NAME: LORIE ANN H.

SAPUNGAN ID NO: C18-10190

COURSE/YEAR: BSED IV SCIENCE

To have a meaningful an successful accomplishment in this FS episode, be sure to read

through the whole episode before participating and assisting in your FS 2 Resource Teacher’s
class. Note all the information you will need and tasks you will need to do before working on
this episode.

Doing Action Research: An overview

Every teacher is an action researcher. Everyone can do it. Teachers ans student can do it
together.

This episode focuses on doing action research as one of the roles of the teachers. Every
teacher should take interest to know how the students learn, wants to make innovations in the
curriculum and desires to improve teaching practice. In order to achieve these, a teacher has to
action research on the everyday practical problems. These problematic situations and observed
discrepancies emerge between what is intended and what actually occurs in the classroom.

You must have experienced in your pat subjects, doing some activities or accomplishing
tasks similar to an action research. There are activities that required you to do Reflection an
Make Action or the other way around. Schon (1987) Reflection in Action or Reflection on Action
as two different things.
Perhaps Your mentor teacher has already done an Action Research. Now is the
opportunity for you to participate and assist in ways that you are cable of doing.
Here is what you will do.
Making a List of Complicated Action Research Titles by Teachers in the Field
 1. Make a library or on –line search of the different Completed Action Research
Titles Conducted by Teachers.
2. Enter the list in the matrix similar to one below.
3. 3. Submit your list of (5) Titles of Completed Action Research Studies to your
mentor as reference.

Inventory of Sample Action Research Conducted by Teachers

List of Completed Action Research Titles Author/Authors
Ex. Differentiated Instruction in Teaching Mary Joy Olicia
English for Grade four Classes
1. Effectiveness of using Games in Teaching Arda Arikan
Grammar to Young Learners

2. Instructional Strategies for Teaching Pre- Robert Ojeda

Algebra to a Diverse Group of Learners

3. Discipline - Improving Classroom Munir Moosa Sadruddin

Management Through Action Research

4. The Effects of Background Music in the Kevin N. White

Classroom on Productivity, Motivation and
Behavior of 4th Grade Students

5.Enhancing Classroom Practice and Mark R. Young

Fulfilling Educational Responsibilities Eve M. Rapp

Based on your activity on Making a List of Completed Action Research Titles, let’s find
out what you have noticed by answering the following questions.
Questions My Answer
1. What you have noticed about action 1. Identified problem to be solved in
research titles? Do the action title no. 1
research (AR) titles imply problems  This study aims to explore the beliefs and
to be solved? Yes ✓ habits of Turkish EFL teachers’ towards
No _______ using games in young learners

2. Identified problem to be solved in

title no. 2
If YES, identify the problems from  How effective this instructional strategies
the title you have given. Answer in for teaching pre-algebra to a diverse
the space provided. group of learners

3. Identified problem to be solved in

title no. 3
 How action research improves the
 practitioner’s own understanding of
her/his educational practices to maintain
discipline in class.
4. Identified problem to be solved in
title no. 4
 How background music in the classroom
affected the productivity, motivation and
behavior of the students

5. Identified problem to be solved in

title no. 5
 Why it is importance to enhance
classroom practice and fulfill educational
responsibilities.

2. What interpretation about action Title of the Action Research:

research can you make out of your
answer in Question No.1? The Effects of Background Music in the
Classroom on Productivity, Motivation and
Behavior of 4th Grade Students

3. Write the Title and your From the title. I think, the study focused on,
interpretation of the study from the One of the specific strategies now commonly
title. used to supplement and enhance student
learning is the use of background music.
Using music in the background of instruction
or during independent work time has proven
to have many benefits in the classroom in
relation to productivity, behavior and
motivation.

4. What do you think did the author/s I think the author/s did was a pre-test survey
do with the identified problem as and a post-test survey that measure students’
presented in their titles? attitudes towards music were administered to
the subjects. Teacher kept observation notes
regarding the effects of the background music
in the classroom. The other authors did was to
gather and interpret data for this study
included: information interview with
individual students and small groups, and also
questionnaire for the other teachers that used
music in the classroom

Action research seems easy and familiar, since teaching seems to be full of problematic
situations and that the teacher has a responsibility of finding solution for everyday problems in
the school, hence teachers should do action research. This is an existing part of being a teacher, a
problem solver!
Let us continue to examine and analyze what you have noticed and interpreted in the
previous activity.
 Key Questions My Answer
Choose from the options given. You may check more
than one answer
1. From the source do you Choices:
think, did the authors __Copied from the research books
identify the problems of ✓ From daily observation of their teaching practice.
their action research? ✓ From difficulties they observed of their learner.
✓ From their own personal experience
✓ From the told experience of their co-teacher.

2. What do you think is the Choices:

teacher’s intention in ✓ To find a solution to the problematic situation.
conducting the action __ To comply with the requirement of the principal
research? ✓ To improve teaching practice
__ To try out something, if it works
__ To prove oneself as better than the other

3. What benefit do you get Choices:

as a student I FS 2 in ✓ Prepare me for my future job
understanding and ding __ Get good grades in the course
action research? __ Learn and practice being an action researcher
✓ Improve my teaching practice
✓Expose to the realities in the teaching profession
✓Become a better teacher everyday

4 In what ways, can you assist ✓ By co-researching with my mentor

your mentor in his/her Action ✓By assisting in the design of the intervention
Research Activity? ✓ By assisting in the implementation of the AR
__ By just watching what is being done

Based on the readings you made and the previous activities that you have done.

1. What significant ideas or concepts have you learned about action research?
I learned that, action research is the process for improving educational practices and
develops reflection practices based on the interpretations made by participants. Also it
helps to understand what is happening in our classroom and identified changes that
improve teaching and learning.
2. Have you realized that there is a need to be an action researcher as a future teacher?
Yes ✓ No____. If yes, complete the sentence below.

I realized that there is a need to be an action researcher as a future a teacher

because there is a great need for teachers to impact their professional development which
in the long run impacts on their proficiency. It ensures that a practical solution into
whatever social situation is found. It is a significant tool in ensuring that the teacher
 understands his/her practice, ways of improving the same, enable him/her understands the
ways in which the person is able to understand changes from outside and enable one to
improve the practice through changing the outside.

OBSERVE

From what teaching principles of the theories can this problem be anchored?
 I have observed and noticed that Action Research begins with the problem or a
problematic situation.
Write an example of a problematic situation that you have observed and notices.

The problematic situation that I had observed and notice is that students
that won’t pay attention during class session. I also observed the child that is
regularly losing focus during challenging task. It is very annoying when you have
students who can’t seem to listen like they can’t seem to follow directions or even
pay attention to you .

REFLFECT

What have I realized? What do I hope to achieve?

I realized that every teaching learning problem, there is a solution.
Write a probable solution to the problematic situation above
The problematic situation that I had observed and notice is that students
that won’t pay attention during class session. I also observed the child that is
regularly losing focus during challenging task. It is very annoying when you have
students who can’t seem to listen like they can’t seem to follow directions or even
pay attention to you .

PLAN

What strategies, activities, innovations can I employ to improve the situation or

solve the problem?
As a future action researcher I can plan for an appropriate intervention like
providing some other tips or strategies how the students catch their attention like include
physical activity, remove visual distractions, play memory games and adjust time frames.

ACT

If I conduct or implement my plan, what can be its title?

If will implement my doable plan in the future, title would be Increasing the
Engagement of Students in Class
Your artifact will be an Abstract of a completed action

Discipline – Improving Classroom Management through

Action Research: A Professional Development Plan
Munir Moosa Sadruddin

Abstract

Action research is an effective plan for the professional development of teachers. It helps
practitioners’ to improve their teaching skills. This research paper examines the strategies used
by the researcher to maintain discipline in classroom through action research. The paper
determines whether punishment and de-motivation are better reinforcing tool to maintain
discipline and whether there is a relation between punishment and de-motivation with learners’
behavior. The teacher identified the areas of improvement in maintaining classroom discipline.
For this particular research, Individual Action Research Plan was adopted. A professional plan
was developed and implemented using Skinnerian model of discipline (1930-1955) to maintain
discipline in classroom through positive reinforcement instead of punishment. The sampling
consisted of 60 students (30 males and 30 females) of grade 9-10. The data was collected
through personal observations, reflective diary and audio recordings. The study concludes that
there is a definite relationship between punishment and de-motivation with learners’ behavior.
The students were more relaxed when the positive reinforcement was adopted and when the
routine plan was made keeping in mind the interest of the students. They were more engaged in
class when the punishment and demotivation were avoided. Positive reinforcement, substituting
punishment and implementing students’ opinion helped a lot in maintaining discipline and in
improving learners’ behavior. The action research helped the researcher to maintain classroom
management through effective discipline practice.