Research and Course Guides: Research in Education: Action Research

Books on Action Research

100 Questions (and Answers) about Action Research by Luke S. Duesbery & Todd M. Twyman
Call Number: H62 .D795 2020
Publication Date: 2020
The book will act as a supplementary text for traditional resource methods courses, and also as a guide for the practitioner in business, healthcare, or education.
Action Research in Education by Sara Efrat Efron & Ruth Ravid
Call Number: LB1028.24 .E34 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Acclaimed as a text and professional development tool, this user-friendly resource has now been revised and updated, and offers expanded coverage of collaborative action research (CAR) and participatory action research (PAR)
Knowing Children by Gary Alan Fine; Kent L. Sandstrom
ISBN: 9780803933651
Publication Date: 1988-09-01
Learning Communities in Educational Partnerships by Máirín Glenn; Mary Roche; Caitriona McDonagh; Bernie Sullivan
Publication Date: 2017
Learning Communities in Educational Partnerships shows how theory and practice come into lived interplay in social spaces where theory informs practice and practice turns into theory.
The Reflective Educators Guide to Classroom Research by Nancy Fichtman Dana & Diane Yendol-Hoppey
Call Number: LB1028.24 .D35 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Provides a step-by-step description of classroom research process covering methods of formulating action research questions, collecting and analyzing data, and using it to create lasting solutions.
Using Action Inquiry in Engaged Research by Edward P. St. John; Glenda D. Musoba; Rick Dalton (Afterword by); Timothy K. Eatman (Foreword by); Kim Callahan Lijana
Publication Date: 2017
Offers higher education and school professionals practical guidance and methods for using the Action Inquiry Model (AIM) in engaged research initiatives and community partnerships.
The Wiley Handbook of Action Research in Education by Craig A. Mertler
Publication Date: 2019
An excellent book for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars studying and/or researching educational action research.

Developing your Question

Sage Research Methods is the perfect companion for novice researchers and provides bite-size, introductory overviews to all the major methods topics to help get you on your way.

From an Idea to a Research Question
How to develop your thought into a question that is researchable, especially for qualitative research.
Coming Up with a Research Question
"...excellent research questions are not easy to write. This is why we have devoted an entire chapter to exploring how to come up with a good research question."
Literature Review: Encyclopedia of Research Design
Describes different types of literature reviews, suggests which parts of the studies you need to focus on, and discusses how to present what you find.
Literature Review: Research Methods in Social Sciences
Describes a particular type of literature review: Systematic Review.

Action Research Tutorials

Action Research Tutorials
Created by the Center for Collaborative Action Research, these 12 tutorials contain a short video, a set of activities to complete (with linked writing templates for writing activities), and resources to support the completion of the activities.

Research in Education: Action Research

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