I was flipping through my notebook and I realized that I had some other questions. Here they are:
1. What are my assumptions about writing workshops?
2. Is it a good or bad practice to pick a few students to concentrate on when collecting data?
3. How do workshops effect high, middle, low level students?
4. If students enjoy creative assignments vs. content driven assignments, am I doing a disservice doing so much content based curriculum?
5. Do writing circle discussions matter as much as literature discussions?
6. Do discussions need to be formally assessed?
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On question #2. I wonder if many teacher researchers focus so much on one or a small group of kids more for practical reasons. It seems daunting to try to analyze an entire class, and in terms of qualitative analysis, it's very difficult to do a large-scale study.
I'm really trying to keep my research focused on the class as a whole, because I think that it's better to try to address the needs of all the learners in my room. It doesn't make the research work any easier, though, that's for sure.
I think you have a great collection of questions to accompany a solid research question. I wish my own were as focused as yours appears to be. Also, having taught junior high I think you're right on with the idea of structure being essential for these students!
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