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Proposal
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Hypothesis
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Action Plan
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Evaluation Plan
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Brian Rodgers
3-22-2015
Case Study Evaluation
Over the past month, I have implemented my action plan with my challenging
student Steve. I have experienced mixed results. Steves major issues were
motivation to do his work especially outside of school and when partnered with
other low motivation students, failure to complete his classwork. I hypothesized he
did not see value in the coursework we were doing and that his peer group did not
reward academic achievement. My action plan was to change his seating
arrangement and partner him with positive high achieving students. Also, I planned
to meet with him daily at the end of class to try and build a relationship.
The first intervention, the seating arrangement worked well. Per my journal
entries, I saw a noticeable improvement in his engagement in class. I did not have
to re-focus him to do his work. He was completing his in-class activities and
understood the material when I asked him during class. However, he has been
doing worse with his homework this quarter. He currently has several missing
projects. This is partially due to him being absent more days this quarter and failing
to make up the work. Additionally, I have only recorded three days in which he has
come in for lunch. Also, he has been making up his work in his science class. This
has resulted in a failing grade of an E currently. In this upcoming week, we are
taking our multiple choice tests which are worth 25% of a students grade. I expect
he will score well on this due to better engagement during class. Although I have
seen an improvement in classroom engagement, it has not transferred into the
students grade.
My second intervention was to meet with the student daily and try to build a
relationship. I was already having to meet with this student at the end of class as
part of student improvement plan. I tried this for several weeks but it ended being
too time consuming and having little impact. Many times I was trying to teach until
the end of the hour and did not have time to meet with Steve for more than a few
seconds. Prior to this case study, I had tried building a relationship with Steve and I
believe I have a decent relationship with him. However, he is a shy individual and
has some walls up. Even though we have talked about future career goals or other
life goals I have been unable to motivate him. This intervention was a bit unrealistic
due to the time restraints and the difficulty of reaching Steve. I plan to continue to
try and build the relationship when the situation presents itself.
To update where I stand on this student, I currently believe I have reached my
limits of obligation with this student. I still believe my hypothesis to be true. I think
the change of partners has helped Steve during class time but he still lacks intrinsic
motivation for schoolwork. He relies on others to motivate him and he gives a good
effort between 9-3 each day but does not get work done once he goes home. I
believe that the lack of parent involvement especially hurts Steve. I have tried
many different avenues to reach this student and it has been difficult to get him to
care about his schoolwork. Given that he is in 8 th grade, I am hopeful that he
continues to mature and someday realizes the importance of his education. I think