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Appendix A

Triangulation Matrix

Focus Area Question:

What are the benefits of providing Child Development high school students with journal and case study paper examples, more time to observe in the child care center and the use of different teaching methods among students to improve observation journals and case study papers in Child Development Preschool Lab during the 2008 fall semester?

Purpose:

à The purpose of the study is to describe the effect that providing journal and case study paper examples, more time to observe in the child care center and the use of different teaching methods will have on the improvement of observing journals and case study papers.

Appendix B

Interview Questions for KAREN ELLIS

(Deer Park Teaching & Learning Center Director):

July 11, 2008

Do you have any ideas on how to use modeling as a teaching strategy to provide the high school friends with adequate tools when writing papers and essays?

For general writing, I think a lot of our students don’t use Microsoft word properly… even simple tools such as spelling and grammar check. Spending a day familiarizing ourselves with Microsoft Word in a computer lab may be helpful. Once this has been accomplished, it could be a requirement to use these tools for writing. (I know this seems obvious, but a lot of the case study papers have typos and grammar issues that would have been fixed by using these simple functions.) Then, for more specific content to writing child development papers: modeling writing skills can be helpful for students who are unsure about how to record and interpret what they see with our children in the center.

Students could watch a video excerpt of a classroom activity (as opposed to watching live where you can’t stop the action, ask questions, take time to write observations, etc) and then as a class make observations and comments. From the collection of observations and comments, the group can collectively write a paragraph on the overhead or IIS monitor so that everyone can be a part of the idea generating and editing process. Practicing this skill as a group may make it less intimidating. This can also be a time to reinforce the Microsoft tools.

Do you think that providing examples of observation journal entries and case study papers to students will impact their journals and papers?

Yes! Not everyone would choose to read them, but to those students who are struggling, this may be very useful.

How will providing these examples to students impact their journal entries and case study papers?

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