P.K. Yonge inquirers participated in the data analysis protocol on February 28th.  Two of the four inquirers shared there data on this date. 

As always, the data analysis protocol is the critical piece in keeping everone on task and focused.  Both of my inquirers had the pre-sheet filled out (page 1) ahead of time which saved a lot of time to focus more on their data and  their analysis. 

One inquirer has been utilizing Moodle, an online discussion forum with her 8th grade physical science students to elicit discussion about concepts in class.  To her surprise, she found the discussions invaluable in "routing ot misconecptions" that she would not have know existed had the students not been discussing online.

The second inquirer has been looking at how to effectively manage whole class discussions in her 6-8 gifed classes.  She has really found success with her 6th and 8th grade students with some of the strategies that she has used.  These same strategies are not as effective with her 7th grade students, so she is looking into alternative methods for working with this particular group.

All participants have completed their abstracts, so it looks like we are ready to move forward to presentations and write-ups.

Updated and attached! Yippee - had a few problems, but as always, Chris knows how to help even the neediest of us.

 Here are some “Helpful Attachments” that you may want to use with your group (or email to them). I’ll bring copies next week also. 

There are two different data analysis protocols: the full one and the shortened version (worksheet) that I think Jack came up with for taking notes on.

There is also the link to the database that has the final write-ups and the programs so they will know what their two last writing assignments will look like.

 Hope this helps!  See you next week.