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Action Research: Teachers as Researchers in the Classroom, Second Edition

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Author: Craig A. Mertler
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 0.7

ISBN: 1412968577
Dewey Decimal Number: 370.72
EAN: 9781412968577
ASIN: 1412968577

Publication Date: July 3, 2008
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pbspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"emProvides comprehensive coverage of action research methods without being unnecessarily technical/em/span/b/pp/ppspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"The bSecond Edition/b of bAction Research: Teachers as Researchers in the Classroom/b introduces practicing teachers to the process of conducting classroom-based action research. Written for the practicing educator, the focus is on conducting applied, classroom research. The book#x2019;s practicality stems from its attention to research methods and procedures that teachers can use with their everyday instructional practices and classroom activities./span/pp/ppbspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"New to the Second Edition/span/b/pspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"ullispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"Incorporates a discussion of rigor in classroom-based action research (Chapter 1) lispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"Presents several additional models of action research, including visuals of those models (Chapter 1) lispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"Discusses the activity of conducting #x201C;reconnaissance#x201D; (Chapters 2 and 3) lispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"Adds a third Action Research Portrait to illustrate how teachers conduct action research in response to their own classroom situations (Chapters 3-8) lispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"Provides a section that encourages educators to develop their own action research communities (Chapter 8) lispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"span/spanspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"Simplifies the summaries of all nine chapters so that the main points and sub-points are more apparent lispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"Offers two new examples of complete action research reports in Appendixes A and B/span/span/li/span/span/li/span/span/li/span/span/li/span/span/li/span/span/li/span/span/li/ulpspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"p/ppbspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"Now Accompanied by a Student Study Site!/span/b/ppspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"A new strongStudent Study Site /strong(strongwww.sagepub.com/mertler2study/strong) includes comprehensive study materials such as chapter summaries, practice tests, flashcards, and PowerPoint slides. Additional resources include #x201C;Learning from SAGE Journal Articles,#x201D; #x201C;How to Read a Research Article,#x201D; and an annotated research report for student reference./span/p/span/span/span/span/span/span/pp/pp/p/span/span (20080909)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Action research: Teachers as Researchers in the Classroom September 30, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

This book is a very practical book that does a nice job breaking down the action research process

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