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| List of Tables | |
| List of Figures | |
| List of Chapter Activities | |
| Preface | |
| Research Methods in Education | |
| Ways Research Advances Knowledge about Education | |
| The Origin of Action Research | |
| The Action Research Process | |
| Types of Action Research | |
| The Importance of Action Research for Improving Schools | |
| Becoming Familiar with the Language and Process of Action Research | |
| Generating Research Ideas through Reflection | |
| Reflection: Its History and Definitions | |
| Types of Reflection | |
| Reflection in Action Research | |
| Reflecting to Identify a Research Focus | |
| Reflective Journals | |
| Connecting Theory and Action: Reviewing the Literature | |
| Reviewing the Literature as a Professional, Intellectual Activity | |
| Sources of Topic-specific Literature | |
| Searching for Literature to Review | |
| Choosing, Evaluating, and Synthesizing Reviewed Literature for Action Research Studies | |
| Organizing and Writing the Literature Review | |
| Initial Planning of the Action Research Study | |
| Articulating Research Questions | |
| Planning the Intervention | |
| Strategies for Collecting Data | |
| Collecting Multiple Forms of Data to Establish Credibility and Validity | |
| Methods of Data Collection: Artifacts, Observational Data, and Inquiry Data | |
| The Importance of Collecting Baseline Data | |
| Aligning Data Collection Strategies with Research Questions | |
| Final Planning before the Implementation of the Study | |
| Definitions of Validity | |
| Determining Ways to Increase Validity | |
| Ethical Guidelines for Action Research Studies | |
| Engaging in Continuous, Ongoing Reflecting Planning throughout the Study | |
| Creating a Timeline for the Project | |
| Strategies for Data Analysis | |
| Interim Data Analysis | |
| Using Software Packages to Analyze Large Amounts of Data | |
| Analysis of Quantitative Data: Reporting, Comparing, and Displaying | |
| Analysis of Qualitative Data: Looking for Themes and Patterns | |
| Triangulating Data Sources: Drawing Conclusions from Data | |
| Supplementary Chapter: Writing and Disseminating the Action Research Report | |
| Guidelines for Writing the Final Action Research Report | |
| Disseminating Action Research Findings | |
| Concluding Comments | |
| Conceptual Learning and Creative Problem Solving Using Cooperative Groups in Middle School Science Classes | |
| The Influence of a Peer-Tutoring Training Model for Implementing Cooperative Groupings with Elementary Students | |
| Index | |
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