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Value and Validity in Action Research

A Guidebook for Reflective Practitioners

Eileen M. Schwalbach

As more teachers undertake action research projects, serious questions need to be raised about the value and validity of these projects. How can teachers ensure that their results are valid? Are teachers drawing conclusions supported by data? The purpose of this book is to guide teachers through the process of developing questions, designing their methodology, and collecting data so that they can draw trustworthy conclusions and report them accurately and fairly. This book will: Offer an explanation of action research as well as its history, Help the reader to develop a research problem and explore how this problem can be studied, Show teachers how to do a review of literature that will inform the study, Show how to analyze and interpret data. Features: Written in a language that respects the discipline without being overly academic or formal, Four teachers share their experiences in action research, Exercises allow teachers to apply what they are learning in a step-by-step process
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R&L Education
Pages: 136 • Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-57886-017-3 • Paperback • June 2003 • $47.00 • (£36.00)
Subjects: Education / Research
Eileen M. Schwalbach works with teachers on action research as the director of the Masters of Arts in Education program at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 1 Introduction to Action Research
Chapter 4 2 Finding a Problem
Chapter 5 3 Reviewing the Literature
Chapter 6 4 Designing the Methodology
Chapter 7 5 Findings
Chapter 8 6 Validity Revisited
Chapter 9 7 Value of Action Research
Chapter 10 References
Chapter 11 About the Author

Value and Validity in Action Research

A Guidebook for Reflective Practitioners

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Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • As more teachers undertake action research projects, serious questions need to be raised about the value and validity of these projects. How can teachers ensure that their results are valid? Are teachers drawing conclusions supported by data? The purpose of this book is to guide teachers through the process of developing questions, designing their methodology, and collecting data so that they can draw trustworthy conclusions and report them accurately and fairly. This book will: Offer an explanation of action research as well as its history, Help the reader to develop a research problem and explore how this problem can be studied, Show teachers how to do a review of literature that will inform the study, Show how to analyze and interpret data. Features: Written in a language that respects the discipline without being overly academic or formal, Four teachers share their experiences in action research, Exercises allow teachers to apply what they are learning in a step-by-step process
Details
Details
  • R&L Education
    Pages: 136 • Trim: 6 x 9
    978-1-57886-017-3 • Paperback • June 2003 • $47.00 • (£36.00)
    Subjects: Education / Research
Author
Author
  • Eileen M. Schwalbach works with teachers on action research as the director of the Masters of Arts in Education program at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1 Foreword
    Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
    Chapter 3 1 Introduction to Action Research
    Chapter 4 2 Finding a Problem
    Chapter 5 3 Reviewing the Literature
    Chapter 6 4 Designing the Methodology
    Chapter 7 5 Findings
    Chapter 8 6 Validity Revisited
    Chapter 9 7 Value of Action Research
    Chapter 10 References
    Chapter 11 About the Author

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