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ACTION STEPS
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PERSONS RESPONSIBLE
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TIMELINE: START/END
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NEEDED RESOURCES
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EVALUATION
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1. Start playing
music in control classes during work time.
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Science teacher
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Aug 2013/May 2014
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Cd of various composers, and cd player, student roster,
objectives for the day
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Will ask teacher to record students’ reactions and responses to music being
played in classroom
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2. Begin recording
daily assignment scores.
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Science teacher
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Aug 2013/May 2014
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Record book or log book
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Look at both the control group and the non-control group
and compare scores to see if there is any effect.
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3. Send home survey
to parents/guardians and give survey to students to fill out in class.
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Mary Young, myself
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Sept 2013
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Survey given to kids to take home to parents, and surveys given to students
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Survey will ask parents if their child likes listening to
music, and if so, what kind. Survey
will ask student what they think of having music played in the background
during their work time.
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4. Begin testing
control classes with music playing in the background.
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Science teacher
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October 2013/May 2014
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Cd of various composers, cd player, test material
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Compare the scores of each group
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5. Collect test
scores from both groups and make a chart showing the scores of each group.
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Mary Young, myself
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October 2013/May 2014
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Test scores
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Using the collected scores, create a graph to give a
visual of the data collected and write a reflection of data found.
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6. Give
presentation to 4th grade science teacher and school principal
about the finding of the project halfway through completition.
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Mary Young, myself
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December 2013
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Data collected up to that point
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Power point presentation to show how the data is being
collected and what my findings have been up to this point.
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7. Send home
another survey to the parents and give another survey to students.
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Mary Young, myself
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Feb 2014
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Survey given to students to take home to parents, and
survey given to students for them to complete themselves
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Survey will again ask parents if their child likes
listening to music, and if so, what kind.
Survey will also again ask student what they think of having music
played in the background during their work time and add in test time
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8. Continue to
collect daily assignment scores and weekly test scores.
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Mary Young, myself
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Aug 2013/ May 2014
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Assignment scores and test scores from both groups.
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Using a chart, I will be able to easily see if there is
any difference in scores between the two groups and write reflection on data
collected
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9. Compare daily
test scores and weekly test scores of the control and non-control group and
give end of year presentation on project to principal and science teacher.
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Mary Young, myself
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May 2014
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All data collected throughout the year. Test scores, assignment scores, survey
input
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Power point presentation to principal and science teacher
to show if music had an impact of the test scores and daily assignment scores
by doing a side-by-side comparison of the control and the non-control test
group. I will also pull information
from the surveys to see if playing music at school had any impact on the
students
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Friday, August 2, 2013
REVISED Action Planning Template
After some thought, and taking some feedback in, I have decided to revise my action planning template. Please tell me what you think!
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Where is your wondering? I'm a professional musician so I'm on board with anything that uses music in class. Have you thought of possibly using a different genre of music in different classes, or rotate the genre in successive weeks/time periods? Just a smattering of styles is tough to quantify...but if there is a class with Baroque, one with Rock, one with Bluegrass, then you can compare scores with more voracity.
ReplyDeleteWhat is your wondering? I like how you have broken it down further and more detailed into your data sources. By having a control and non control group, you will be able to interpret the data in a more comprehensive way.
ReplyDeleteI too am unsure of your wondering, and like that you have a control group to compare against. Well thought and and extremely executable.
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