This week after visiting with my site supervisor, I learned some important lessons on being able to measure the affects of the research I am doing. In my discussion with my supervisor we talked about the many ways in which I could test the effects of different vocabulary strategies in the classroom. This is also an area of focus for our school this year. So, I believe I am changing my research question to: Which strategies for teaching vocabulary produce the greatest gains in student retention of concepts and performance on standards based assessments? In hindsight I think this question is much more measurable and I believe the impacts of this research will be much more relevant to my school.

John