The Elements of Inquiry: Using Inquiry to Explore

Momentum Points

Jan Connal, Coach Faculty Inquiry Network

For Today’s SessionFor Today’s Session

Leverage what’s been learned through FIN to maximize campus efforts

Stand on the shoulders of colleagues’ work and experience to extend our knowledge

Move the wheel, not reinvent it

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College of Alameda

Berkeley City College

Cerritos College

East Los Angeles College

Fresno City College

Glendale Community College

Laney College

Las Positas College

Los Angeles Trade Tech College

Los Medanos College (English)

Los Medanos College (Math)

Los Medanos College & San Diego City College

Mt. San Antonio College

San Diego Mesa College

Santa Ana College

Santa Barbara City College

College of the Siskiyous

Skyline College

Using Inquiry to Using Inquiry to Uncover Understanding ofUncover Understanding of

Momentum PointsMomentum Points Focus on thorny, high-leverage questions

College meaningful, personal data

Be self-sufficient, systematic & collaborative

Pay close attention to what surprises & confounds

Enlist students to get at how students “see,” understand & experience

Go public - move teaching and learning from a private concern to a public interest

Take action - move from insight to practice

Using Inquiry Tools for Exploring

Momentum PointsMomentum PointsCollecting data

Existing data (Academic Transcripts, Grade Distribution Charts, etc.)

Grade Book/Attendance Roster

Surveys & Assessments

Interviews/Focus Groups

Video Capture (Demonstrations, Conversations & Settings)

Direct Observation (Classrooms, Service points, etc.)

Looking at Data

Gap analysis

Sociograms & Graphic Organizers

Protocols, Rubrics & Content Coding Schemes

Content Analysis

Case studies

Interviews & Focus Groups

Las Positas College

Interviewed students about English placement process

vimeo.com/7952230

Cerritos College

Interviewed a student to better understand how engaged he is in Math

http://fincommons.net/2009/04/07/challenging-work-and-student-engagement/

Using Interviews & Focus Groups Using Interviews & Focus Groups to Explore to Explore

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Are there tangled issues around a momentum point that Interviews or Focus Groups could loosen up for you?

Who would you interview?

What high leverage questions would you ask?

How might you organize interview data to “look closely” at it?

Keep it meaningful, manageable and sustainable

Think-alouds &

Read-alouds

Laney College

Video taped a pair of ESL students working together to read a text in English

vimeo.com/7586520

Mt. SAC Video taped students

doing geology field observations

vimeo.com/7191788

Cerritos College

Video taped students solving pre-algebra word problems

http://connal.blip.tv/file/2324152/

Using Think- & Read-alouds Using Think- & Read-alouds to Explore to Explore

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Are there tangled issues around a momentum point that Think-alouds or Read-alouds could loosen up for you?

Who would you engage in the think- or read-aloud ?

What high leverage item would you focus on?

How might you organize think-aloud or read-aloud data to “look closely” at it?

Keep it meaningful, manageable and sustainable

Direct Observation

LA Trade Tech College

Students shared their life stories and aspirations

vimeo.com/6936869

Cerritos College

Students used a Protocol to observe classrooms for exploring and reasoning routines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6wKIDZ84oo

http://cerritoscollege.facultyinquiry.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/FIN+Observation+Protocol-final-version-0310.pdf

Using Direct Observation Using Direct Observation to Explore to Explore

Momentum PointsMomentum Points

Are there tangled issues around a momentum point that Direct Observation could loosen up for you?

Who would you observe?

What high leverage moments would you look for?

How might you organize observation data to “look closely” at it?

Keep it meaningful, manageable and sustainable

Surveys &

Assessments

Skyline College

Surveyed students to understand the relationship between literacy and aspirations

vimeo.com/5529196

College of Alameda

Surveyed students to better understand their engagement with content

http://collegeofalameda.facultyinquiry.net/the-process/survey-of-student-reading-strategies/

Using Surveys & AssessmentsUsing Surveys & Assessmentsto Explore to Explore

Momentum PointsMomentum Points

Are there tangled issues around a momentum point that Surveys or Assessments could loosen up for you?

Who would you survey?

What high leverage questions would you ask?

How might you organize survey or assessment data to “look closely” at it?

Keep it meaningful, manageable and sustainable

Thank youThank you

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