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Assignment 5 – Annotated Bibliography

EDUA 5600

Kristin Withoos

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Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to read and annotate 10 articles that relate to change

project. The articles that I have found relate not only to my change project but to teaching

in general, I have taken a lot of great information from them and will be using some of

the information not only for my change project but for my teaching in general. The

annotations will provide information on the purpose of each study, the methods used, the

outcomes touched in the study and the implications it will have on my change project.

The change project I have decided to do it to create a small study group with the main

goal of helping one specific struggling student improve not only academically but also

socially. The student in question is currently having a lot of issues building relationships

with students in his class, he does not really have any friends and is often working alone

because he is not comfortable approaching anyone to ask to join their group or to work

with them. He is also very far behind academically is most subjects, despite the fact he is

quite brilliant. The hope is that by providing opportunity for this student to work more

closely with other students that he will become more comfortable with the students in the

small group and start to build relationships with them. The academic side will come from

the work that will be done in the small groups, the focus of these groups will be to

provide extra academic support for the students that join the group. Hopefully by

focusing on the academic side the relationship will be formed more naturally just by

having to work closely together.

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Research Article Analysis # 1

Article reference: Purpose of the study:

Lefstein, J. S. (2017). “Low Ability,” Participation, and This study follows three teachers that are seeking to
Identity in Dialogic Pedagogy. American include low ability students in class discussion. The
Educational Research Journal, 55 (1), 40-78. purpose is to determine what implications dialogic
Retrieved from http://journals.sagepub.com pedagogies have on these students with low ability.

Summarize the method in your own words. Draw a figurative representation.

The study was executed in two parts; the first was

professional development for teachers which included
nightly reflections. The second was the visits to the
classrooms of the grade 5 and 6 teachers. These were
done 2-3 times a week for the 2008-2009 school year
and included lesson planning with teachers.

List the outcomes in point form, underlining five key
words.
Initially it was observed that students with low ability
were unable to contribute to class discussions, when
called upon to contribute in front of the entire class these
students freeze up and become uncomfortable. There
were a few main problems with this:
 These students never felt as though they had
anything meaningful to say
 They slowly became uninterested in the group
discussions know that they could not contribute
 Students would fall behind in certain areas as a
result of not being engaged in these discussions
 Students felt segregated from the others
 Students lacked confidence
Write two questions you have about the research.
1. I am wondering why they chose to only follow
3 teachers in the school all within the same
grade range and not all the teachers in the
school or perhaps teachers within multiple
schools.
2. How would the findings have changed if the
study would have been conducted over a longer
period of time? Perhaps if they followed the
same group of kids and the same teachers for a
few years.

Implications for change project.

This study looks into the implications of low ability students not being able to contribute to group discussions. With
pedagogical changes that are pushing towards more group discussions and more “math talks” it is important to find
ways to bring these low ability students into the group discussions. With this in mind it is imperative that time is
taken to ensure that students are able to contribute something to discussions with the class. One way of doing this
would be to work with the low ability students on certain problems (in math for example) and go through the way
the answer could be explained so that the student has the confidence of knowing exactly what to say before the class
discussion. Another thing would be to start small in groups where the pressure is lower, and students feel more
comfortable.

Research Article Analysis # 2

Article reference: Purpose of the study:
http://journals.sagepub.com.uml.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.3102/0002831217716084

Summarize the method in your own words. Draw a figurative representation.

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List the outcomes in point form, underlining five key words. Write two questions you have about the
research.

Implications for change project

Research Article Analysis # 3

Article reference: Purpose of the study:
http://journals.sagepub.com.uml.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.3102/0002831216667545

Summarize the method in your own words. Draw a figurative representation.

List the outcomes in point form, underlining five key words. Write two questions you have about
the research.

Implications for change project

Research Article Analysis # 4

Article reference: Purpose of the study:
http://ajer.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ajer/article/view/606/589

Summarize the method in your own words. Draw a figurative

representation.

List the outcomes in point form, underlining five key words. Write two questions you
have about the research.
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Implications for change project

Research Article Analysis # 5

Article reference: Purpose of the study:
http://journals.sagepub.com.uml.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.3102/0002831214532515

Summarize the method in your own words. Draw a figurative representation.

List the outcomes in point form, underlining five key words. Write two questions you have about
the research.

Implications for change project

Research Article Analysis # 6

Article reference: Purpose of the study:
http://ajer.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ajer/article/view/1268/1191

Summarize the method in your own words. Draw a figurative

representation.

List the outcomes in point form, underlining five key words. Write two questions you
have about the research.

Implications for change project

Research Article Analysis # 7

Article reference: Purpose of the study:
http://ajer.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ajer/article/view/319/311

Summarize the method in your own words. Draw a figurative

representation.
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List the outcomes in point form, underlining five key words. Write two questions you
have about the research.

Implications for change project

Research Article Analysis # 8

Article reference: Purpose of the study:

Summarize the method in your own words. Draw a figurative representation.

List the outcomes in point form, underlining five Write two questions you have about the research.
key words.

Implications for change project

Research Article Analysis # 9

Article reference: Purpose of the study:

Summarize the method in your own words. Draw a figurative representation.

List the outcomes in point form, underlining five Write two questions you have about the research.
key words.

Implications for change project

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Research Article Analysis # 10

Article reference: Purpose of the study:

Summarize the method in your own words. Draw a figurative representation.

List the outcomes in point form, underlining five Write two questions you have about the research.
key words.

Implications for change project

Bibliography
Lefstein, J. S. (2017). “Low Ability,” Participation, and Identity in Dialogic Pedagogy. American
Educational Research Journal, 55 (1), 40-78.