Xian Chen's e-portfolio

       In this research course, I learned how to conducted a action research by started with a meaningful topic" Using Powerpoint to help parents to understand their children's homework". Action research is aim for make some sort of difference in some aspect of education (Mertler,2016) Me and my other group members have experienced the whole process of action research in this course. Below are the main content of our action research project:

   1.Research question:

      1 ) Will using Homework Help PowerPoint with parent involvement increase children's homework completion? (Quantitative)

      2 ) How effective is the Homework Help PowerPoint for parents to use to help their children complete the homework? (Qualitative)

   2.Methodology:  both qualitative and quantitative data collection and data analysis

   3.Result and Conclusion:  the researchers found an increase of parent involvement helping students with their homework and the increase of homework being turned in completed by following the directions on Powerpoint tool.The researchers will continue to find effective ways to get more parent involvement in and outside of the classroom.