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Action Research

Describes Action Research and how to find related studies.

Resources

Action Research Bibliography

Ferrance, E. (2000) Action Research. Providence, RI. Retrieved October 6, 2018 from https://www.brown.edu/academics/education-alliance/sites/brown.edu.academics.education-alliance/files/publications/act_research.pdf

Harper, M., & Deskins, L. (2015). Using action research to assess and advocate for innovative school library design. Knowledge Quest44(2), 25-32. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1080082.pdf 

McNiff, J. (2002). Action research for professional development: Concise advice for new action researchers, 3rd ed. Retrieved from https://www.jeanmcniff.com/ar-booklet.asp

Pine, G. (2009). Conducting teacher action research. Teacher Action Research: Building Knowledge Democracies (pp. 234-262) Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publications, Inc. Retrieved from https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/27031_11.pdf

Riel, M. (2010-2017). Understanding Action Research. Center for Collaborative Action Research, Pepperdine University (Last revision Jan, 2017). https://cadres.pepperdine.edu/ccar/define.html.

Additional Sources

Gorski, Paul C. (1995-2018). Teacher Action Research. Critical Multicultural Pavilion. Retrieved October 6, 2018 from https://www.edchange.org/multicultural/tar.html

Riel, M. (2018). Welcome to the open action research self paced tutorials. https://www.actionresearchtutorials.org/tutorials-1-12
This site is part of the Center for Collaborative Action Research at Pepperdine University. It includes a series of 12 videos ranging from 7-13 minutes on various aspects of action research. The site also includes a link to the Activity Master Booklet that you can access and use.

Valencia College. (2016, August 16). Action research. Scholarship of Teaching & Learning.
https://valenciacollege.edu/faculty/development/tla/actionResearch/ARP_softchalk/index.html
Extensive information on how to develop and implement an action research project.