This week has been full of nasty surprises and had I not understood that action research is not a process written in stone, I would be much more freaked out. This week I found out that instead of teaching preAP Biology I would be teaching regulars Biology with a completely different team. Unfortunately, this change resulted in several modifications in my action research plan. Areas that were impacted included my sample group level and size, how the action research would be implemented among teachers on the team, and how the data will be analyzed. My new sample group is regulars Biology students and instead of using the entire group as a sample, two teachers will have students participating in action research and two teachers will continue to teach as usual. We will probably use a comparison of scores and survey answers for the two groups to analyze the data. At this point I have reworked my plan and am taking deep breaths.
My supervisor on campus reviewed the plan with me, offering suggestions to both improve the process and make the plan work with my new teaching assignment. It was really nice to have someone help me as I worked through my frustrations and really brought home the collaborative nature of action research. I know that this new situation is manageable and I will be able to count on the support of others in order to carry out my action research plan.
For an updated version of my action research plan go to:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1LsmUP1Y0A9siC3V30rJDoa9zHjUF9KgmsykqryMiRi0
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