The educational context of my driving question could be international, national, state, district, or school based off what I have read so far and from descriptions of articles I have skimmed through. Just a bit overwhelming. Lol! I have changed my driving question many times that I have had to look for different articles on multiple occasions and keeping articles that I have found in the “just in case” pile. My driving question at the moment is: How can collaborative activities in the classroom help, support and strengthen mathematical knowledge for English Language Learners while incorporating technology? I have been able to come across case studies in different states in the United States that have done research around ELLs on incorporating technology. There’s even case studies from Australia and Thailand that are interesting to me as well. A big part of the focus in these two countries were the peer-to-peer interaction among their students in a math class while their goal was to increase high order thinking and make it a tendency. Therefore, I think that my driving question also has two parts to it because I can study the technological and the hands on group work aspect of collaboration. Hence, some of the educational context behind my DQ would be how students will be able to comprehend key math vocabulary through collaborative activities. Not sure what those will be at the moment but I think that’s what we are trying to reflect on at the moment. But I hope that my students will be learn to be independent in terms of understanding how to find information via their notes, the internet (phone, tablet, computer), peers, teachers, etc. At the national level I will look into what other states are doing in terms of supporting not just ELL students but ALL students in achieving their academic goals. I was able to come across an article on how teachers in Massachusetts’s support its ELL’s in the classroom. At the local level, NVUSD is supposed to be a 1-1 ratio of devices and students but in reality that is not the case. So my study is how to support students who don’t have access to a device or Wi-Fi at home.
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James Macariola
2/25/2018 04:56:41 pm
I like your DQ. I too have changed my DQ multiple times and I am still not 100% if it is at its final metamorphus.
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Samuel Urena
2/26/2018 05:34:31 pm
Those are all great questions James. I can definitely use some of these not necessarily as sub questions but maybe create a sub-question from these. Or I could have my students fill out a form and use that as data for my research paper. Thanks!
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