Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher

Geoffrey E. Mills

Pearson, 2011 - Education - 248 pages

Born of the author's own experience working with teachers and principals,Action Research, Fourth Edition,provides a research-based step-by-step outline of how to do action research. The author guides teachers and administrators through the action research process via numerous concrete illustrations; positioning it as a fundamental component of teaching.

Action Researchhelps to develop teachers and administrators with professional attitudes, who embrace action, progress, and reform.

Features

Balanced coverage of quantitative data collection and analysis techniques

• Chapter 4, Data Collection Techniques, covers collection techniques for the most frequently used qualitative and quantitative data, including observations, interviews, teacher-made tests, and standardized test data.
• Chapter 6, Data Analysis and Interpretation, guides students through data analysis and provides techniques, coding guidelines, and examples for analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Additional coverage of mixed methods research has been added throughout the book.

A focus on producing critical consumers of action research

• A new chapter, Evaluating Action Research (Chapter 9), helps students become critical consumers of research.
• Included in Chapter 9 is an article from an action research journal that is analyzed using the new criteria for evaluating action research.
• Appendix A, Action Research in Action, contains an extended example and evaluation of an action research case study.

An expanded coverage of ethics

• Chapter 2, Ethics, provides an expanded discussion of ethical guidelines and provides guidance for seeking and obtaining Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval.

Integration to the MyEducationLab for Action Research website

• The fourth edition ofAction Researchincludes margin note integration with MyEducationLab for Action Research, a dynamic online learning environment that provides students with the opportunity to build a better understanding of action research through engagement with real products from the research process.

A user-friendly format

• Chapter objectives give students targets to shoot for as they read and study
• Key Concept boxes provide students with an efficient review of important vocabulary and theory
• Research in Action checklists provide students with guidelines to use in each stage of the action research process

Contents

• Ethics 222: 23
• Deciding on an Area of Focus: 38
• Data Collection Techniques: 68

Bibliographic information

• Title: Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher
• Author: Geoffrey E. Mills
• Edition: 4, revised
• Publisher: Pearson, 2011
• Original from: Pennsylvania State University
• Digitized: Apr 15, 2011
• ISBN: 0137003145, 9780137003143
• Length: 248 pages
• Subjects: Education / General; Education / Professional Development; Education / Research; Education / Teaching / General; Education / Vocational & Technical; Social Science / Research