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Here is a gift, in time for those January ped days, of five texts and four slide shows that you may use at will. Feel free to combine/cut/chop/adapt/steal or ignore. If they are useful, great! I did them for a course. My "critical friends" (peers) thought they should be shared so here they are.
 * Action Research**

Text one is theoretical giving a quick base to the Reform. Text two is more practical and deals with current myths. Text three addresses the personal issues of teacher time and reflection. Text four focusses on the student reaction to Reform. Text five is a spreadsheet that looks at responses to student difficulties.

[|Text 1 Competencies in the reform.doc] [|Text 2 Competencies with LES.docx] [|Text 3 profession judgment.doc] [|Text 4 Students and the Reform.doc] [|Text 5 student understanding.doc]

The power points go after the respective texts. The first looks at Reform and textbook structure. The second is a fun look at students responses. The third has a couple of graphics you might find useful on teacher time management. The fourth looks at student responses, what the Reform owns, and what it doesn't.

[|1 Role of Competency.ppt] [|2 Structuring Competencies.ppt] [|3 Professional Judgment.ppt] [|4 Students and the Reform.ppt]

As part of my Action Research Project for Bishop's University's Masters in Education program I created these short texts and powerpoints in different formats. "How can I best assist Math teachers in implementing the Reform in their classrooms" was the title of the project. The idea came from reluctance on the part of Math teachers to embark upon the Reform. None of what I had tried to date worked. I needed something new.

I began by asking for volunteers. I asked what the problems were. We then grouped and prioritized the results. I then did research on the problems in theory and in the Reform. The texts/powerpoints were my "new" approach as Key person.

The original idea was to post them to the Portal where there could be 24 hours access from anywhere. This did not work out so well. It was the "I live in Quebec City. I can the Parliament Buildings anytime. Therefore I never go." problem. You may want to use them differently.

If any links don't work please let me know!

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