Research Week 4

My goal this week was to start getting down to business on the research for the lit review. I downloaded Amy's "Problem Sheet 3" to start organizing my ideas for the lit review. This helped me break my research into three categories:

1. Retention of math for cumulative learning- basically the importance of retaining math concepts through out the year in order to build on that knowledge.
2. Self regulation of studying for math- I'm looking into research done on how students study for math assessments, as well as how they do (or don't ) regulate their studying time and habits.
3. ePortfolios in middle school mathematics- how have they been used in the past, as well as what research has been done to confirm the value of portfolios for studying and retaining math.

So far, these are the search terms I've been using in Ed Research Complete. I've spent a few hours locating resources and journal articles and plan to start building my lit review piece by piece this week.