Strategy+and+Implementation

Strategy and Implementation
===My research will involve fifth- grade students’ comprehension skills. I would like to use a quantitative method of study with the use of pretests and posttests. I have been thinking about how to use the tests in the most valid and reliable ways. As Johnson & Christensen (2008) state, tests are commonly used for performance of research participants. They go on to say that the researchers may generate their own tests to measure specific skills. I would like to create pretests and posttests for a chapter book that I select for the classes. I would like to use edhelper premade tests for reviewing the material and then create my own pretests and posttests in multiple choice form from the tests. Edhelper creates questions on five chapters at a time which would enable me to test multiple times throughout the chapter book study to ensure that findings are valid.=== ===Another teacher and I will read a portion of a chapter book and all students will receive a pretest to complete. The students will then begin their discussions with the use of a premade test from Edhelper.com. There will be differences in the type of discussions in the classrooms. My classroom will use blogging to help with answers and discussions, whereas the other class will use traditional ways to answer and discuss. Definite questions and points will be emphasized by the teachers to ensure reliability and validity of information obtained from the posttests that will be given later on. After testing throughout the chapter book in the same manner, posttests will be analyzed and charting the scores will begin to be organized to evaluate achievement of traditional and technology-based classrooms.===