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PREFACE; Acknowledgments; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; PHASE I--TASK DEFINITION; CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS ACTION RESEARCH?; Guiding Questions; Chapter Aims and Goals; Setting the Context: Research in the Age of Accountability; Taking Action: Using the CAPES Framework; Summary; Key Terms; Case in Point: Introducing the Research Log; Activities and Additional Resources; PHASE II--GOAL SETTING AND PLANNING; CHAPTER 2: IDENTIFYING A RESEARCH TOPIC; Guiding Questions; Chapter Aims and Goals; Setting the Context: Choosing a Research Topic; Taking Action: Developing the Research Topic; Developing a Plan or a Product: Completing a Topic Proposal Form; Evaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On?; Summary; Key Terms; Case in Point: Developing a Topic; Activities and Additional Resources; CHAPTER 3: CREATING A REVIEW OF LITERATURE. Guiding Questions; Chapter Aims and Goals; Setting the Context: Sources of Information; Taking Action: Locating and Synthesizing Information; Developing a Plan or a Product: Writing the Synthesis of Literature; Evaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On?; Summary; Key Terms; Case in Point: Annotated Bibliography Entries; Activities and Additional Resources; CHAPTER 4: CREATING A RESEARCH PLAN; Guiding Questions; Chapter Aims and Goals; Setting the Context: Examining Characteristics and Components of Research Methods; Taking Action: Developing a Preliminary Research Plan; Developing a Plan or a Product: Initiating the Research Plan Proposal Form; Evaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On?; Summary; Key Terms; Case in Point: Research Plan (Pre-implementation); Activities and Additional Resources; CHAPTER 5. METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION; Guiding Questions; Chapter Aims and Goals; Setting the Context: Choosing Data Collection Methods; Validity and Reliability; Sources of Data; Taking Action: Selecting Data Collection Methods; Developing a Plan or a Product: Revising the Research Plan Proposal Form and Creating a Timeline; Evaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On?; Summary; Key Terms; Case in Point: Revising the Research Plan and Timeline; Activities and Additional Resources; PHASE III--ENACTING; CHAPTER 6: ANALYZING THE DATA; Guiding Questions; Chapter Aims and Goals; Setting the Context: Analyzing Your Data; Taking Action: Selecting the Method of Data Analysis; Developing a Plan or a Product: Completing the Research Plan Proposal Form and Timeline; Evaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On?; Summary; Key. Terms; Case in Point: Final Research Plan and Timeline; Activities and Additional Resources; PHASE IV--ADAPTATION; CHAPTER 7: REFLECTING ON RESULTS AND PLANNING FOR ACTION; Guiding Questions; Chapter Aims and Goals; Setting the Context: Reflecting on the Results of Action Research; Taking Action: Creating a Plan for Action; Developing a Plan or a Product: Completing a Plan of Action; Evaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On?; Summary; Key Terms; Case in Point: Reflecting on Results; Activities and Additional Resources; CHAPTER 8: THE ACTION RESEARCH REPORT: SHARING RESULTS; Guiding Questions; Chapter Aims and Goals; Setting the Context: Determining the Audience, Format, and Outlet; Taking Action: Crafting the Abstract and Policy Implication Statements; Developing a Product: Creating the Action Research Report Outline, Presentation, And Summary; Evaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On?; Moving Forward: Potential Challenges; Summary; Key Terms; Case in Point: Action Research Summary; Activities and Additional Resources; CHAPTER 9: LEADING A COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH TEAM; Guiding Questions; Chapter Aims and Goals; Setting the Context: Organizing for Collaborative Action Research; Taking Action: Collaborative Action Research; Developing the Product: Forming the Collaborative Action Research Team; Summary; Key Terms; Case in Point: Developing a Collaborative Action Research Study; Activities and Additional Resources; APPENDIX A: EXAMPLES OF ACTION RESEARCH REPORTS; Examining the Impact of Readers' Theater on Struggling Readers' Fluency Levels; Using an Investigation Model in Ninth-Grade Science Class: Impact on Lower-Level Readers; APPENDIX B: POTENTIAL. PUBLICATION OUTLETS FOR ACTION RESEARCH; GLOSSARY; INDEX.

This text helps educators think about assessment to guide decision-making and help them be proactive in planning interventions that can be used to determine the effectiveness of various instructional strategies.