Focus observation Presentation title 1 According to David Hopkins (2014) when a pair of teachers have decided on a focus for an observation so they need to defined exactly what to look at or for. This is done to identify areas that need improvement or to monitor the effectiveness of newly implemented teaching strategies. Example “a mathematics teacher in a middle school wants to increase student participation in learning” The teacher has observed that students do not seem engaged during class discussion sessions. The teacher decided to conduct action research with an observational focus on "the level of student participation during class discussions." What teacher look at What teacher look for
An article : Hilma Safitri ; Zainal Rafli ; Ratna Dewanti (2020) Improving Students’ Speaking Skills through Task-Based Learning The researcher got initial data that the students had problems in speaking due to inadequate knowledge of the language which in turn made the students felt unconfident to speak, The students were not familiar with various speaking activities facilitating them to speak. They read text to convey ideas and a lack of strategies when speaking. The teacher decided to conduct action research with an observational focus on "Improvement students' speaking skills at the Department of English”. Presentation title 2