Yuichiro: Schema reading
Finished: Lessons, pre- and post-test results
Working on: Questionnaire results, reflection results
January 20: Paper deadline
Research Questions
- Do skimming, topic sentences, and using an advanced organizer strengthen students’ reading comprehension skills in instruction on grasping the main ideas?
- Can we observe any changes in students’ attitudes towards reading and reading comprehension in their questionnaires and reflections?
Research Questions and Data
| Pre | Post | |
| RQ 2 | Questionnaire about how they feel about reading Closed: 1-4 likert scale 17 items: closed, original 2 items: open-ended | Questionnaire about how they feel about reading Closed: 1-4 Likert scale 17 items: closed, same as pre 3 items: open, about the classes 9 items: closed, about the classes Reflections (Comparing students with higher and lower scores) |
| RQ1 | Reading Test Analysis: T-test | Reading test Analysis: T-test |
Future work
- Analyze student reflections.
- Talk to James about RQ 2 and its data:
Eunice: Focused and Unfocused Tasks
Future work
Lesson plan by 11/6
Will teach in December at Fuzoku ES, comparing focused and unfocused speaking tasks
Hiroki: Education for Reconstruction in the English Class
Future work:
November 6: Finalize topic
Yuiko: Writing
Future work:
December 18: Decide on a topic
February 8: Midterm presentations
Remaining meetings
11/6
11/13
12/4
12/11
12/18