Pre-Assessment and Reflection

Seeing as though my inquiry is more behavior-based rather than academic-based, my pre-assessment did not judge knowledge about a particular topic or skill. My pre-assessment was a subject interest survey I created for my focus student. The directions are to rate the subjects in order from least favorite to most favorite, with 1 being least favorite and 5 being most favorite. The subjects listed were Math, Science, Reading, Writing, and Social Studies. My reason behind giving him this survey is seeing if there is a correlation between which subjects he likes the most and which one he puts the most effort in. He overall is unmotivated and must be constantly pushed to do his work. Due to his ADHD he tends to lose focus easily and start conversations that are completely off topic. There are some days where he is less motivated than others and this might be due to stuff going on at home. I have tried asking before about his life at home but he is very discreet about it.

I have collected his reading scores (SAT) which are extremely high, matching the scores of gifted students. I also have a parent survey that states Reading as one of his strengths. In the survey he listed Reading and Writing as his favorite subjects. I have yet to collect Math and Science scores, but there is a claim I can make off of the information I have gathered thus far. Hopefully it will be reassured once I gather those Math and Science scores. My claim is that this student, most likely as any student, is more motivated and engaged in the subjects he enjoys. This is why I want to find teaching strategies to help motivate him in any subject, not just his favorite ones. In order to find these I will be researching and looking for practitioner and empirical articles on strategies for students with ADHD. I will implement these strategies in my connected lesson.

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