Revised Action Research Plan

I made a couple of revisions to my Action Research Plan throughout this week.  I am still looking for feedback or any suggestions that would improve my plan.  I am also interested to hear from anyone who knows effective brain research or memorization strategies.  I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th week!

Action Planning Template
Goal: Will incorporating brain research memorization skills help students retain basic math facts better than skill and drill alone?
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Find the latest brain research related to memorization and math facts.	Hutcherson	July 2013 To August 2013	Internet   Library
Give a math fact pre-assessment to all of my classes.	Hutcherson	September 2013	Math Fact Test	The number of correct answers in the allotted time.
Use the demographic make-up of the classes and the results of the pre-assessment to choose two different classes to observe.	Hutcherson	September 2013	Result of test   Eduphoria
Give both classes the same skill and drill type instruction for math facts including Flash Masters and Speed Tests	Hutcherson   Social Studies Teacher	September 2013 To March 2014	Speed Tests Flash Masters
I will practice memorization techniques in relation to the math facts to one of the two classes.	Hutcherson	September 2013 To March 2014	Memorization strategies	Journal about the methods used and how they are received by the students.
I will continue to give speed tests to gauge progress in the automaticity of the math facts.	Hutcherson	September 2013 To March 2014	Speed Tests Spreadsheet for recording data	Keep a record of the data achieved.
Give a final assessment to determine how much improvement has been made.	Hutcherson	April 2014	Final Assessment	Compare the number of correct answers in the allotted time to the pre-assessment.
Evaluate the results to determine if there is a noticeable difference between the two groups.	Hutcherson	May 2014	Data to compare	Compare the number of correct answers in the allotted time to the pre-assessment.
Analyze state assessment scores to see if math fact fluency increased student achievement.	Hutcherson	May 2014	State Assessment Data	Compare students’ achievement from 4th grade STAAR to 5th grade STAAR.
Share the findings with the district curriculum director.	Hutcherson   Curriculum Dir.	May 2014	Results of research