I analyzed my data last night. I found out that over half of my students that participated in the paper and pencil lessons could not identify the different coins, and over 80% of them could not complete the worksheet without assistance from the teacher. With the manipulative lessons, 78% of my students identified the coins, and 93% of my students could complete the assessment correctly. I believe this is because I could differentiate each problem for each student. I also think the students find it much easier to recognize the real money over the worksheet money. Over all it was just easier for myself and the students to use manipulatives. Plus, I could invent games with the maipulative lessons.

My inquiry project is going well. I have done a couple of lessons using the hands on activities versus the paper and pencil lessons. I have not analyzed my data yet, but I have noticed how easy it was to differentiate my lessons with the hands on activities. In the middle of a lesson if a child is doing well or struggling I would change my lesson to fit every child's needs. I have noticed that my students that had the paper and pencil activities had a more difficult time recognizing the coins compared to the children who used the manipulatives.
I found that using real coins worked well for manipulatives for my hands on activities. I have also found great resources at the LRC of NKU. There I was able to take out the math Basel reader that my school has and correlated my lessons to the other teachers lessons. I am looking forward to taping my lessons, and analyzing my data.

My inquiry plans involves finding quality resources, and finding if paper and pencil learning/assessment is as effective as hands-on learning/assessment. I first have been looking for quality paper/pencil and hands-on resources. This has been very hard. Most of the best resources cost money, and working for a non-profit organization I do not really have any money to spend. I have been looking online and found a few great web sites. I would love to use some of the interactive web sites but we still have no computer. I also have found some paper/pencil worksheets as resources. I have a meeting with some of the other kindergarten teachers tomorrow to see what resources they use and if I can use any of their resources. I plan on reviewing the coins that we have learned the rest of this week, and then start my inquiry plan next week. I guess we'll see how it goes.