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Pt1420 Unit 1 Assignment

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After the school approved this research, all three teachers of 433 math were contacted for the possibility of the study being conducted in their classrooms. All three happily agreed to take part in this study. Approximately, three days before data collection, the teachers passed out an Opt-Out form (see Appendix I) to the students. This form allowed the students and their parents to choose not to participate in the study. All students who do not return the form participated in the Do-Now. The teacher received a manila folder with two different variations of the Do-Now, fluent and disfluent (see Appendix II and III). The folder contained the exact number of papers as students in the class. Within the folder, there was an equal number of fluent …show more content…

The Do-Now itself was composed of three algebra questions, and two word problems. One algebra question had specific rounding and other requirements, another had no written instructions, and the last was a hybrid where the algebra question included numbers and written question information. The remaining word problems were designed to provide a bridge between the process fluency research in literature and in math. These questions had semi confusing wording that required the student to really focus on the information given in the …show more content…

After hand marking all of the papers, the data was arranged in an Excel file. For simplicity purposes, the method of correcting the papers was different from a classroom grader. Whereas a teacher would normally award points for “partial credit,” the papers were marked on a binary “one or none” format. The correct answer was awarded one point, and the incorrect answer (inclusive of only partially correct answers and incorrect formatting listed by instructions) was marked a zero. The way in which the questions were answered incorrectly was recorded by using a special notation on the Excel cell (whether the question was a lack of understanding, a computational error, or incorrect formatting). 3 Do-Nows were thrown out do to a clear lack of thought on the part of the student, and responses left blank or with a note saying they did not

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