Hello everyone,
Today is an exciting day for my research project! I have finally made headway with data collection. I have also developed a scheduled plan for the future.
Today, I handed out the very first baseline quizzes to the AP European History and the AP World History students. I compiled/wrote these quizzes last night, and today the students took them. None of the kids have learned this material, at least not this year. I intentionally chose to test them on material that they did not know in order to legitimize any results I later obtain. Now that I have a baseline, the students are ready to be taught the material. I had the opportunity to teach AP World today after their quiz, and on Tuesday, they will take it again. I will teach AP Euro their lesson on Tuesday and give them the second quiz as well.
I plan on alternating teaching methods in the future. But the basic schedule is as follows: hand out baseline quiz, teach using X-method, give same quiz at a later date, compare the two quizzes.
Today, Thursday, marks the official one week mark of my project. The beginnings were a bit shaky, but I believe that this project is running at almost full speed. I have dozens of quizzes from just one day, My teaching will require much work, but if today is any indication, this project is going to be very successful. Till next time!
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