Update on Action Research Plan

Currently, my action research plan in still in the planning stages.  This project is going to take place during the 2013-2014 school year to assist students who are struggling in math.  I have identified potential candidates using previous years’ data including formative assessment data and FCAT scores.  The students I am targeting are in the middle quartile.  Many of these students, who I consider “on the bubble” could benefit from weekly interventions in math that incorporate significant amounts of movement.  Research shows that most students learn best kinesthetically, so my plan is to use movement to help demonstrate and teach math topics.  Using this year’s FCAT data, which will be available in June (hopefully), I will once again compile a list of candidates and select 15-20 students in grades 4 and 5 for the project.  Progress monitoring will be in place to determine current levels of understanding and how much students have learned.  The goal is to raise the level of performance and understanding to at least one numerical score high on FCAT (i.e. from a 3 to a 4 or from a 2 to a 3).  Ideally, these students would be able to then maintain a higher level of performance in later academic years.