Excel 2

When I conducted my t-test to test the difference between the male and female scores, I was able to see the results of a one tail and a two tail test. My one-tail test resulted with 1.60684.. and my two tail resulted in 3.21368. The one-tail test had a P value of greater than .05 which means that there was no significant difference. The two-tail test results were greater than .05, which shows that there was no significant difference. Without a significant difference, we must accept the hypothesis showing that there was no difference between the male and female scores.

In my future classroom, I would like to create a student performance evaluation for the first few weeks of the school year and do the same evaluation at the end of the year. This way I am not basing my student comparison solely on test results, but instead on a performance evaluation so that I can see how my students are performing in class. The evaluation could show everything from content comprehension to student participation to show a comprehensive view of their classroom involvement. Comparing their results from the beginning of the year to the end could demonstrate how effective my classroom and teaching techniques are as well as showing my student’s perspective.

I would use the beginning of the year scores and the end of the year scores as the categorical independent variable. I would use a comparison test in a non-special needs classroom as the continuous dependent variable. My research question is to see if my students improve over the year in comparison to their general education classroom peers. My hypothesis is that my students will improve along the same rate as their general education peers. My null hypothesis would be no significant difference.