Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher, 6th edition

• An accessible, friendly writing style that captures students’ attention and keeps them motivated throughout.
• Balanced coverage of data collection and analysis techniques for qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods gives readers a well-rounded look at the field.
• Digital research tools are included throughout the text to help action researchers through each phase of the action research process.
• A focus on producing critical consumers of action research includes ways to help students learn to read and critique studies completed by others.
• Numerous helpful tools provide readers with strategies to take into their own classrooms, including:
  • Guidelines for selecting an area of focus  (Ch. 3).
  • An action research plan for moving teacher researchers through the action research process (Ch. 3).
  • Step-by-step directions for how to do a literature review using online resources and traditional university library resources (Ch. 4).
  • A comprehensive discussion of qualitative data collection that covers the “3 Es” of qualitative data collection: experiencing, inquiring, and examining (Ch. 5).
  • Coverage of collection techniques from teacher-made tests, standardised tests, and attitude scales (Ch. 5).
  • Important data collection considerations for ensuring that the data collected will be trustworthy (Ch. 6).
  • Selected techniques for data analysis and data interpretation (Ch. 7).
  • NEW! An expanded discussion of data analysis and interpretation with examples of each for qualitative and quantitative data sources (Ch. 7).
  • A helpful Steps to Action chart (Ch. 8).
  • Practical guidelines for writing up action research (Ch. 9).
  • NEW to this edition, Chapter 10, “Evaluating Action Research,” focuses on analysing and evaluating action research studies. Included is a new article from an online journal that is analysed using the new criteria for evaluating action research publications.

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Key content changes include:

• NEW to this edition, Chapter 10, “Evaluating Action Research,” focuses on analyzing and evaluating action research studies. Included is a new article from an online journal that is analyzed using the new criteria for evaluating action research publications.
• Voices from the Field features include new narrative sections that respond to the video vignettes throughout the Enhanced Pearson eText and scaffold the content of each chapter. 
• Expanded coverage in several areas of critical importance to the field include:
• Mixed-Methods Data Collection and Analysis Techniques have been added throughout the text and reflect six new mixed-methods research designs: explanatory sequential, exploratory sequential, convergent parallel, experimental, social justice, and multistage evaluation.
• Single-Subject Research Designs have been expanded in response to reviewers’ comments.
• Digital Research Tools for the Twenty-First Century includes additional coverage that can be used by action researchers through each phase of the action research process.
• Reviewing the literature is more comprehensive and covers using technology to search literature databases, taking advantage of university library consortium agreements, and the power of technology tools to track references and build bibliographies.
• An expanded discussion of data analysis and interpretation includes examples of each for qualitative and quantitative data sources (Ch. 7).
• Coverage of the ethics of conducting research in the classroom  (Ch. 2) now includes:
• NEW! An expanded discussion of the American Educational Research Association’s ethical guidelines.
• NEW! Guidance for seeing and obtaining Institutional Review Board approval.