Action Research: Using Strategic Inquiry to Improve Teaching and Learning by Tra

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This text helps educators think about assessment to guide decision-making and help them be proactive in planning interventions that can be used to determine the effectiveness of various instructional strategies.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Written specifically for educators who may not feel prepared to measure the impact of systematic and methodologically sound interventions on student learning outcomes, this book provides very practical, useful tools and specific examples that are relevant to teachers' everyday reality. The book is organized using a model of self-regulation (task definition, goal setting and planning, enacting, and adaption) and leads readers through the relevant stages of the action research process. The book features:a chapter focused on collaborative action research for larger groups Case in Point examples from the perspective of two teachers Voices from the Field convey teachers' experiences conducting action research "Note"-able Thoughts represent a way to encourage the reader to stop and think about how the content relates to prior knowledge or experience. TECH Connections highlight ways that technology can be used to facilitate the research process.

Table of Contents

PREFACEAcknowledgmentsABOUT THE AUTHORSPHASE I—TASK DEFINITIONCHAPTER 1: WHAT IS ACTION RESEARCH?Guiding QuestionsChapter Aims and GoalsSetting the Context: Research in the Age of AccountabilityTaking Action: Using the CAPES FrameworkSummaryKey TermsCase in Point: Introducing the Research LogActivities and Additional ResourcesPHASE II—GOAL SETTING AND PLANNINGCHAPTER 2: IDENTIFYING A RESEARCH TOPICGuiding QuestionsChapter Aims and GoalsSetting the Context: Choosing a Research TopicTaking Action: Developing the Research TopicDeveloping a Plan or a Product: Completing a Topic Proposal FormEvaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On?SummaryKey TermsCase in Point: Developing a TopicActivities and Additional ResourcesCHAPTER 3: CREATING A REVIEW OF LITERATUREGuiding QuestionsChapter Aims and GoalsSetting the Context: Sources of InformationTaking Action: Locating and Synthesizing InformationDeveloping a Plan or a Product: Writing the Synthesis of LiteratureEvaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On?SummaryKey TermsCase in Point: Annotated Bibliography EntriesActivities and Additional ResourcesCHAPTER 4: CREATING A RESEARCH PLANGuiding QuestionsChapter Aims and GoalsSetting the Context: Examining Characteristics and Components of Research MethodsTaking Action: Developing a Preliminary Research PlanDeveloping a Plan or a Product: Initiating the Research Plan Proposal FormEvaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On?SummaryKey TermsCase in Point: Research Plan (Pre-implementation)Activities and Additional ResourcesCHAPTER 5: METHODS OF DATA COLLECTIONGuiding QuestionsChapter Aims and GoalsSetting the Context: Choosing Data Collection MethodsValidity and ReliabilitySources of DataTaking Action: Selecting Data Collection MethodsDeveloping a Plan or a Product: Revising the Research Plan Proposal Form and Creating a TimelineEvaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On?SummaryKey TermsCase in Point: Revising the Research Plan and TimelineActivities and Additional ResourcesPHASE III—ENACTINGCHAPTER 6: ANALYZING THE DATAGuiding QuestionsChapter Aims and GoalsSetting the Context: Analyzing Your DataTaking Action: Selecting the Method of Data AnalysisDeveloping a Plan or a Product: Completing the Research Plan Proposal Form and TimelineEvaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On?SummaryKey TermsCase in Point: Final Research Plan and TimelineActivities and Additional ResourcesPHASE IV—ADAPTATIONCHAPTER 7: REFLECTING ON RESULTS AND PLANNING FOR ACTIONGuiding QuestionsChapter Aims and GoalsSetting the Context: Reflecting on the Results of Action ResearchTaking Action: Creating a Plan for ActionDeveloping a Plan or a Product: Completing a Plan of ActionEvaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On?SummaryKey TermsCase in Point: Reflecting on ResultsActivities and Additional ResourcesCHAPTER 8: THE ACTION RESEARCH REPORT: SHARING RESULTSGuiding QuestionsChapter Aims and GoalsSetting the Context: Determining the Audience, Format, and OutletTaking Action: Crafting the Abstract and Policy Implication StatementsDeveloping a Product: Creating the Action Research Report Outline, Presentation, and SummaryEvaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On?Moving Forward: Potential ChallengesSummaryKey TermsCase in Point: Action Research SummaryActivities and Additional ResourcesCHAPTER 9: LEADING A COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH TEAMGuiding QuestionsChapter Aims and GoalsSetting the Context: Organizing for Collaborative Action ResearchTaking Action: Collaborative Action ResearchDeveloping the Product: Forming the Collaborative Action Research TeamSummaryKey TermsCase in Point: Developing a Collaborative Action Research StudyActivities and Additional ResourcesAPPENDIX A: EXAMPLES OF ACTION RESEARCH REPORTSExamining the Impact of Readers' Theater on Struggling Readers' Fluency LevelsUsing an Investigation Model in Ninth-Grade Science Class: Impact on Lower-Level ReadersAPPENDIX B: POTENTIAL PUBLICATION OUTLETS FOR ACTION RESEARCHGLOSSARYINDEX

Details ISBN1506307981 Publisher SAGE Publications Inc Year 2017 ISBN-10 1506307981 ISBN-13 9781506307985 Format Paperback Subtitle Using Strategic Inquiry to Improve Teaching and Learning Country of Publication United States Short Title ACTION RESEARCH Language English Media Book DEWEY 370.72 Author S. Michael Putman Pages 288 Imprint SAGE Publications Inc Place of Publication Thousand Oaks Publication Date 2017-03-28 UK Release Date 2017-03-28 NZ Release Date 2017-03-28 US Release Date 2017-03-28 Edited by Geoffrey Hallock Birth 1962 Affiliation Guangdong Provincial Hospital Of Chinese Medicine, China Position Consultant Pharmacist Qualifications PhD Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2017-03-27 We've got this

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