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Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher (4th Edition)
Action Research A Guide for the Teacher Researcher - 4th Edition Author:Geoffrey E. Mills 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... more » teaching. Action Research helps 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 of Action Research includes 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« less