Action Research Area of Focus [WLO: 3][CLO: 5]

This is the MOST important part of this course and sets the stage for your entire action research project. Please take time to think about what I have commented on and respond. The sooner you respond, the more dialog you can have about your topic with me and the rest of your peers. If you have questions or concerns, please let me know. Do not start your assignment for week 1 until I tell you that your topic is good to go. This will save everyone time in the long run... promise.

This is the response from Discussion 2 from the instructor:

I like your idea; however, let's refine more.

"Students do not seem to be interested in learning science."

Is it that students aren't interested or not engaged enough? I'm assuming the latter, science is exciting, and it has been, from my experience, one subject that is HIGHLY involved. In fact, I had a "research center", which was focus on science, but literature based, and was the most visited center in 3 years!!! Test scores would reveal the true disclosure of the amount of information retained by students, which is why this topic is good, it is measurable!!!

Here are your questions:

"How can I make students gain interest in learning science?

How can students be motivated to acquire knowledge in science?"

So, first, we cannot "make" students do anything, we can however engage them more. Your questions might change a little over time. Here is my first attempt at better questions, feel free to use them. I like to think about questions (especially) for a little bit and could possibly come up with something more brilliant soon, lol.

how to increase motivation towards learning in early elementary in the area of science?

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