I'm trying to think of something to do in English, maybe related to
- grammar instruction & Writing Test scores (may be unavailable for study now)
- feedback on writing & its effect on students' revision
- gender differences (teachers to students) . . . which might be trite
- classroom procedures for starting &/or ending class (effectiveness?)
- effect of teachers' use of modern music (audio, written lyrics, videos) to teach literature
- something related to students' opinion of English as a subject and the correlation with teacher attitude/posture
Anyone have suggestions??? I'm so lost! I would like to do something that I can learn from myself and carry into practice fall after next. I don't want to do something just for the sake of research, because as Dr. McCoy said, if I just "tolerate" a topic now, I'll HATE it by December!
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Mary Beth, after having a group meeting with Dr. Milner earlier today, I think I actually gained a bit more insight into this whole process... maybe.
Of your ideas, I personally like the opening/closing procedures, and you could measure it in terms of students responses (responsiveness or attitudes, etc). But that's the one that I liked. Music or other media could also be quite promising. In the end, get a broad topic of what you like, then narrow it bit by bit with help from the advisors, mentors, and us :)
Mary Beth, I think that most of these ideas are possibilities. I suggest that you browse the English teaching and learning literature in ERIC to get a handle on the types of research that have been done. Please don't panic. There is lots of time to settle on a topic and refine it. Try searching for English instruction and narrow it to high school and research. You also might want to go over to the library and browse the English Journal or other current periodicals. And browse the NCTE website. I'm sure there will be lots of topic ideas there.
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