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Types of Data & Col﻿lection: Samples of student writing will be collected in both classes at the beginning of the unit and at the end. Each writing sample will be evaluated using a state-wide writing rubric to measure changes in student performance. A minimum of three teachers will apply the rubrics and complete the evaluations on each student writing sample which will increase inter-rater reliability. I will also collect additional data to provide supplemental information as is suggested by case study research methodologists (Johnson & Christensen, p. 409). I will gather participant observation which will include a checklist of observed behaviors relating to student engagement in various stages of the in-class writing process.

Both classrooms of students will also be observed during the in-class writing process, sample one and sample two, using a checklist designed to identify levels of student engagement during the writing process. The present/not present results will be entered into a spreadsheet. Comments on behavior's observed will also be recorded and coded by multiple teachers for increased reliability.