Enquiry Project

I am beginning to get excited about doing my inquiry project and I am very happy about the excitement.  Don't you find it is easier to do a project when you are interested and get excited?  I can remember doing such a project in the past and I picked, as I did here, something I thought I SHOULD find our about.  I never did get really excited and don't even remember exactly what my project was about.  Same situation basically but what is the difference?  This time I am looking into not only something I should know about but something I plan on using that will, I hope, revolutionize my assessment methods.  Do I think it will work well the first year?  Not really, because I will need to get better as doing what I need to do as well as have my students get good at what they need to do.  But I am excited about it and will pass that excitement on to my students.  I don't really want to say any more specifically about what my project is on, but it feels great to be excited about learning more.

On another note, in reference to a past post where I had my students take ownership of their learning, what a difference it has made in my test results.  I just gave a test on Thursday, same type as always, many complicated steps, and got no grade lower than a 2.  A 2 is partially meets that standards and while that may not seem great, compared to previous test where I had to give around 6 1-1.5s I am very happy with these results.  This is something that is working for me that I will continue to use.