PROPOSAL

ACTION RESEARCH
NAME OF SCHOOL: SMJK SAM TET, IPOH

RESEARCHERS:
MS JACQUELINE J JACOB
MS CHAN YOKE PING
MISS KONG YEE LENG
MISS MITHRA RAJANDRAN

Topic:
To help students improve memory on a topic by creating a song/rhyme using
the points learnt during lessons

PROPOSAL
ACTION RESEARCH
1.0

Name of school:SMJK Sam Tet, 5, Jalan Gereja, 30300 Ipoh, Perak

2.0

Researchers:
Ms Jacqueline J Jacob
Ms Chan Yoke Ping
Miss Kong Yee Leng
Miss Mithra Rajandran

3.0

Research topic:
To help students improve their memory

4.0

Many students have difficulty in writing proper essays.

5.0

Research Focus/Issue Concerned:

We discovered that some students fail to write proper essays in Biology.
Once students fair badly in essays, their overall performance drops.

6.0

Research objective: At the end of the research, we hope

a) General Objective:
To develop a positive attitude in students towards learning Biology.
b) Specific Objective:
i) To improve student grades of Biology
ii) To help students answer essay questions
iii) To drill students on questions related to examination
iv) To work and learn together as peers.
v) To ensure students know how to write essays.
vi) To gather and hold a large amount of information

7.0

Target group
All upper six Biology students(6AB1-6AB4)

8.0

Action/Activities Planned
8.1 Activity 1
Before the research to be carried out, the researchers discovered that
many students could not write proper essays.

8.2

Activity 2
The P1 2015 trial results were used as TOV.

8.3

Activity 3
Students will be informed about the activity.

8.5

Activity 4
Evaluation

The topic will be chosen- Term 2(carbon dioxide transport)

Students will be divided into groups of 7-10

Students will be given the topic to work out the script.

Students hand up scripts for teachers to check

Students prepare for presentation

Students will do pretest

Papers will be marked

Song competition will be carried out

The competition will be recorded

Students do essay without guidance

Papers will be marked

Students grades will be recorded and compared.

9.0

Research Schedule

Date
14/01/16
21/01/16
01/02/16

Facilitator
Jacqueline J
Jacob
Jacqueline J
Jacob
All Biology
teachers

02/02/16

All Biology
teachers

03/02/16

All Biology
teachers

Time
Activity
2.00pm Identify the problem

Venue
School library

2.00pm Come up with

proposal
Biolog Give students topic
y
and divide into
lesson groups
period
Biolog Students do pretest
y
lesson
period
Biolog Teachers mark test
y
lesson

School library
Class room

Class room

Staff room

17/02/16
29/02/16

All Biology
teachers
All Biology
teachers

01/03/16

All Biology
teachers

24/03/16

All Biology
teachers
All Biology
teachers

01/04/16

period
11.551.40
Biolog
y
lesson
period
Biolog
y
lesson
period
8.00a.
m
8.00
a.m.

Competition was
carried out
Students write essay

Lecture Hall 2

Teachers mark test

Staff room

Classroom

Evaluation of results Staff room

and prepare report
Hand in report to
Staff room
Pn Ng Sook Chin

10.0 Budget
Income/RM
6AB1
6AB2
6AB3
6AB4
Donation (Pn Jacqueline)
Gift and wrapping paper ( For
judges)
Prize money for winner
TOTAL

32
30
24
28
5.60
-

Expenditure/R
M
19.60

119.60

100
119.60

Schedule of events
Date

Event

14/01/16

Identify the problem

21/01/16

Come up with proposal

01/02/16

Inform students

02/02/16

Carry out research

24/03/16

Prepare report

01/04/16

Hand in report to 6Th Form

Senior Assistant.

Researchers

Ms Jacqueline J Jacob
Ms Chan Yoke Ping
Miss Kong Yee Leng
Miss Mithra Rajandran

Check List
No

Event

Meet to decide on proposal

Decide on topic

Researcher prepare guided essay

Students do pretest

Mark pretest

Check script

Collect money from students

Prepare prizes for students and judges

Prepare certificates

10

Book lecture hall

11

Song competition

12

Clean lecture hall

13

Post test

14

Researchers mark essay

15

Researchers record and compare marks

16

Researchers prepare report