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This is my final summative assessment piece for my Research Methods course at Endicott.  I found this to be an extremely demanding project, but also a very rewarding accomplishment.  The course was designed to perfection and Dr. Barrie Jo Price was an absolute pleasure and inspiration to work with. This is the first of two courses so there are some sections that will be filled in once I have actually conducted the intervention. Minecraft for Reading Comprehension Timothy J. Wilson Endicott College Abstract  “This will be completed during IED574 Research Project in the fall semester.” Background Study Location This study will be conducted at St. Francis College in São Paulo, Brazil.  St. Francis is an International Baccalaureate (IB) school providing each of the Primary Years Program (PYP), Middle Years Program (MYP), and Diploma Program (DP) following an inquiry...

Edutopia article about Student Led Conferences This document is my final project for MIEA 580 Innovative Practices course at Endicott.  The project outlines an innovation and the process for the implementation of it within my school.  I have included the entire text within the the body of this post. Rooting of the innovation itself             The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) has a shifted approach toward learning than that of traditional models.   One of the tenants of this shift is the focus on students understanding the process of how they learn and reflecting upon this process.   Summative assessments in the Middle Years Program (MYP) fall under four different criteria categories: knowing and understanding, investigating, communicating, and thinking critically.   Each of these criterion are broken down into specific strands and the MYP requires that each strand is assessed at ...