IDEASFORRESEARCHQUESTIONS

Chooseoneofthefollowingquestionsaboutteaching/learning.Picksomethinginwhichyouareinterested.Afterchoosing
yourresearchquestion,identifytheindependentanddependentvariablesassociatedwithyourquestion.

1. Istherearelationshipbetweenamountoftelevisionwatchedandachievementinschool?
2. Isthereasexdifferencewithrespecttoachievement(orability)inmathematics?
3. Doclassroomteachershavelowerexpectationsoffemalestudents?
4. Doestheuseofoperantconditioning(behaviorist)techniqueshelpwhenworkingwithchildrenwhohaveanattention
deficit?
5. Canachievementbychildrenwithattentiondeficitsyndromebehelpedbyreducingdistractionsfortheminthe
classroom?
6. DospecialpreparationcoursesimproveSATorACTscores?
7. Istherearelationshipbetweenclasssizeandstudentachievement?
8. Doestheuseofcooperativelearningincreaseachievement?
9. Doescooperativelearningaffecthowstudentsfeelaboutoneanother?
10. Istherearelationshipbetweenhowstudentsratetheirteachersandhowmuchislearnedbythestudents.
11. Canateachersexpectationaffectastudentsachievement?
12. Cantrainingstudentsontesttakingskillsimproveperformanceonstandardizedtests?
13. Doestheuseofquizzes/testsinacourseincreasestudentachievement?
14. Canearlyinterventionprogramsimproveschoolperformanceofchildrenatrisk?
15. Canearlyinterventionprogramsmakeadifferencewithrespecttooutcomesotherthanschoolperformance(e.g.,
delinquency,employment,teenagepregnancy)?
16. Doestheuseofgradesinaclassincreaseordecreaseachievement?
17. Dochildrenwholiveinsingleparenthomeshavelowerachievementinschoolthanchildrenwholiveintwoparent
homes?
18. Intwoparenthomes,isachildsschoolachievementaffectedbybothparentsworkingoutsidethehome?
19. Doestheuseofpositivereinforcementcontingenciesimproveachievementand/orbehavior?
20. DochildrenfromalldayKhavehigherachievementinlatergradesthanthosefrom1/2dayK?
21. Dochildrenwithspeciallearningproblemshaveahigherrateofjuveniledelinquencythanchildrenwhodonothave
theseproblems?
22. IsthelevelofPiagetiandevelopmentpredictiveofacademicachievement?
23. IsKohlbergslevelofmoraldevelopmentrelatedtobehavior?
24. Doesthephonicsapproachtoteachingreadingresultinhigherreadingscoresthantheuseofawholelanguage
approach?
25. Isthereevidencetosupportaparticularmethodortechniqueofteachingasecondlanguage?
26. Doesblockscheduling(4periodday)improveacademicachievement?
27. Doesdrinkingalcohol,smoking,orusingdrugsduringpregnancypermanentlydamagethefetus?
28. Doesforceddesegregationharmorimproveracerelations?
29. Doesdesegregationimproveachievement?
30. Doesabilitygrouping(tracking)improveorhurtachievement.
31. Doesabilitygrouping(tracking)affectchildrensselfconcepts?
32. Shouldateacherspendmoreofher/histimeinstructingthewholeclassandgroupsofstudentsORinstructing
individualstudents(i.e.,inwhichsituationarestudentslikelytoachievemore)?
33. Doestheuseofinstructionalobjectivesimproveachievement?
34. Doestheuseofauthenticassessmentinaschoolscurriculumaffectthestudentsscoresontraditionalstandardized
achievementtests?
35. Dostudentswithspecialneedsachievemorewhentheyaremainstreamed?
36. Hasauthenticassessmentbeenshowntobereliableandvalid?
37. Doesminimumcompetencytestingforgraduationfromhighschoolraisestudents'levelofachievementinschools?
38. Doestestingofteachersimproveteaching?
39. Doesassigninghomeworkimprovestudentachievement?
40. Dogendersegregatedclassroomsandschoolsimprovelearning?
41. Dohighschoolstudentslearnmoreiftheirschoolhasalaterstartingtime?
42. Doestheuseofdaycareinpreschoolyearsaffectlaterschoolachievement?
43. ForstudentswhosefirstlanguageisnotEnglish,whichapproachisbetterforstudentlearning:Englishimmersionora
 bilingualapproach?
44. Doesinstructioninmusicreallyincreaseastudentsacademicachievement?
45. Dostudentsincharterschoolshavehigheracademicachievement?
46. Istheachievementgapbetweenwhitestudentsand"minorities"decreasingundertheNoChildLeftBehindprogram?