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We have come together to collaborate on designing an action research project to evaluate and analyze our teaching practices as elementary school teachers.
We began by asking ourselves...
"What issue can we address with action research that can improve learning and increase student performance in our schools?"
The study of
Off-Task Behavior
in students.
We were curious...
After data is collected and analyzed, the Learning Lightbulbs will make recommendations to their schools' grade level teams and administration based on their findings.
Check back in February to see the results...
We determined quantitative and
qualitative data will be collected daily
over 4 weeks in January and February 2015 in elementary classrooms in Howard and Anne Arundel Counties, Maryland. All team members will be researching the effects of a short, 3-5 minute brain break on the amount of off-task behavior exhibited by target students.
The research design is an A-B-A single subject design with the exception of one team member performing a pre and post intervention design for a whole group.
1. Will short physical brain breaks during a lesson decrease the occurrence of off-task behavior with target students during the instructional time immediately following the brain break?
2. Will routinely incorporating physical brain breaks into lessons, and thus providing students with the knowledge that such breaks are coming in each class period, decrease the occurrence of off-task behavior with target students overall?
Types of Brain Breaks
Hoberman Sphere
"Breathing Ball"
10!
15!
5!
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Our team completed a literature review to become familiar with the existing body of knowledge, data, and trends in regards to the effect of brain breaks on student behavior.
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