The purpose of my action research project will be to determine if adaptations in teaching strategies and interventions improve student performance on 3rd grade math readiness standards.
The setting of my study will be Heritage Elementary school. This context is a K-5 school with approximately 600 students. The student population is 48.5% Non-Hispanic (3.5% African American, 3.0% Asian, and 42.9% White) and 51.5% Hispanic. Based on gender, the population is approximately 56.7% male and 43.3% female. Furthermore, 49.9% of the student population qualifies for free or reduced meals.
The sample of students that is the focus for my study is the students entering 3rd grade for the 2013-2014 school year. This includes 5 individual groups/classrooms of students (2 of which are bilingual education). Including all of the roughly 100 3rd grade students in my study will allow for inquiry into the instructional strategies of the three 3rd grade math teachers and allow for insight into different strategies and interventions employed with their English speaking and Limited English Proficient (LEP) populations.
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