Using Action Research to Improve Instruction: An Interactive Guide for Teachers

This comprehensive, easy-to-understand book provides a guide to action research methods grounded in sources of data. Its highly interactive format enables readers to more quickly design and carry out successful action research in the classroom.

I. Introduction 1. An Introduction to Action Research 2. Planning an Action Research ProjectII. Making Observations 3. Observing Students and their Work 4. Observing TeachersIII. Gathering Perceptions 5. Using Surveys in Action Research 6. Using Interviews in Action ResearchIV. Analyzing Test Results 7. Standardized Test Analysis 8. Pre and Post TestsV. Talking and Writing about Action Research 9. Collaborating on Action Research 10. Reading and Writing Action ResearchAPPENDIX A: Action Research Report ExampleAPPENDIX B: Sample Answers and Discussion Guide