Wheels fell off the wagon of my action research the past 2 weeks. With Thanksgiving approaching and the hustle and bustle in the air I did now allow students the time to meet with their critical friend.
However, this ended up being a powerful piece of research. Through my observations my students who are of higher ability seemed to lack purpose and those of lower ability seemed easily distracted. These observations led me to this question: "Is it the relationship with the critical friend that is driving positive behavior and rigor during Daily 5 or is it the actual goal setting?"
What would be the next step to find an answer to this question? I think the kids could tell me. At the end of the upcoming week I am going to pose the "Why?" question to the students and have them verbally answer in regards to their critical friend.
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