Improving Schools Through Action Research A Reflective Practice Approach, Enhanced Pearson eText -- Access Card

by Hendricks, Cher C.

• ISBN13: 9780134377834
• ISBN10: 0134377834
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2016-01-05
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Improving Schools Through Action Research helps you work through each step of the action research cycle, from choosing a topic and generating research questions to analyzing data and reporting results and conclusions. It includes professional resources and instructions for following APA guidelines.

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Author Biography

Cher Hendricks directs the University of West Georgia’s Center for Teaching and Learning.  Her areas of expertise are action research, scholarship of teaching and learning, educational research, and program evaluation.  Cher has been a teacher of students with disabilities at the elementary and middle school levels, a K-12 program evaluator focusing on STEM education, and an associate professor of educational research.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Action Research

Chapter 2 Generating a Research Focus and Research Questions

Chapter 3 Connecting Theory and Action: Reviewing the Literature

Chapter 4 Planning the Action Research Study

Chapter 5 Collecting Data

Chapter 6 Analyzing Data in Action Research Studies

Chapter 7 Writing and Disseminating the Action Research Report

Appendices