Over the past several months, I feel that I have been doing a pretty good job at researching and creating a collection of information and resources that are tied to my particular research topic: intrinsically motivating middle school boys in their reading classes. I have found a multitude of sources that speak on the reading performance gap between boys and girls; I have also found thousands of pieces that will state "YES! This is a problem", but I have a difficulty trying to find any information on how to really solve or curb this issue from continuing to worsen over time. One would think that with such a major issue around the globe that there would be more information available, but I am really struggling to gather much information on the solution side of the equation versus the problem side. Additionally, I feel restricted as we have already submitted our HRC Proposals and will be unable to change much of our future processes in instruction to those who will be participation in our Action Research in the next upcoming months. For instance, I found a great article on incorporating the use of Multiple Intelligences, but I am pretty sure that I am unable to adjust what I had originally planned out and explained in my HRC Proposal. I was under the assumption that we were not allowed to make ANY changes, and this has me a little worried when it comes to gathering information and relaying that information in a 25-40 page piece of writing, explaining my findings.
Additionally, I have not been as diligent in the detailing of my research as I had originally planned when I started the blog. As stated earlier, I feel that I have been able to collect a fair amount of research, but the summarizing and uploading of links to my blog has not been as much of a priority throughout my research process as it may have needed to be. I have only completed a portion of what I have ought to by this point in time, and realize that I need to start demonstrating that I have been completing my research as assigned in the class expectations. Although I have been reading and collecting and collecting and reading, there has been little demonstration on my part (uploading to the blog).
The lack of tried and true strategies found through your research indicates this is a universal problem for many and not any solutions. Your research will now begin to shift to one of strategy/intervention models. You will take this research to the next logical level by trying some new things and recording their effectiveness. Just because something fails to solve the problem does not mean it is not worthy of repeated trials - good luck.
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