Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher (4th Edition)

Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher (4th Edition)

<DIV sercontent> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Born of the author's own experience working with teachers and principals, <I>Action Research, Fourth Edition, </I>provides a research-based step-by-step outline of how to do action research. The author guides teachers and administrators through the action research process via numerous concrete illustrations; positioning it as a fundamental component of teaching.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>Action Research </I>helps to develop teachers and administrators with professional attitudes, who embrace action, progress, and reform.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Features </B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Balanced coverage of quantitative data collection and analysis techniques</B> </P> <UL> <LI>Chapter 4, Data Collection Techniques, covers collection techniques for the most frequently used qualitative and quantitative data, including observations, interviews, teacher-made tests, and standardized test data.</LI> <LI>Chapter 6, Data Analysis and Interpretation, guides students through data analysis and provides techniques, coding guidelines, and examples for analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data. </LI> <LI>Additional coverage of mixed methods research has been added throughout the book.</LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>A focus on producing critical consumers of action research</B> </P> <UL> <LI>A new chapter, Evaluating Action Research (Chapter 9), helps students become critical consumers of research.  </LI> <LI>Included in Chapter 9 is an article from an action research journal that is analyzed using the new criteria for evaluating action research. </LI> <LI>Appendix A, Action Research in Action, contains an extended example and evaluation of an action research case study.</LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> </B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>An expanded coverage of ethics</B> </P> <UL> <LI>Chapter 2, Ethics, provides an expanded discussion of ethical guidelines and provides guidance for seeking and obtaining Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval.</LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Integration to the MyEducationLab for Action Research website</B> </P> <UL> <LI>The fourth edition of <I>Action Research</I> includes margin note integration with MyEducationLab for Action Research, a dynamic online learning environment that provides students with the opportunity to build a better understanding of action research through engagement with real products from the research process.  </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> </B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> </B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>A user-friendly format</B> </P> <UL> <LI>Chapter objectives give students targets to shoot for as they read and study</LI> <LI>Key Concept boxes provide students with an efficient review of important vocabulary and theory</LI> <LI>Research in Action checklists provide students with guidelines to use in each stage of the action research process </LI> </UL> </DIV>