May 2013
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Excel, Test data
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Create
presentation on why same sex classes are successful
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Present findings
to Principal, Associate principal, and assistant principals
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Jamie Baldwin
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June 2013
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Power Point
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Explain to
principals that same sex classes are successful and should be implemented
in other core subjects.
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We have a few classes that are almost same sex just due to scheduling. Being a small school when we have boys athletics it is very possible to have a class of all girls and vice versa. I would be interested to see if there is a relationship between those and improved scores. I can tell you one aspect you might add is it seems are all male classes seem to have larger discipline issues, especially for teachers who have issues with classroom management to begin with.
ReplyDeleteThank you Trey. I will address the classroom management piece. My all boys classes can be more difficult than my all girls classes. I teach my boys first and second period for that reason.
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