{"id":3796,"date":"2018-08-15T18:34:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T18:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lessonresearch.net\/?page_id=3796"},"modified":"2021-11-16T08:29:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T08:29:30","slug":"start","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lessonresearch.net\/resources\/schoolwide-lesson-study\/start\/","title":{"rendered":"Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; padding_top_bottom_link_1=&#8221;false&#8221; padding_top_bottom_link_2=&#8221;false&#8221; padding_left_right_link_1=&#8221;false&#8221; padding_left_right_link_2=&#8221;false&#8221; padding_top_1=&#8221;0px&#8221; padding_top_2=&#8221;0px&#8221; padding_right_2=&#8221;0px&#8221; padding_bottom_2=&#8221;0px&#8221; padding_left_2=&#8221;0px&#8221; padding_1_tablet=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; padding_1_phone=&#8221;&#8221; padding_1_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Header&#8221; module_id=&#8221;inner-banner&#8221; 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global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Build a Research Theme, Theory of Action, and Indicators<\/h2>\n<p>Your school\u2019s research theme and theory of action are the starting points for School-wide Lesson Study. If you have not already built a research theme and theory of action, be sure to visit\u00a0<a href=\"\/study-step\/develop-research-theme\/\">Study, Step 2<\/a>\u00a0of \u201cConduct a Cycle\u201d and develop those as a school.<\/p>\n<p>Your research theme (goal) captures an element of your shared long-term vision for student learning you want to address, and your theory of action identifies strategies you want to try. \u00a0Indicators of progress will help you gauge the impact of your work.<\/p>\n<p>Educators within your school and outside specialists can both provide important ideas for your theory of action. Your theory of action should be based on the best available knowledge, and you should expect it to grow and change as your knowledge builds.<\/p>\n<p>As you think about your school\u2019s research theme, theory of action, and indicators, you may find it useful to read the tile \u201cResearch Theme vs. Theory of Action\u201d and to revisit the examples from Matsuzawa Elementary School and Highlands Elementary School. While they did not always use the terms \u201cResearch Theme,\u201d \u201cTheory of Action,\u201d and \u201cIndicator,\u201d their work captures well the concept of working on an element of your school vision, drawing on high-quality research for your theory of action, and agreeing on indicators that will help you gauge progress.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.1&#8243; max_width=&#8221;1110px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|auto||auto|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||20px|||&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_width_percent=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Section Title: Understand Lesson Study&#8221; module_class=&#8221;page-sub-title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;GalanoGrotesqueAltSemiBold|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; header_2_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.5px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;38px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Examples of Indicators from U.S. Schools<\/h2>\n<p>Indicators help us know whether we are moving toward our goals\u2013whether or theory of action is being brought to life and how students are responding. Prieto School\u2019s theory of action includes:<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-sub-1\" style=\"padding-left: 20px; padding-top: 14px;padding-bottom:20px;\">Teach scholars to construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others through note\u00ad-taking, board work, and student discourse.<\/div>\n<p>Indicators Prieto teachers looked for during research lessons include:<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-sub-1\" style=\"padding-left: 20px; padding-top: 14px;\">What evidence was there that the student note taking and teacher board work helped make ideas visible to others, and helped students to communicate their mathematical thinking to others?<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Section Title: Understand Lesson Study&#8221; module_class=&#8221;page-sub-title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;GalanoGrotesqueAltSemiBold|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; 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module_class=&#8221;page-sub-title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;GalanoGrotesqueAltSemiBold|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; header_2_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.5px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;38px&#8221; width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Indicators are embedded within the following theory of action from a San Francisco school:<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px; padding-top: 10px;\">If we implement routines and teach strategies within our K\/1 math classroom designed to strengthen students\u2019 abilities to construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others when solving math problems then students will be able to justify\/explain their thinking, help their partners by teaching not telling, use a variety of strategies to share their thinking, and utilize specific (developmentally-appropriate) academic vocabulary resulting in deeper math conceptual understanding and stronger math reasoning skills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Section Title: Understand Lesson Study&#8221; 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custom_margin=&#8221;|0px|5px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Arriving at Useful Indicators<\/h2>\n<p>What student actions will indicate success?  In the preceding examples from Matsuzawa School and San Francisco USD, notice the specific indicators of progress, such as students \u201cexplain their thinking using diagrams and equations,\u201d or \u201chelp their partners by teaching not telling.\u201d Find similarly specific indicators that are linked to your vision of student learning and theory of action. Try to avoid vague indicators (\u201cstudents are engaged\u201d) that reveal little about students\u2019 thinking or development.<\/p>\n<p>Your indicators may differ over grade levels. For example, Matsuzawa teachers expected Grade 1 students to explain their own ideas to the class, but expected older students to explain their own and classmates\u2019 ideas. And by Grade 6, they expected students to explain their own ideas, classmates\u2019 ideas, and how their own ideas had been changed by classmates\u2019 ideas! [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Section Title: Understand Lesson Study&#8221; module_class=&#8221;page-sub-title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;GalanoGrotesqueAltSemiBold|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; header_2_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.5px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;38px&#8221; max_width=&#8221;70%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;20px|0px|5px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Crafting a Useful Research Question, Theory of Action, and Indicators<\/h2>\n<p>If you have done research or inquiry with your students, you know that it\u2019s hard to arrive at a just-right research question and theory of action.  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