Saturday, November 30, 2013

Blog # 21

I am in the process of analyzing my other research paper as well as conducting my interview. My next step it to analyze the interview.

I would like feedback on my introduction that is posted on blog 23 and also feedback on analyzing my interview which is on blog 22.

Monday, November 18, 2013

Blog 20

Today I will be asking you a few questions about how you feel your classroom is influenced by the way your classroom is set up. I appreciate you spending this time with me today to inform me on the knowledge of influencing students learning experiences within the classroom. If you have any questions let me know and if you do not want to answer a question also just let me know. This interview is strictly for me to utilize within my research paper and the only people viewing it will be my professor and my classmates.

~After the interview is over: Thank you again for your time and participation.



1) Where did you go to college?
2) What was your major?
3) What grades have you taught?
4) How long have you been a teacher?
5) Do you have any success stories about lessons you have taught?
6) What were the reasons for why the lesson worked so well?
7) When did Project Read join forces with the school you work in?
8) How are you transitioning to the new standards of the classroom set up?
9) What changes have they made to your classroom?
10) What stayed the same?
11) Do you feel that it has helped you with instruction?
12) Do you feel that it is a successful program? If yes, How so?
13) How have the students acclimated to the changes?
14) Would you change anything on your own about the way your classroom is set up?
15) Do you think there is more that can be done in the classroom to influence your students learning?

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Blog # 18

For class on Thursday I will be looking into my research paper that I will be using to analyze how a classroom is set up can influence a students learning experience. The research paper is based off of this question of how a childs learning experience can be influenced just by the way the classroom they are in is set up. I will also be doing more research on a website, specifically the childrens literacy initiative. I will be studying a program called project read that implements literacy strategies in classrooms in order to increase a students learning experience. I have the website and plan to analyze it in order to find supporting evidence to this specific research question. My plan is to use these resources to gather as much data on the research question, compare and contrast data in order to find an answer to this research question.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Blog # 17

Research Article: Student-Centered Teaching Environments (Assoc. Dr. Zuhal CubuKcu)

What I am writing about:

For this research paper I am writing about how the way a classroom is set up can influence a students learning experience. I will be writing about the different ways that a classroom can be set up to ensure that a child is having a positive learning experience and also to make sure that all children are learning to the best of their ability. I am also writing about a program called project read that has been implemented into a school in order to make sure that the students learning is being positively influenced. This paper will also include different types of multiple intelligences that the program is focusing on in order to look out for the best interests of all children.

What I am doing to add:

I will be interviewing a teacher of a second grade class that has had experience with classroom set up and also is working side by side with project read. I will be writing about this in the paper describing how they work side by side to ensure the students are learning to the best of their ability.
I will also implement into the paper the "Student-Centered Teaching Environments" research paper and writing about different techniques of changing the way a classroom is set up to influence the students learning.

Structure of paper:

The paper will begin with me introducing my research question which is "Does the way a classroom is set up influence the way students learn"? I will give some background on the topic and inform the reader how classrooms are generally set up verse how they should be set up to increase student learning. Then I will relate my research question to a topic found in the research paper about what others have to say about the topic and what studies have found. I will then go on to explain what will be in the paper and why it is important. The body of the paper will focus on the interview and the research paper results. The paper will end with by relating the topic to the interview and research paper.

Intro:
Many elementary schools from different districts all over the country are struggling to meet the academic scores for testing. Therefore, administrators are being forced to change the way they teach. Resent studies have shown that its not just how the students are being taught but also how their classroom is set that has influenced their learning experience. Does the way a classroom is set up influence the students learning experience? This paper will focus on how administrators are setting up their classroom in order to influence their students learning. The main goal is prove that the way a classroom is set up does have a major impact on a childs learning. This paper includes an interview with a second grade teacher that works side by side with a program called Project Read which is implemented into the school to ensure that all multiple intelligences are being met within the classroom. The paper also refers to an research paper called "Student-Centered Teaching Environments" which relates to the classroom set up and how it influences students learning in the classroom.