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Action Research
Geoffrey E. Mills
Fifth Edition
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A Guide for the Teacher Researcher
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Chapter 3
Deciding on an Area of Focus
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Overview
Clarify your area of focus. Do reconnaissance. Review related literature. Write an action plan to guide your work.
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Clarifying an Area of Focus
General idea: statement that links idea to action and refers to a situation to change or improve
Area of focus: explicit question or problem to investigate involves teaching and learning focuses on your own practice within your locus of control something you feel passionate about something you want to change or
improve
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Reconnaissance
Preliminary information gathering Taking time to reflect on your own
beliefs Taking time to understand the nature
and context of your general idea 3 forms
self-reflection description explanation
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Self-reflection
Reflect on theories that affect your practice educational values you hold
historical contexts
how your work in schools fits into the larger context of schooling and societyhistorical contexts
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Descriptive Activities
What evidence do you have that this is a problem?
Which students are affected? How is the content currently taught?
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Explanatory Activities
Develop a hypothesis focus on the why try to account for critical factors
that have an impact on the general idea
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Review of Related Literature
Systematically identifying, locating, analyzing documents related to the topic/area of focus major themes promising practices
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Online Resources
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Education Full Text PsycINFO Dissertation Abstracts
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Internet and WWW Resources
Google: Scholar, Books, UncleSam CSTEEP: The Center for the Study
of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy
National Center for Education Statistics
Developing Educational Standards U.S. Department of Education Education Resources Directory
(EROD)
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Professional Organizations
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
National Education Association (NEA) National Science Teachers Association
(NSTA) International Reading Association (IRA)
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University Library
Perhaps a statement of the obvious!
Meet the librarian. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
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Evaluating Sources
Key questions Relevance: What was the problem
statement of the study? Author: Who performed the study? Source: Where was it published? Method: How was it conducted? Date: When was it conducted? Context: What sources are
referenced?
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Annotating Reviewing, summarizing, classifying
references read abstract/summary to determine
relevance skim article, making mental notes of
main points write complete bibliographic reference classify and code according to system
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Annotating Reviewing, summarizing, classifying
references summarize essential points indicate responses that come to mind identify direct quotations and personal
reactions create a literature matrix
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Literature Matrix Visual overview of similarities and
differences
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Analyzing, Organizing, & Reporting
Make an outline Analyze each reference in terms of the
outline Analyze the references for similarities and
differences Give a meaningful overview of past
research Discuss references least related to your
problem first and those most related last Conclude with a brief summary of literature
and its implications
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The Action Research Plan Write an area of focus statement Define the variables Develop research questions Describe the intervention or innovation Describe group membership
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The Action Research Plan Describe negotiations Develop a timeline Develop a statement of resources Develop data collection ideas.
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Area of Focus Statement
Identifies the purpose of the study
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Define the Variables
Variable: characteristic of your study that is subject to change represent what the factors,
contexts, and variables mean to you
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Develop Research Questions
Validate that you have a workable way to proceed with your investigation breathe life into the area of focus
statement help focus the data collection plan
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Describe Intervention/Innovation
What are you going to do to improve the situation you have described?
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Describe Group Membership
Identify who will be involved in action research group
Describe the importance of the members for the success of the investigation
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Describe Negotiations
Head off any potential obstacles to implementation of the action plan permission from an administrator?
parents? students? Other teachers?
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Develop Timeline
Decide who will be doing what, when
Anticipate where, how inquiry will take place
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Develop Statement of Resources
List materials & resources that you need
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Develop Data Collection Ideas
Preliminary statement identifying kinds of data that may provide evidence
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Put the Plan into Action
Develop & implement data collection ideas