Well, starting this semester I was not sure how I was going to evolve my driving question. Now towards the end of the second semester I am still not sure how to word my driving question. I know that I want to focus on getting my 3rd grade Spanish dual Immersion students at grade level in reading comprehension in both languages. If not all at grade level, I want my students that are below grade level to improve their scores. Going through all the readings this semester I am learning new information that is very helpful for my action research. I am learning to take the learners view and make it the overall central focus of my project. From Baggio I am learning that the learner will retain information better if there are meaningful visuals to make connections to. This has made me think of the way I present information to my students. I have to make sure there are meaningful visual in my lessons. I am focusing on reading the text to the students and then they read it and I give a test on Friday. I need to present the information in a way that gets students attention and have the information imprint in their brain so they can make connections. Even the SITE model shares similar views of making connections between the learner and the context being learned. The learner is in the center of the model with informational sub context, technical sub context, and sociocultural sub context surrounding the learner. To me this means that everything the learner is accessing he/she has to make connections with to truly understand it and be able to apply it. As far as how SITE applies to me as a learner my literacy( Informational sub context) is the books we are reading, Baggio, Clark, Derven. This is where I am getting information to build my action research and how to best support my students. The opportunity( technical sub context) is all the time we have in class to explore and research new technology that will ultimately help my teaching by helping my students achieve their learning goals. Finally my motives (Sociocultural sub context) are my students and getting them to achieve at grade level reading comprehension scores.
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Christina Schreiber
3/26/2018 10:57:05 am
I am also reflecting on material that I am providing my students and asking myself if there are the right kind of images for my students to make a connection to. I also struggled with my driving question. It was so clear to me what I wanted my students to accomplish but I had to take a step back and consider what my users/learners needed to be able to bridge the gap.
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