Publisher's Synopsis
We offer these texts bundled together at a discount for your students.
Mertler, Action Research: Improving Schools and Empowering Educators, 4e
This fully updated edition of Craig Mertler's proven text introduces practicing educators to the process of conducting classroom-based action research. Practical and comprehensive, the book focuses on research methods and procedures that educators can use with their everyday instructional practices, classroom activities, and school procedures. Emphasizing the integration of professional reflection throughout the process and action research as job-embedded professional development, Mertler provides insightful coverage of the knowledge and skills needed to design research studies, conduct research, and communicate findings to relevant stakeholders and interested parties. This Fourth Edition adds coverage of high-interest topics, such as teacher empowerment and evaluation, Google Scholar, mixed-methods research designs, ethics, and much more.
Dana, Digging Deeper Into Action Research: A Teacher Inquirer′s Field Guide
How-and when-can we find time to conduct meaningful action research? Great ideas and thought-provoking questions can only blossom through methodical inquiry. Nancy Fichtman Dana steps in as your action-research coach and leads you on a journey through wonderings to real change in your classroom.
From framing your question to presenting your research, this guide will encourage, challenge, and ultimately lead you through the action research process. Teachers, students, and action-research coaches alike will learn how to:
- Reframe initial wonderings into pointed inquiries
- Creatively analyze both qualitative and quantitative data
- Draw action-research topics out of ordinary discussions with colleagues
- Share findings with others to help them improve as well
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