Tool 7.

1 Action Planning Template

Goal: To improve fifth grade students’ performance in math while also improving their attitude
towards and confidence in their abilities towards math through increased use of cooperative group
work in the math classroom.
Action Step(s) Person (s) Timeline: Needed Evaluation
Responsible Start/ End Resources
Identify area of Leslie Bailiff, July 2011 Meeting with We will meet and decide on
focus and Principal my principal some specific research
develop questions to focus on to
research work towards the stated
questions goal.
Review Leslie Bailiff July/ August Internet, the I will compile a list of
relevant 2011 two textbooks several resources that
literature from this focus on cooperative
course, ERIC learning as an instructional
digest tool, especially in the math
classroom.
Collect data Leslie Bailiff August 2010- Curriculum test The assessment data from
April 2011 scores, district daily assignments, tests,
benchmark and district benchmarks
scores, TAKS from the first semester will
results be collected and compared
to those same
assessments during the
second semester after
cooperative learning is
being utilized. An attitude
survey will be administered
at the end of every 6 weeks
to assess how the students
feel about how math. The
3rd and 4th math TAKS data
for these students will also
be collected so it can be
later be compared to their
5th grade scores in April.
Develop / Leslie Bailiff January 2011 District math Beginning in the second
deliver lessons – April 2011 curriculum, semester, I will begin
that include meetings with incorporating cooperative
opportunities the math learning lessons as my
for group work/ coach, various primary instructional
cooperative internet strategy and will use the
learning. resources data I collect from various
assessments to compare
the students’ academic
growth and their attitudes
towards math to that of the
first semester.
Analyze data Leslie Bailiff April/May 2011 Curriculum test Compare the assessment
scores, district data collected from the first
benchmark semester to the second
scores, TAKS semester to see if there are
results any marked changes/
improvements. Also,