Sally Is a Third Grade Teacher Who Is Also the Classroom

Multiple Choice

Sally is a third grade teacher who is also the classroom coordinator of a new student teacher, Sam. Sam is in his fourth year in the teacher education program, and he has recently joined Sally’s class to gain experience in teaching. Sam immediately faces problems in the classroom. It seems that he easily loses control of the students and this loss of control leads to further acting up. It is embarrassing for Sally who hears from other teachers that she is having a “free for all” in her room whenever Sam teaches.

Sally would like to study her own classroom and make some changes to help Sam become a better teacher
-Sally observes Sam teaching several periods in the third grade room. She also asks Sam to write down in a personal journal his feelings about what is occurring in the classroom during the periods he is teaching. Student tests on the material Sam teaches are also reviewed. This phase of action research is…

A) Analysis of the data
B) Identification of a problem
C) Collection of data
D) Collaborating with others