Name:

Wondering: Do incentives work to increase student productivity and engagement?

Weekly Log
Complete this log each week. You will include the actual data collected in a three-ring binder. A minimum of one entry with
corresponding data are completed each week with many weeks having two entries. Please remember that each entry must be
connected to your inquiry wondering and this notebook will be brought to seminar each week.

Week Action Taken to
impact student
learning (cite data such as
literature, student work etc. to
explain why you took the action)
Data Collected (and included in
this notebook such as CT observation,
field notes, student surveys, CT
interviews, digital pictures, video,
course readings)
How I made sense of/analyzed Key points learned from the
the data (ie: read chronologically, data (not what I think it means)
highlighted, sorted student work into groups)

1-4 Observe how focus
student does work (note
taking, math pages, etc.).
Pictures of students notebook
and the work inside.
Field Notes of my observations.
I looked at how often my focus
student would continue to work
without a teacher having to hover
over him.
The student does not focus on
note taking. When he does
complete his work, it is quickly
and he does not pay attention to
the concept of the work.

5 Learn how the student Interest inventory paper.

likes to learn/what
environment he thinks he
will focus in.

6-7 Use verbal praise for Course reading on the power of

every little thing (notes, verbal praise.
work, behavior) that my Field Notes on my
focus student completes. observations.

8-9 Use Class Dojo Rewards. Student's points for the two
weeks.
 Name:
Wondering: Do incentives work to increase student productivity and engagement?

9-10 Punch Card for Super Photograph of students punch

Star Choices, supports card.
positive work productivity. Field notes on how the system
worked.

10-11 Use student reward jar. Photograph of students reward

jar at the end of the two
weeks.
Field notes on how the system
worked.

11-12 Use Brag tags! Photography of students

earned brag tags for
completed work.
Field notes on how the system
worked.

12-13 WOW Lanyard to Field notes on how the system

encourage great work. worked.

13-15 Productivity Bingo! Course reading on

individualized rewards.
Student interview on reward
systems.
Photograph of students
notebook after the 15 weeks.