Preface	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. x
About the Editor	p. xii
About the Contributors	p. xiii
Defining Action Research	p. 1
Writers Develop Skills Through Collaboration: An Action Research Approach	p. 3
Educational Action Research	p. 24
Understanding Action Research	p. 43
The Unexpected Journey: Renewing Our Commitment to Students Through Educational Action Research	p. 45
Action Research: Three Approaches	p. 61
Exemplary Project: The Effectiveness of Spalding Instruction for Spelling Performance	p. 68
Exemplary Project: The Business Managers' Network: Action Research to Improve Business Capacities of Colorado Charter Schools	p. 69
Exemplary Project: Improving Schoolwide Communication Through a New School Web Site: Responsive Action Research	p. 71
Implementing Action Research	p. 73
Creating a School for David: A Principal's Narrative	p. 76
Exemplary Project: Proactive Action Research to Build Leadership for a Charter School's Success	p. 93
Exemplary Project: Examining The Impact of External Building Coaches on Teachers	p. 94
Exemplary Project: Implementing Strategies to Reduce Dropout Rates of At-Risk Youth in an Online Learning Environment	p. 95
Exemplary Project: Singapore Math: Action Research on a Curriculum Change, Student Achievement, and Teacher Efficacy	p. 96
Exemplary Project: Increasing Math Achievement of Title 1 Middle School Students	p. 97
Action Research for School Improvement	p. 99
Exemplary Project: Action Research on Middle School Mathematics Instruction Differentiated by Student Gender	p. 109
What Happens When a School District Supports Action Research	p. 111
Exemplary Project: Professional Development as a Tool to Enhance Teacher Quality in Charter Schools	p. 123
Using Action Research to Solve instructional Challenges in Inclusive Elementary School Settings	p. 125
Exemplary Project: Math Fact Memorization in a Highly Sequenced Elementary Mathematics Curriculum	p. 143
Using Action Research as a Collaborative Process to Enhance Educators' and Families' Knowledge and Skills for Youth With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders	p. 144
Exemplary Project: Building Blocks to Healthy Emotions: A Parenting Program to Improve the Emotional Health of Low-Income Children	p. 155
Action Research in Action: Curricular Articulation and Integrated Instruction	p. 157
Studying Action Research	p. 163
Exemplary Project: Self Reflection in Essay Writing: An Action Research Project	p. 165
Initiating a Collaborative Action Research Project: From Choosing a School to Planning the Work on an Issue	p. 168
Promoting Quality for Teacher Action Research: Lessons Learned From Science Teachers' Action Research	p. 188
Schoolwide Action Research: Findings From Six Years of Study	p. 205
Ecology and Ethics in Participatory Collaborative Action Research: An Argument for the Authentic Participation of Students in Educational Research	p. 214
Subject Index	p. 230
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