Inquiry, So Far...

As opposed to my previous action research projects, I feel particularly good about this year's. I have taken baseline data, found a couple articles, and plan to start the kids on their new activities tomorrow. My goal is to study how daily math fact activities can affect overall computation. All the times I have been in an upper-elementary classroom, none of the students I have observed were correct and fluent in their math facts. Therefore, they were hindered with respect to their computation abilities.

The activities will begin tomorrow through the implementation of math centers. The students will spend fifteen minutes per center, and go through two centers daily. One center daily will be electronically-based, and the other will be in the form of some sort of math game, or flash cards. Throughout the semester, they will practice with basic math facts revolving, using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. We will be keeping track of their accuracy, as well as the changes in the baseline data throughout the course of this project.

So far, the only hang up I have experienced is the same problem I seem to have every time; I find it difficult to find proper literature. Since this is a common problem, I cannot help but believe that I may be searching using an inefficient method. I plan to continue to work on that, as well as seek help if needed. This project really interests me, and the results will undoubtedly improve my teaching practices.