Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher - Softcover

Mills, Geoffrey E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0137720475 ISBN 13: 9780137720477

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 1999

Synopsis

An outstanding step-by-step guide and companion website that will guide beginning and experienced action researchers. Includes a chapter on online action research resources including all key web addresses and screen captures. Provides a comprehensive coverage of qualitative data collection techniques applied to teacher research. Includes chapter vignettes and a chapter-length case study to illustrate the action research process. Includes chapter question ,?For Further Thought? to engage student sin conversations about action research issues. For Preservice and in-service teachers, teachers working on an advanced degree, and state-level licensing groups.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher, Third Edition

Geoffrey E. Mills

 

This text provides a step-by-step, how-to approach of "doing" action research--backed by the most extensive theory and research coverage on the market today. The author guides future and current educators through the action research process with numerous concrete illustrations and a wealth of on-line resources, positioning action research as a fundamental component of teaching alongside curriculum development, assessment, and classroom management.

 

Key changes in the new edition of this market-leading text are:

 

More Balanced Coverage of Quantitative and Qualitative Data Collection Techniques

• NEW! Increased coverage of the most frequently used quantitative data collection techniques in action research, including teacher-made tests, standardized tests, and report cards, is included in Chapter 3, "Data Collection Techniques."

 

More Balanced Coverage of How to Analyze Both Quantitative and Qualitative Data

• Chapter 6, "Data Analysis and Interpretation," and Appendix B, "Descriptive Statistics and Action Research," guide students through the data analysis process and provide techniques, coding guidelines, and examples for analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data.
• NEW! An expanded discussion of descriptive statistics in Appendix B includes step-by-step guidance on how to calculate standard deviation by hand with the help of a calculator rather than using SPSS.

 

Rearranged Order of Chapters Pertaining to Writing and Sharing of Action Research

• NEW! "Writing Up Action Research" (Chapter 8) precedes, "Sharing, Critiquing, and Celebrating Action Research" (Chapter 9) to present a more logical and clearer path to understanding.

 

Separate Chapter Completely Devoted to Ethics

• NEW! Chapter 5 provides an expanded discussion of ethical issues, principles, and guidelines.

 

To view the website that accompanies this text, please go to http://www.prenhall.com/mills.

 

 

About the Author

A native of Australia, Geoff moved to the USA in 1986 to undertake doctoral studies at the University of Oregon. After completing his PhD in 1988, Geoff accepted his first teaching position at Southern Oregon State College (now Southern Oregon University). After 12 years of teaching, Geoff moved into university administration and is now in his ninth year as Dean and Professor of Education in the School of Education at Southern Oregon University.

 

Geoff has traveled extensively and given invited action research presentations in Australia, New Zealand, Greenland, the United Kingdom, Canada, and many states in the US. In addition to Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher, Fourth Edition, Geoff is also the only active author of Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications (2009) now in its 9th edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0137720475
• ISBN 13: 9780137720477
• Binding: Paperback