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Action Research: Reflective Journaling Within Middle Grades Mathematics Classroom, Larissa Van Der Molen
Action Research: Reflective Journaling Within Middle Grades Mathematics Classroom, Larissa Van Der Molen
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Reflective journaling within a middle grades mathematics classroom offers great potential as a practice for both educators and students. This paper examines the previous work that has been completed while also exploring the effectiveness of the practice in a fifth grade math classroom. The research shows that while implementing reflective journaling in a math classroom is time consuming, the benefits of opening lines of communication between pupil and teacher and improving the student learning experience outweigh the negatives. This study focuses on a fifth grade math class composed of 26 students who wrote daily in their journals. The data discussed …