Why is homework important in early learning? What are the benefits? How can be serve all students? It helps in differentiation? How ? When is appropriate ? How much homework? Who should be invoved? when and How and Why? Develop a knowledge base -Teacher Leadership issue- Review of the related literature Develop a research design and a curriculum project to solve the issue Project design and , implementation and evaluation Develop strategies to report project outcomes Action research seeks solutions to classroom, school, or community questions linked to curriculum, instruction, and student learning. In the classroom, action research beging with a question, and teachers have questions daily about the curriculum and student program? Your question is How can elementary school encourage more teachers to effectively use technology in their curriculum? 1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Describe the classroom or school context. Include demographic information about students and the community. Include information that is relevant to the topic. If the topic concerns student performance in mathematics, for example, discuss the mathematics curriculum currently in use. Discuss how that curriculum is implemented and how student learning is assessed. Tell a story about the curriculum issue being raised. That story builds s a case for studying the curriculum question or issue. a. THE BACKGROUND PROVIDES A RICH DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM 1 discuss the demographics of the school, community and classroom. Describe the curricular area in question. 2. Discuss the data sources that provide evidence for the research problem/question. These may include student work, assessment data, and case studies of select students. Or questionnaires, for example. On the basis of the data and the overall description of the school, community, classroom and curriculum area, define the problem for research. b. THE PROBLEM statement is clearly described Example: Questionnaires reveal that parents of kindergarten children who attend California Elementary School have minimal knowledge of home literacy activities that support children’s literacy development. This research asks, can a parent education program that is centered on home literacy activities enhance parent education program that is centered on home literacy activities enhance parents’ understandings of home literacy and children’s literacy development? Purpose of the action research project Once the background and problem are clearly discussed state the purpose of the research here. What does the research want to do to resolve the curriculum question? State the Purpose of the prpoposed research project here Example: This research project seeks to develop a parent education program centered on home literacy activities and to examine the role of the program in parents’ understandings of home literacy and student’s literacy development. The statement of purpose should connect with research problem Review of the related literature This is a key part of the research process. It is where the teacher builds a knowledge base about relevant research and practice. It includes a reference to at least ten current journal articles. At least five of the articles must report current research on the topic. Remaining articles must report current exemplary practice directly related to the topic.