Action Research Plan
1.Determined that all pre-AP chemistry students will be taught with the use of online video lectures.
2. Students will be sent home information and requirements in Welcome Letter. Welcome Letter Parent signature acknowledging letter required prior to beginning research.
3. Assign logins for students to view online lectures. Have students login to watch “How to benefit from video lectures” to verify students can logon and view lecture. Determine which students had online access and fix those issues for students who were unable.
4. Video lectures will be produced and placed on line for viewing every other day throughout the first semester. Secure teacher website to upload video lecture with sign- in for students only with login.
5. Determine best method for accountability of students viewing lecture (scores from quizzes, classroom feedback, parent and student feedback, survey). Evaluate quiz scores and survey to determine number of students viewing lecture. Document classroom feedback or discussion of online viewing and accountability.
6. Compare test scores from Larriba’s class to all other teachers classes. Determine if there is a difference between Larriba’s scores and all other chemistry teacher’s benchmark scores and see if the differences are consistent with online lecture verses traditional teaching method.
7. Conduct two separate surveys of the advantages and disadvantages of online lectures for both parent and student. One directed towards students and the other towards the parents. Quantify the number of times students scored positively and compare numbers to those who did not. Determine percentage of students that felt online lectures were beneficial in learning.
8. If successful, share results with all staff and discuss the pro’s and con’s of video lectures as well as ways to make it better during staff meeting or collaboration meeting. Show data in different manners, such as, graphs and percents and survey comments in easy to understand manners.
9. Share results with stakeholders. Show easy to interpret data of all results as well as procedures.
