Action Research A Guide for the Teacher Researcher, Enhanced Pearson eText -- Access Card

by Mills, Geoffrey E.

• ISBN13: 9780134523057
• ISBN10: 0134523059
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2017-01-17
• Publisher: PEARSO

Summary

A guide to action research with a balanced coverage of qualitative and quantitative methods.
Action Research gives you step-by-step guidance for doing research in classrooms. Through expert advice and concrete illustrations, you'll build the skills needed to conduct quality studies and make them a part of your everyday teaching practice.

For courses in Action Research or a supplement to courses in Research Methods in Education.

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Author Biography

Geoffrey E. Mills. A native of Australia, Geoff moved to the USA in 1986 to undertake doctoral studies at the University of Oregon. After completing his PhD in 1988, Geoff accepted his first teaching position at Southern Oregon State College (now Southern Oregon University). After 12 years of teaching, Geoff moved in to university administration and as Dean of the School of Education at Southern Oregon University for 12 years. Geoff is currently a Professor of Education in the School of Education at Southern Oregon University where he teaches in the Educational Leadership Licensure Programs.

Geoff has traveled extensively and given invited action research presentations in Australia, New Zealand, Greenland, United Kingdom, Canada, Guam, Saipan, Palau, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, the Marshall Islands, and many states in the US. In addition to Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher, Geoff is also the only active author of Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications (2016) now in its 11th Edition. 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Understanding Action Research

Chapter 2. Ethics

Chapter 3. Deciding on an Area of Focus

Chapter 4. Review of Related Literature

Chapter 5. Data Collection Techniques

Chapter 6. Data Collection Considerations: Validity, Reliability, and Generalizability

Chapter 7. Data Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 8. Action Planning for Educational Change

Chapter 9. Writing Up Action Research

Chapter 10. Evaluating Action Research

Appendix A: Action Research in Action

Appendix B: Standard Deviation and Action Research

Appendix C: Displaying Data Visually