Yay for researach! #4

Research Question: How do engaged learning activities influence students' attitudes towards world history and its applicability to their lives?

Sample: 4 focus groups of 6 students each, hand-selected by their teachers and the 4 teachers themselves.

Analysis: Using focus groups, interviews, and classroom observations (for triangulation), I would determine the various types of "engaged learning" activities (operational definition--any activity that forces the student to manipulate information, whether in role-play, research projects, media use in the classroom, etc.) that take place in each classroom and judge its influence thereof. Through talking to students and teachers I would like to find out how different types of activities influence their views on social studies.