How Will My 4th grade Special Education Students Respond to the Integration of Technology Into the Teaching of Vocabulary?

By shoneseda

  • Initial reflection

    August 12- Aug 19
  • Period: to

    Action research: E-Word Walls

  • literature review

    August 19- Septe,ber 12
    *E-Word Walls (Narkon, Wells, &Segal, 2011)
    *exit cards
    *designing a survey for my students

  • securing permission

    September 2-9
    from principal, district office, and university Institutional Review Board

  • gathering baseline data

    September 9th-September 30
    *previous test scores on vocabulary related assignments, student work samples, student survey

  • parent contact

    September 30-October 28
    contact parents to explain action research study, send home permission forms, collect permission forms and make follow up contact as needed

  • design E-Word Wall (Narkon, Wells, &Segal, 2011) template using PowerPoint

    October 21- October 28
    also make template for exit cards and student survey
    *have collegue review tools (exit cards and survey)

  • 1st contract phase

    10/28-11/25
    10/28-11/4 Introduce E-Word Wall (Narkon, Wells, &Segal, 2011) to students.
    *model how to use tool with new vocabulary words
    *quiz on the weeks' words on 11/1/2013
    11/4-11/11 Guided practice with using E-Word wall
    *quiz on the weeks' words on 11/8/2013
    11/11-11/25 Allow students to enter new information to our E-Word Wall.
    *make observational notes, jouranal daily and informally interview students while they work
    *quizs on the weeks' words on 11/15, 11/22

  • second contract phase

    11/25-12/20 continue intervention
    week of 11/25 send home quick update to parents regarding how intervention is going
    *allow students to continue adding words and pictures to our E-Word Wall (Narkon, Wells, &Segal, 2011). Conitnue with weekly quizzes on new words. Informally interview students while they work on E-Word Wall. Continue to chart results, journal and take notes

  • 3rd contract phase

    1/6/14-1/27/14
    *coninue with intervention and weekly quizzes.
    *send home update to parents the week of 1/6/2014
    *week of 1/23/14 administer post intervention survey to students
    *continue to take observational notes, journal and record weekly quiz scores

  • data analysis

    1/27/14-2/17/2014

  • writing results

    2/17/2014-3/4/2014

  • revision work

    3/4/2014-3/17/2014

  • share results

    with students, parents, administrators, colleagues