Standards+Question+9


 * Read the Case Study regarding Research-Based on page 21 of the NSDC Standards text handed out in class. In your PLC discuss Discussion Questions 1-5. Have a record keeper in your group synthesize your group's responses to these questions. If your group needed more information, describe what you need to know and how you would go about discovering this information.**

1. What kinds of decisions do educators regularly make that require a more thorough examination of research?
 * - Research-based professional learning to implement in the school.**
 * - Textbook adoptions(programs used and evaluated).**
 * - Student learning with different programs.**

2. What kinds of challenges in your school and/or district could benefit from an action research effort?
 * - Students performing at low level could benefit from research on curriculum model.**
 * - Looking at specific content areas and issues with students.**
 * - Challenges of the demographics of the school.**

3. What does the phrase "critical consumer of research" mean to you?
 * - Taking time be objective, talking with researchers, having researchers visit school, contrast research with other districts.**

4. What are options to consider when a program proposal lacks an adequate research base to support its adoption?
 * - Looking for a different adoption or program. Conducting own research. Accept that the school completing the research will be the initial research.**