A Step-by-step Example of Planning and Action
A Step-by-step Example of Planning and Action
- Grade 6 teacher, social studies, map reading.
- Problem: 30% of students could label five continents on a blank map.
- Intervention: five-minute interactive map activity at the start of every lesson, four weeks.
- Data tools: pre-test, weekly mini-quiz, post-test, journal, group interview.
A Step-by-step Example of Planning and Action
A teacher of Grade 6 social studies wants to improve students’ ability to identify continents on world maps.
Planning
Problem: students struggle to identify continents on world maps. Last term, only 30 percent could correctly label five continents on a blank map.
Short literature review: she reads two pieces on the use of color coding and tactile activities in geography teaching.
Research question: Does a daily five-minute interactive map activity improve continent identification among Grade 6 students over four weeks?
Variables. IV: the daily five-minute map activity. DV: percentage of students who correctly label five continents on a blank map.
Data collection: pre-test, weekly mini-quiz, post-test, journal entries by the teacher, brief group interviews at the end.
Intervention design: for four weeks, the first five minutes of every social studies period will be a quick interactive map activity. Different format each day (matching, sorting, drawing).
Action
She runs the intervention for four weeks. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday lesson opens with the five-minute map activity. She gives the pre-test in week 0. She gives the post-test at the end of week 4. She runs a mini-quiz at the end of each week. She writes journal notes after each lesson.
By the end of week 4, the action stage is complete. She has the post-test data, the mini-quiz scores, her journal, and the planned interview questions ready. The next stage is to observe and reflect.
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