- ISBN: 9781607096474 | 1607096471
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/15/2010
This user friendly book covers the principles and history of action research, ethical and legal considerations, methods for conducting both formal and informal action research, data collection methods, analysis and interpretation, action planning and initiation, and results evaluation.
Tomal (educational leadership and research, Concordia U.-Chicago) offers a guide to research methods that can be used by educators and administrators at any level to increase student learning and self-esteem, and the quality of school life in the classroom. Published research studies and commentary round out the book.
This edition has been updated to include additional content on qualitative and quantitative research, data-driven decision making, ethics, sampling techniques, conducting a literature review, tests of significance, statistical applications, evaluation of action research, and other topics.