My target audience for my final 2 semesters could be any teacher, but primarily Read 180/System 44 teachers who teach below grade level students in reading (3rd-12th grade). I am still not clear about what resource I can create that will help teachers and students measure their self-perceptions. After reading Dervin, I see that teachers often ask students the wrong questions, but I am unsure about how to ask the "right" ones that will give me the information I need to help students bridge their reading gaps. Baggio highlights the importance of using simple, clear visuals to impact student learning so I am wondering how that might fit into the survey/interview that I create.
I want whatever resource I create to be intuitively user friendly and actually useful in informing both the teacher and student about their current self-perception so that they can use the information to help set specific reading goals. I am unclear about whether I should create a digital tool/survey , an interview/flow chart style or something altogether different? One obvious drawback is that my students reading abilities are very low so any individual reading task is often challenging. On the other hand, individual interviews would be very time consuming for teachers and some students might feel pressured to answer the way they think the teacher wants them to answer. The examples of "reading inventory" style questions I have seen in the past seem very superficial and don't allow the student to self-reflect on challenges/successes. I am hopeful that reading John Hattie's "Visible Learning" might inspire me and help me clarify my capstone project.
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Joe Madigan
10/17/2016 05:52:39 pm
1. Love your images that you often include in your blogs. You're truly embracing the "visuals" concept!!
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Kristin Pruitt
11/13/2016 05:13:50 pm
Dana - I agree with Joe's comment about your choice of images, they're fantastic. I am also still deciding which tool would most benefit my project/research. I'm trying to reach/motivate/engage all of my learners through PBL, including my Read 180/systems 44 students.
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Dana HandI teach Read 180 at Northwood Elementary School and I am passionate about reading (obviously!) In my "free time" I love hanging out with my 2 teenagers and taking our two dogs for long walks. Archives
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