Pre-test: I will set up boards around the High Impact
room with each topic that will be Well-developed and clear thesis, use of appropriate covered in our research paper unit Pre – Post Changes: sources, proper MLA formatting and citing, plan: Thesis for Research Paper, MLA Green Green thorough outline, properly integrated quotes, and a Formatting & Citing, Finding & Red Green strong conclusion. A high impact rating would also Evaluating Scholarly/Reliable Sources, occur when students moved from green to green or Research Paper Outline, Conclusion red to green in the measure of students learning Development, and Selecting & self-assessment. Integrating Quotes. Students will go around the room with multicolored Moderate Impact sticky notes with their names on them Contains a clear thesis that could be more and place them where they think they Yellow Green developed, use of some appropriate sources, limited belong: Green= “Comfortable”, Yellow= Red Yellow or incorrect MLA format and citing, an outline that “I know what this is, but I’m not that may not be thorough, quotes that are not comfortable with this”, Red= “I don’t completely integrated, and a conclusion that could know what this is, I am not comfortable be stronger. A moderate rating would also occur with this”. I chose these topics based when students moved from yellow to green or red off of their last analytical papers. These to yellow in the measure of students learning self- are the elements that I found students assessment. to struggling with. Low Impact Post-test: After having lessons on each of these topics (depth of material Any Decline Unclear or no thesis, inappropriate sources, depends on pre-test), students will Yellow Yellow incorrect MLA format and no citing, no outline or an write a research paper where they will Red Red incomplete outline, all dropped quotes or no have a clear, developed thesis, use quotes, and a weak conclusion. A low impact rating proper MLA format, use scholarly would also occur when students decline in anyway sources, complete a thorough outline, or if they remain yellow to yellow or red to red in properly select and integrate quotes, the measure of students learning self-assessment. and have a strong conclusion. The same activity with the sticky notes will be repeated.