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Research Question The question guiding this study asks, “How will a differentiated instructional unit impact content knowledge in an urban sixth grade classroom?”
Research Setting This study will take place at Mary McLeod Bethune Academy, which is a K-8 school that is within the Milwaukee Public Schools District in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The city of Milwaukee has a population of 594,833 according to the United States Census Bureau (2010) and predominantly consists of white (44.8%), African-American (40%), and Hispanic (17.3%) people. Approximately 29% of the population live in poverty, with about 65% of people sixteen years or older in the labor force. The percentage of the population twenty-five years and older that …show more content…

Any students who do not return both forms will participate in the lesson activities but will not be included in the study. The parental consent form will include information about the purpose of the study and how information will be collected and used, and the assent form will let students know in age-appropriate language about the study and its purpose. The assent form will be read and explained to students so they have a full understanding of the study when they sign the …show more content…

Students will read a leveled non-fiction book on cells from the Science A-Z website (Fridell, n.d.) in small groups of students who have similar reading abilities. Observations will be made as to how students work in leveled groups and students will take a quiz as an exit ticket which will be collected to provide data (see Appendix D). A PowerPoint presentation (see Appendix E) will be shown and students will take guided notes to build on their understanding of cells. To gauge their learning so far, students will take a formative assessment called Four More (see Appendix F). Student work samples will be collected from this formative assessment and will be included as artifacts. In computer class, students will visit activities on the Brain Pop website titled “Cells” and “Cell Structures” (see Appendix G). Data will be collected through observations during the activity as well as student artifacts from activities within the program. Early in the second week, students will participate in a whole class presentation Jigsaw activity on cells structures and their functions. Groups will be formed based on interest and students will choose which cell structure they will focus on. Each group will create a poster using chart paper and will present their topic to the entire

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