Stats 2

Today is the day my action research goes to the IRB. My school district is finally going to look at it as well (usually they wait for IRB approval first-don't I feel special). My fingers are crossed that I provided enough detail that it won't have to go to the full IRB and put my research dates further behind. As it is, I will be in El Salvador for one week during the time I had proposed doing the research, so I will have to make adjustments for that.

Moving on to stats...I made it through benchmark 1 without having to do a retake--thanks to the use of notes, which I had very well organized. I just have to say, that I am a firm believer in, "it's not what you know, but whether or not you know where to look it up that counts." In class I found myself groaning inwardly (or maybe not so inwardly) when things were being presented with letters to represent the numbers. That makes my brain hurt just thinking about it. I was soooo much more comfortable when we had time to go on the computer and work through the processes with real numbers and then to find out how simple it is to do it with excel. I use excel for many tasks in my teaching, but this was new to me. I am so very excited for this additional opportunity to avoid the Greek that others refer to as math!