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Teacher action research involves a systematic and sustained study of some aspect of teaching and learning. Souto-Manning 2012 p.2 Action research is “a process of systematic inquiry, usually cyclical, conducted by those inside a community… Its goal is ...

Unsurprisingly, the most common reason that preservice teachers give for wanting to get into teaching were based in altruism… This can be thought of as a kind of intrinsic motivation but it's also important to think through the relationship between this...

Experiential Learning We can call it experiential learning, project based learning, inquiry driven explorations, the nomenclature almost doesn’t matter as much as what it represents. It is a continuation of constructivist ideals and beliefs. Some of my fa...

Framing is the part of the NNFFr Action Research process that puts our data in context of our current classroom and it maps on to what is traditionally thought of as the observe stage in action research. ^49dee1 Within this stage we find the biggest differ...

Follow When we follow our data in the NNFFr Action Research process, it provides us with a clear path towards our next instructional move. Analyze and interpret. Follow (the data/results) a. Make your job easy w/ data collection i. Exit/entrance tickets ii...

Teacher Action Research, Simply Teacher action research involves a systematic and sustained study of some aspect of teaching and learning. Souto-Manning 2012 p.2 When we write and discuss the ideas of teacher research, we often find ourselves defaultin...

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How do workshop and inquiry align? Inquiry and workshop were built for each other. They are two sides of the differentiated coin. Workshop allows the teacher a lot of flexibility in the classroom with how they decide to approach instruction. It's built...

Notice Name Frame Follow and reFrame This is a framework (also referred to as NNFFr) that I developed in 2019 while doing action research and co-teaching 5th grade math at Daniels Run Elementary with @Ingy Rucker. It was first presented at George Mason Uni...

Pollard & Tann (1987, p. 23) believe that “critical reflection and systematic investigation” of teaching practice should be an integral part of classroom life. Such writers have recommended ‘teacher friendly’ forms of research like self-evaluation, ...

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