Action Research Purpose and Significance

1. What is the purpose of your proposed action research study?

My proposed action research study is creating campus alignment through writing across the curriculum. I will be studying the impact of congruency between classes of different disciplines. I will identify methods of using effective writing techniques in classes other than the English/ language arts classroom. Through the study I can identify its effectiveness on my campus.

2. What is the significance of your proposed action research study?

The benefit of this action research study is for not only the students, but the teachers as well. The students benefit through the congruency of writing techniques from one class to the next. This reduces the number of techniques that the student must learn in each class, leaving instructional time to focus on the course curriculum alone. The students are less confused and a can benefit from classes that are truly aligned.

The teachers benefit through collaboration and planning. Alignment, whether vertical or horizontal, creates a learning environment that is campus wide. Many campuses have individual teachers that incorporate skills from other disciplines, but the technique is not campus wide. This scenario creates pockets of true learning throughout the campus. The goal of alignment is to spread that environment throughout. Often, Science, math, and social studies teachers do not take the time to teach writing techniques to their students. Instead, they rely on an assumption of what they think the students know. These teachers are unaware of the techniques that are actually being taught, and they often don’t know what techniques would be most effective for their content area. This study will help teachers throughout the campus collaborate and will help make their teaching more effective.