Chapter 1. Understanding Action Research

Chapter 2. Ethics

Chapter 3. Deciding on an Area of Focus

Chapter 4. Review of Related Literature

Chapter 5. Data Collection Techniques

Chapter 6. Data Collection Considerations: Validity, Reliability, and Generalizability

Chapter 7. Data Analysis and Interpretation

Chapter 8. Action Planning for Educational Change

Chapter 9. Writing Up Action Research

Chapter 10. Evaluating Action Research

Appendix A: Action Research in Action

Appendix B: Standard Deviation and Action Research

Appendix C: Displaying Data Visually

A step-by-step guide to action research with a balanced coverage of qualitative and quantitative methods. 

The leading text in the field of action research, Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher is known for its practical, step-by-step guidance for teachers on how to do research in classrooms. Drawing on his extensive experience working directly with teachers and principals to help them learn how to conduct action research studies, the author guides future educators through the action research process via numerous concrete illustrations. The text positions action research as a fundamental component of teaching and helps it's readers not only acquire the skills to conduct quality studies, but also how to make it a part of everyday teaching practice. 

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Key content changes include:

• NEW to this edition, Chapter 10, “Evaluating Action Research,” focuses on analyzing and evaluating action research studies. Included is a new article from an online journal that is analyzed using the new criteria for evaluating action research publications.
• Voices from the Field features include new narrative sections that respond to the video vignettes throughout the Enhanced Pearson eText and scaffold the content of each chapter. 
• Expanded coverage in several areas of critical importance to the field include:
• • Mixed-Methods Data Collection and Analysis Techniques have been added throughout the text and reflect six new mixed-methods research designs: explanatory sequential, exploratory sequential, convergent parallel, experimental, social justice, and multistage evaluation.
  • Single-Subject Research Designs have been expanded in response to reviewers’ comments.
  • Digital Research Tools for the Twenty-First Century includes additional coverage that can be used by action researchers through each phase of the action research process.
  • Reviewing the literature is more comprehensive and covers using technology to search literature databases, taking advantage of university library consortium agreements, and the power of technology tools to track references and build bibliographies.
  • An expanded discussion of data analysis and interpretation includes examples of each for qualitative and quantitative data sources (Ch. 7).
• Coverage of the ethics of conducting research in the classroom  (Ch. 2) now includes:
• • NEW! An expanded discussion of the American Educational Research Association’s ethical guidelines.
  • NEW! Guidance for seeing and obtaining Institutional Review Board approval.