My Essential Question: How can I use inquiry based instruction to develop a positive math mindset and increase student performance on Bridges assessments in the area of mathematics?
I will be relying on qualitative methods of research for data analysis for the growth mindset/inquiry portions of my research. I have individualized these assessments for my classroom. I created a Math Mindset quiz and an Inquiry quiz to give at the beginning of this study, and at the end. These quizzes will help to measure each child’s math mindset principle in relation to math, as well as their ability to understand and identify inquiry in mathematics in relation to Costa’s Levels of Questioning. The quantitative portion of my data analysis is done through the student performance portion. My students will be taking a pre-test and post-test from our Bridges math curriculum. These results will give me a clear cut picture of whether or not the standards were met. I am planning on displaying this data as a bar chart to provide the percentages. Multiple methods of assessment will help me gain a holistic understanding of how my students are progressing in relation to my driving question. I chose these data analysis methods because the use of multiple data ensures the trustworthiness of my data.
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Rafael Garcia Avila
11/11/2018 02:07:55 pm
Jennifer,
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Brandon DeJesus
11/13/2018 10:41:17 am
I like your plan to present the data as bar charts. It will be easy to see the growth of positive math mindsets over time with the percentage of students who have met the standard over time. Hopefully we will see a positive increase in both! I think that Excel or google sheets should make it easy to create this graph.
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JP
11/13/2018 05:39:40 pm
Sometimes I wish I picked a more straightforward question and topic. My current question and research are causing me quite a bit of anxiety. I am looking forward to seeing how your results pan out.
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