Thinking Foundation - Research - Case Studies - McKinley Elementary School

We had thought our next research would revolve around Write From the Beginning and it’s impact on McKinley students. However, the results from this research indicate that further work needs to be done in looking at deeper at student competency with the eight thinking processes over a variety of content areas.

Watch We are Changing - Part 3 of a 3 Part interview with McKinley principal Aurora Garcia. Aurora was interviewed by staff members Joy Wenke and Maria Rivero who were research team collaborators.

Watch the video clip Part 3 - We are Changing in Quicktime (5:49)

Parts 2 & 3 are in other sections of the case study
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Activities and Strategies
Activities and Strategies for Further Research at McKinley 2007-08.

Quantitative data:
School CST results, , TASS (Teams Assisting Student Success) data, staff surveys, student assessments

Qualitative Data:
teacher interviews, administrators interview, student interviews, student assessments, samples of students’ works and teacher lesson plans

Timeline

1. Winter 2008:

Prepare different interviews and surveys and interview student teachers
Begin interviewing teachers and collect student samples from different grade levels
interview administrators and analyze CST data from 2004-2005

2. Spring 2008

Collection of TASS data: compare and contrast data from previous years to current year

District assessment data: compare and contrast data

Video interviews

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		Research - Case Studies - McKinley Elementary School Further Research We had thought our next research would revolve around Write From the Beginning and it’s impact on McKinley students. However, the results from this research indicate that further work needs to be done in looking at deeper at student competency with the eight thinking processes over a variety of content areas. Watch We are Changing - Part 3 of a 3 Part interview with McKinley principal Aurora Garcia. Aurora was interviewed by staff members Joy Wenke and Maria Rivero who were research team collaborators. Watch the video clip Part 3 - We are Changing in Quicktime (5:49) Parts 2 & 3 are in other sections of the case study If you don't have Quicktime, download free Quicktime Player Activities and Strategies Activities and Strategies for Further Research at McKinley 2007-08. Quantitative data: School CST results, , TASS (Teams Assisting Student Success) data, staff surveys, student assessments Qualitative Data: teacher interviews, administrators interview, student interviews, student assessments, samples of students’ works and teacher lesson plans Timeline 1. Winter 2008: Prepare different interviews and surveys and interview student teachers Begin interviewing teachers and collect student samples from different grade levels interview administrators and analyze CST data from 2004-2005 2. Spring 2008 Collection of TASS data: compare and contrast data from previous years to current year District assessment data: compare and contrast data Video interviews See the Menu on the left column at the top of this page for more sections in this case study on McKinley Elementary School in San Jose, California. return to the top Download the Complete Final Report on McKinley Elementary School as a PDF file.