Blog # 8 Research Plan

Blog # 8   

Research Plan

Topic: How teachers use observation skills in order to solve problems in a class room. What do they look for and how they verbally communicate with the students to solve the problem.

1. Who/What you will be studying?

• Either a kindergarten or first grade teacher.
• How they have their observational skills to solve any issues in their classrooms, what worked what didn't.

2. Where will you collect your information?

• Interview a grade school teacher.
• A book that professor Chandler will lend me.

3. How many subjects will you study?

• What to look for while observing, for example what skills need to be applied here
• How to use communication in order to effectively fix a problem
• How a teacher's past experience on this subject matter has actually worked.

4. What methods will you use to conduct your study?

• One or more interviews
• A book on teaching that professor Chandler will lend to me. (More information will be given once I know what the book implies).
• Possibly any other data I can find on this subject