The Why, What, and How of Writing

Classroom-based Action Research

Joseph Jay U. Aureada, PhD
Innovation,
Intervention,
and Strategy
Innovation vs
Intervention
vs Strategy
Innovation
• A new idea, method, device
• The introduction of
something new
Intervention
Action taken to improve a situation
Most common: Instructional Interventions
-Intentional
-Specific
-formalized
Intervention vs. Strategy
• An Instructional Intervention is
not just an Strategy.

• Strategy is a set of methods or

activities to teach learners a skill
or concept.
Intervention vs. Strategy
An Instructional Intervention may
include may include strategies.

But not all Strategies are

Interventons.
Example
Maria is in first grade. She lacks basic
Math skills and does not recognize numbers
from 1 to 10. But she has not been
evaluated for Special Education. Her school
schedules an hour of small group instruction
each day to help her catch up. Every week,
the teacher checks on her progress.
Example
Jeff is in fifty grade and has dyslexia. He
has trouble with decoding and phonological
awareness. The research team decides to
provide 30 minutes of multisensory reading
instruction 3 times a week. Every month, his
reading progress is monitored.
• What is all about?
• What are the strategies?
• What is the activity?
• How often they do this?
• How often they do check the progress?