Personal Action Research Plan Essay
Personal Action Research Plan
Racquel Trimmer
Walden University
EDUC-6733A Action Research for Educators
Dr. Tiffany DePriter
January 26, 2014
Collaboration and Your Personal Action Research Plan
Part A: Description of Topic and Students
I have been working in education for the past three years. I have had the opportunity to work in different environments. I have worked with all types of students with disabilities. As a younger child, I always wanted to be an educator because of the desire to help children. I learned that being an educator comes with patience. I work in the largest school district in the city of Houston. This year I decided to step out of my normal classroom duties and work in Special Education. Working …show more content…
According to Kroesbergen and Van Luit,”students with difficulties in learning mathematics can be in almost every classroom” (2003, 53). When reviewing literature they all shared some things in common. The teacher must keep reinforcing. We, as the educator, have to keep reinforcing the simple Mathematical skills, such as counting, adding and subtracting. Students with disabilities are going to need individual attention to sufficiently tackle the effect of disabilities (Hardy, 2005). Readings show that there are a significant number of students who struggle with problem solving. Hardy’s research shows that difficult math learning issues in special needs students stem from memory, attention and processing difficulties. Those are a few things that make it hard for the students. During the research, I noticed that the curriculum and what the state require students to know is an issue. Special Education teachers are required to teach students with all different disabilities and it can be very hard to follow the curriculum by the book. In Kang’s research, he stated that mathematics is viewed as a cognitively demanding subject (2010). All the articles tell the readers that the teacher has to differentiate lessons depending on the students’ learning needs. Sometimes that includes going into extra details and being repetitive. Translate the words into an equation in picture form (Hardy, 2005). Researchers studied that when teaching special need student mathematics, there must be consistency of practices. This is at school and at home. Teachers are to team up with the parents to make sure that this is done. Presenting or displaying math in small increments can help. There has to be modifications based on the disability. I have learned to incorporate pictures and do more hands on lessons. In my classroom we use manipulatives, such as
Racquel Trimmer
Walden University
EDUC-6733A Action Research for Educators
Dr. Tiffany DePriter
January 26, 2014
Collaboration and Your Personal Action Research Plan
Part A: Description of Topic and Students
I have been working in education for the past three years. I have had the opportunity to work in different environments. I have worked with all types of students with disabilities. As a younger child, I always wanted to be an educator because of the desire to help children. I learned that being an educator comes with patience. I work in the largest school district in the city of Houston. This year I decided to step out of my normal classroom duties and work in Special Education. Working …show more content…
According to Kroesbergen and Van Luit,”students with difficulties in learning mathematics can be in almost every classroom” (2003, 53). When reviewing literature they all shared some things in common. The teacher must keep reinforcing. We, as the educator, have to keep reinforcing the simple Mathematical skills, such as counting, adding and subtracting. Students with disabilities are going to need individual attention to sufficiently tackle the effect of disabilities (Hardy, 2005). Readings show that there are a significant number of students who struggle with problem solving. Hardy’s research shows that difficult math learning issues in special needs students stem from memory, attention and processing difficulties. Those are a few things that make it hard for the students. During the research, I noticed that the curriculum and what the state require students to know is an issue. Special Education teachers are required to teach students with all different disabilities and it can be very hard to follow the curriculum by the book. In Kang’s research, he stated that mathematics is viewed as a cognitively demanding subject (2010). All the articles tell the readers that the teacher has to differentiate lessons depending on the students’ learning needs. Sometimes that includes going into extra details and being repetitive. Translate the words into an equation in picture form (Hardy, 2005). Researchers studied that when teaching special need student mathematics, there must be consistency of practices. This is at school and at home. Teachers are to team up with the parents to make sure that this is done. Presenting or displaying math in small increments can help. There has to be modifications based on the disability. I have learned to incorporate pictures and do more hands on lessons. In my classroom we use manipulatives, such as