What is Action Research?
Basic Assumptions Underlying Action Research
Types of Action Research
Levels of Participation
Steps in Action Research
The advantages of Action Research
Similarities and Differences between Action Research and Formal
Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Sampling in Action Research
Controlling Threats to Internal Validity in Action Research
Action Research and External Validity: Once again, the Importance of
Replication
Some Hypothetical Examples of Practical Action Research
Investigating the Teaching of Science Concepts by Means of a Comparison-Group Experiment
Studying the Effects of Time-out on a Student's Disruptive Behavior by
Means of a Single-Subject Experiment
Determining What Students Like About School by Means of a Survey
Checking for Bias in English Anthologies by Means of a Content Analysis
Predicting which Kinds of Students are likely to have Trouble Learning
Algebra by Means of a Correlational Study
Comparing Two Ways of Teaching Chemistry by Means of a Causal-Comparative Study
Finding Out How Music Teachers Teach by Means of an
Ethnographic Study
An Example of Action Research
A Published Example of Action Research
Analysis of the Study