Research Questions

Students

Engagement:

• Describe how you felt about the activity
• Describe this lesson to an incoming student/a student who missed the lesson.  What could they expect from this lesson?
• Do you wish you had more time to do this lesson?  Why?
• Would you do the lesson again?  Why?

Transfer:

• You said that you were engaged/were not engaged in the lesson… can you describe why that activity was engaging/not engaging for you?
• Describe the lesson to me as if I was an incoming student/a student who never got to do the lesson.
• Do you think that you learned anything from this lesson? 
  • If yes: what do you think that what you learned?  Have you been able to use this other than in that specific activity?
  • If no: why do you think that you didn’t learn anything?

Teacher

Engagement:

• Describe whether or not student A was engaged or not engaged in the activity.  Why or why not? 
• What do you consider engagement?
• Picture yourself in the shoes of student A.  Describe this activity to me.
• Do you believe that student A would’ve enjoyed having more time with this activity?  Why?
• Would you do this lesson again? Why?

Transfer1: (questions to be used directly following lesson)

• What were your objectives for this lesson?
• What big picture did you want to convey?

Transfer2:

• You said that you thought student A was engaged/not engaged in the lesson.  Can you describe why you thought this?
• Describe what details you believe that student A would recall now, reflectively, about the lesson.
• Has student A shown any evidence that he/she remembered the lesson? (ie. parent teacher conferences, discussion in class or an examination on the subject).
• Why do you think he remembered it/didn’t remember it?
• What do you believe was the most effective part of the lesson for student A? Why?