Inquiry Question 3#1:Describe the tools/measures/approaches you plan to use to get a more detailed and accurate profile of students’ learning in relation to that challenge. Justify why you chose these approaches and tools.

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Last CoL meeting(18/03/2021) there was a discussion about how learners' engagement would impact a powerful inquiry. So I took into account the below factors to plan my inquiry.

From the PAT results last year, 6 students are working at PAT-stanine 4, 10 students are at PAT -stanine 3, 2 students are working at PAT -stanine 2, and the rest working are at PAT stanine 1. There are clear gaps shown here in terms of mathematics and literacy skills. My challenge is to accelerate their learning towards NCEA Level1, achieve 16 credits and make an effective contribution to ensuring they pass their NCEA Level1.

I am very excited about this inquiry that cultivates their skills, deepens understanding, creates ownership, promotes engagement, fosters the love of learning, and collaborates across their subjects.

My tools and measures are:

•Topic Evaluation: Every topic to compare strength, pattern, and shift. • Test-Pre-test: halfway test, Tests. • Reading tools: To apply knowledge from reading and translate the lessons into their own language. • Resource sheet: For internals. • Data: Past years’ NCEA results from Kamar/NZQA website to compare the shift, comparison with the national norm, and PAT if needed. • Teacher observation: To test their confidence, work ethic, and knowledge. • Student voice: Questionnaire using google forms, KWL chart, videos, and Blogging.
My approaches are:

• Using online lessons/Education perfect for differentiated teaching and Multimodal instructions.

• Everyday ‘Do Now’ to improve skills.

• Work with Dr. Jannie Van Hees and Mrs. Latu to help students unpack contextual questions. • Pre-test, Halfway test, End of Topic Test, These tests will help to find out; what learner has achieved, what has not been achieved, and what the student requires to best facilitate further progress. • Formative assessments and practice tests for internally assessed topics, to help in gaining internal credits. • Student feedback for every topic to improve learners' work ethic and engagement - using google forms, KWL chart, Blogging, and videos. • After school tutorials and holiday programs to bridge the gap as the learners are working between PAT1-4. • Promote Mathematical literacy/reading in class to understand the Merit/ Excellence questions to obtain better outcomes. • Teaching SOLO taxonomy to understand the breakdown of Achievement, Merit, and Excellence in NCEA to gain endorsements. • Attending Career Expos to promote meaningful vocational pathways. • Using workspace and videos to set effective lessons to revise and review the lessons before the examinations. • Using literacy strategies to understand respond and answer questions, Using the Chunk Check Chew, KWL for all topics, and Differentiated teaching.

Next step: Inquiry question 3#2