STARTING POINTS

STARTING POINTS
• Ask individuals to complete the "Starting Points" questions (see below). Tell them to think broadly about many areas for possible questions
• Go around the group one at a time and list on a flipchart all of the different areas that surface from this handout.
• Ask each person to take one of the areas from the flipchart (could be an idea of theirs or someone else's) and practice writing a question in that area.
• Go around the group, and one at a time, ask each person to read their question very slowly twice. The group should listen to the questions. Absolutely no comments are made after each question is read.
• Ask the group to generate characteristics, qualities, and guidelines for what makes a good action research question.
1. I would like to improve...
2. I am perplexed by...
3. Some people are unhappy about...
4. I'm really curious about...
5. I want to learn more about...
6. An idea I would like to try out in my class is...
7. Something I think would really make a difference is...
8. Some I would like to do to change is...
9. Right now, some areas I'm particularly interested in are...