Memo #3

For my primary research, I plan to interview three teachers and pass out a questionnaire to multiple classes. I would like to interview a math teacher, a science teacher, and an English teacher, all three from Coventry High School. I have specific questions that I would like to ask each teacher pertaining to their subject, although the questions are generally similar. ENGLISH TEACHER: 1. Do you believe in teaching reading/writing across the curriculum? 2. How do you believe this can be achieved? 3. Are there specific actions in place to achieve teaching reading/writing across the curriculum at this school? SCIENCE TEACHER: 1. How often do your students write in class? 2. How often do your students read in class? 3. Do you think that reading/writing in the science classroom is helping students? In what ways? 4. Do you think that we need to focus more on students reading/writing more in non-English classrooms (science, math, etc.)? 5. How do you teach reading/writing skills in a science classroom? MATH TEACHER: 1. How often do your students write in class (as in sentences, paragraphs, etc., not formulas)? 2. How often do your students read in class? 3. Do you think that reading/writing can help students in a math classroom? 4. Do you think that we need to focus more on incorperating reading/writing into math/science classrooms? STUDENTS: 1. How often do you read/write in your math class? 2. How often do you read/write in your science classroom? 3. Do you feel writing assignments help you learn better? Why/why not? 4. Do you think that reading/writing should be incorperated in math/science classrooms? Hopefully, I will be able to think of a few more questions to add to the questionnaire, along with follow-up questions that I will have in the interviewing process.