Week 4

Well this week I have been working on my lit reviews. There are so many sources to search that I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. I am at least heading in the right direction since I selected my project topic. So much reading to do I'm not sure if I'll ever be finished. I have also been working on a few more powerpoints to add to my website. Hopefully I will be closer to completing my project soon.

Week 3

I did it! I finally completed my premliminary thesis and submitted it to Dr. Baek. After several hours of reading articles and following the outline I have finally completed the beginning of my project. Now I just have to work on the rest which will probably take me forever.

Here is my outline. It is very rough so please offer suggestions.

Topic: Utilizing Technology to Enhance Reading Comprehension with Mathematical Word Problems.

1. Analyzing word problems
a. word problems and word meanings
b. Word problems and testing
c. word problems and special education
d. word problems and EL students

2. Strategies to improve reading comprehension within word problems
a. powerpoint presentations on word problems
b. small group instruction
c. interactive lessons
d. study island

3. Web page
a. incorporating different forms of technology (powerpoints, streamline videos, etc.)

Week 2

This week was a pretty productive week for me. I emailed Dr. Newberry regarding my lack of thesis topics and while I was waiting for his response I narrowed down my topics to two and then I changed it all over again. So as of right now my topic is Utilizing technology to enhance reading comprehension within mathematical word problems. I think I'll be able to find several different literature review articles to research for this topic.

Introduction

I have not yet decided on a topic for my thesis project. My initial topic for Etec 544 involved using bloom's taxonomy to enhance reading comprehension. For this particular topic I have already gathered several articles to review. I created a web page and powerpoint presentation.
If anyone has any suggestions on a project, I would greatly appreciate any ideas.