Week/D

ate

Plan For
Action

3/18/15

Interview Informal interview

AGP
teacher,
gain
more
insight
about my
focus
student
from
outside
source
Talk with Interview and
my focus conversations
student
about
math

3/30/15

4/1/15

Suggest
a
resource
for
logic/puz
zle
games
and brain
teasers;
have
high
expectati

Data Collection
Method

Working in small
groups; gave focus
student website:
www.ixl.com/math/g
rade-5

Data
Analysis
Process
Ask
questions
about my
focus
student to
get a
surface
level idea,
then go
deeper
with the
questions
Unable to
do
interview,
gathered
informatio
n from
relaxed
conversati
ons and
working
one-onone

Research
said that
using
visuals,
models,
and
manipulati
ves is
effective
when it
comes to
understan

Findings
and
Concepts
My focus
student relies
on others
even though
he has the
potential to
do it.
learned
helplessness
? He acts silly
when hes in
a group
He makes
groaning/whi
ning noises
when hes
frustrated or
doesnt want
to do
something.
Relied on
classmate
today; More
willing to
participate
when we
played
Multiply,
Divide &
Conquer
My focus
student did
absolutely
GREAT today
in math;
compound
volumes,
there were
visuals in the
book and
well as
drawings on

4/6/15

ons and
use
visuals in
todays
math
lesson if
possible
Get
feedback
on the
website
given;
Have
student
create
their own
word
problem

ding math

the board
and he was
one of the
first ones to
answer
almost every
time!