My final project looks at the difference between
small group tutoring, large group tutoring, and adding technology to both. Each
year my students take the 8th grade Math STAAR. They have three
chances to pass this test to move onto 9th grade. We start off the
year identifying our at-risk students and enroll them in an online program or
tutoring. After the 1st test, we then take our failures for small
group instruction that integrates technology. After the second test, the
failures then go to large group instruction. What I am looking at is the
difference in tutoring and how that affects the passing rate. Many teachers each year devise plans to
structure their lessons towards our tier 2 and tier 3 students. Also, many of
us are now required to provide RTI time each week for our students. I want to
see the effect it has on the passing rate and what I think is the best for our
students. Again, we differentiated how we did this throughout the year and I
wanted to streamline our efforts in the future. The data will tell me what is
most effective in targeting these students to raise our passing rate. The date
may or may not lead me to a finite conclusion but may lead me to explore other
routes or make me have more questions for my research. I think this will not
only help the math department but will be able to provide insights for other
subject areas on how they should target their interventions.
