Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher, 4/E

ISBN-10: 013300077X
ISBN-13: 9780133000771
Series: Action Research
Pages: 266
Language: English
Published: 2010-01-01
Publisher: Pearson Education (Us)
Author: Geoffrey E Mills

Description

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include anymedia, website access codes, or print supplements that may comepackaged with the bound book.Born of the author's own experience workingwith teachers and principals, Action Research, FourthEdition, provides a research-based step-by-step outline of howto do action research. The author guides teachers andadministrators through the action research process via numerousconcrete illustrations; positioning it as a fundamental componentof teaching.Action Research helps to developteachers and administrators with professional attitudes, whoembrace action, progress, and reform.FeaturesBalanced coverage of quantitative datacollection and analysis techniquesChapter 4, Data Collection Techniques, covers collectiontechniques for the most frequently used qualitative andquantitative data, including observations, interviews, teacher-madetests, and standardized test data.Chapter 6, Data Analysis and Interpretation, guides studentsthrough data analysis and provides techniques, coding guidelines, and examples for analyzing both quantitative and qualitativedata.Additional coverage of mixed methods research has been addedthroughout the book.A focus on producing critical consumersof action researchA new chapter, Evaluating Action Research (Chapter 9), helpsstudents become critical consumers of research. Included in Chapter 9 is an article from an action researchjournal that is analyzed using the new criteria for evaluatingaction research.Appendix A, Action Research in Action, contains an extendedexample and evaluation of an action research case study.An expanded coverage of ethicsChapter 2, Ethics, provides an expanded discussion of ethicalguidelines and provides guidance for seeking and obtainingInstitutional Review Board (IRB) approval.Integration to the MyEducationLab forAction Research websiteThe fourth edition of Action Research includes marginnote integration with MyEducationLab for Action Research, a dynamiconline learning environment that provides students with theopportunity to build a better understanding of action researchthrough engagement with real products from the researchprocess. A user-friendly formatChapter objectives give students targets to shoot for as theyread and studyKey Concept boxes provide students with an efficient review ofimportant vocabulary and theoryResearch in Action checklists provide students with guidelinesto use in each stage of the action research process