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Basic Guidelines for New Teacher Researchers: Putting The Pieces of Action Research Together

Reflect. Cycle 1. Observe. Reflect. Cycle 2. Observe. Simple Action Research Model (from MacIsaac, 1995). Basic Guidelines for New Teacher Researchers: Putting The Pieces of Action Research Together. Organizing Your Action Research Procedures.

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Basic Guidelines for New Teacher Researchers: Putting The Pieces of Action Research Together

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  1. Reflect Cycle 1 Observe Reflect Cycle 2 Observe Simple Action Research Model (from MacIsaac, 1995) Basic Guidelines for New Teacher Researchers:Putting The Pieces of ActionResearchTogether

  2. Organizing Your Action Research Procedures

  3. During your initial planning for conducting action research (AR) you will likely need to reflect on some guiding questions. These questions include: • What topic, problem or question will I research? • How will I design my research? • Do I intend to share my research findings in a formal learning setting such as in a staff development or a conference? http://www.coe.fau.edu/sfcel/selfocus.htm http://www.coe.fau.edu/sfcel/types.htm

  4. Do I intend to share my research findings in a formal learning setting such as in a staff development or a conference? If your answer is YES!

  5. Then… Begin With The End (Report) In Mind!

  6. One of the foremost reasons to conduct AR is to share your research findings with colleagues. An effective way to share AR findings with large numbers of colleges is through conferences and staff developments. If you intent to share your research findings in a staff development or conference, you will likely need to decide how to organize your research into a report that can be used as a participant handout.

  7. The process of AR lends itself to be organized into many possibilities. There is no one ideal means for organizing AR. However, regardless of the process you choose to conduct your AR you will need to plan on developing an organizational system for both recording your procedures and reporting your findings. Many teacher action researchers find that using a basic peer reviewed AR model is an effective and straightforward way to organize both procedures and report findings. To facilitate the process of writing your AR findings, organize your steps around a basic AR model. When you plan, early on, to use a basic AR model then you in effect also are planning your project with the end (report) in mind.

  8. Benefits of Organizing Your Research Around an AR Model! You can use a single, basic action research model to BOTH… • …ensure that you conduct your research in a organized manner, and • …write a report the follows a organized format

  9. Reflect Cycle 1 Observe Reflect Cycle 2 Observe Simple Action Research Model (from MacIsaac, 1995) An Example of a Basic Model of AR That Teachers Can be Use to Begin WithThe End in Mind!

  10. Steps to Conducting AR 1. Ask a question, identify a problem or define an area to explore. 2. Plan what data need to be collected and how it will be done. 3. Collect and analyze data. 4. Describe how findings can be used and applied to create an action plan. 5. Report/share findings and plan for action. 6. Take action based on plan. 7. Evaluate and modify the action taken as necessary. http://www.coe.uh.edu/courses/cuin8360/actionresearch3finalproduct_files/slide0004.htm

  11. Reflect Cycle 1 Observe Reflect Cycle 2 Observe Simple Action Research Model (from MacIsaac, 1995) Basic Model for Conducting AR Reflect Ask a question, identify a problem or define an area to explore. Plan Plan what data need to be collected and how it will be done. Observe Collect and analyze data. Action

  12. Writing Your Action Research Findings

  13. Reflect Cycle 1 Observe Reflect Cycle 2 Observe Simple Action Research Model (from MacIsaac, 1995) Basic Model for ReportingAR Reflect Describe how findings can be used and applied to create an action plan. How can your colleges use this research? Plan Report/share findings and plan for action. What are possible next steps you and/or your colleagues can take to further this research? Action

  14. Sample AR Report The Power of Prediction: Using Prediction to Increase Comprehension in Kindergarten Ursula, Thomas, 2005. Georgia Association of Young Children Conference 2005 Atlanta, GA http://cars.uth.tmc.edu/lwright/An%20Early%20Literacy%20Action%20Research%20Report.pdf

  15. The examples in the upcoming slides come from an online AR report titled: An Early Literacy Action Research Report! • To download article, click on the hotlink: • Next, print the report. • As you read the next slides, reference this report to find the examples listed in the upcoming slides. • After conducting your AR, reference this paper as a sample of how-to organize your research report. http://cars.uth.tmc.edu/lwright/An%20Early%20Literacy%20Action%20Research%20Report.pdf

  16. 1. Introduction State Your Research Purpose: Example:The purpose of this action research presentation is to discuss how comprehension can take place with writing in the kindergarten classroom. (page 1) • State your research question Example: Why bother to focus on prediction and prior knowledge? (page 5)and/or • State the problem you sought to research Example:What many children believe is that they come to school knowing how to read already. Early childhood educators should capitalize on this “teachable moment”. (page 2) and/or • State the area you choose to explore Example: Reading Comprehension is the most important part of literacy. (Page 2) http://www.coe.uh.edu/courses/cuin8360/actionresearchsummer2005_files/frame.htm

  17. 2. Report Data Sources Summarize and Cite The Literature That You Referenced: Examples: A. Fluent readers appear active as they read. This can be observed when listening to adept readers think out loud as they read through a text (Dressley & Afflerbach, 1995). (page 3) B. Research tells us that fluent readers employ several strategies or techniques at a time to analyze text. (page 2)

  18. 3. Define Data Terms Define The Key Terms of Your Research: Examples: A. What is prediction? A prediction strategy at its best is conceiving a prediction then, subsequently reading the text to find out what happens. (page 4) B. In an after-reading activity, readers record post reading responses to complete the thought (prediction analysis) process. (page 6)

  19. 4.Describe How You Collected and Analyzed Your Data Example: I worked with a small heterogeneous group of kindergarten readers. The group size was about 4-6 on a given day. This particular group was a highly motivated group who has confidence in their ability to “read”…I used a literature-based reading program…After each student had an opportunity to share their predictions, they were given their “Prediction Journals” ..This strategy presented other benefits like encouraging the children to want to use the vocabulary from the story in their journal entries. ( Page 7) http://www.coe.fau.edu/sfcel/colldata.htm

  20. 5. Describe How Your Data Can Be Used and Applied To Create An Action Plan Example: It is imperative that we offer more strategies appropriate for the classroom of the beginning reader. Here are a few. Text impression (Silberman, 1996) is a thinking-reading tactic…The inferential strategy (Hansen, 1981) assists the student’s capacity to link…These and other developmentally appropriate strategies with regards to cultural and linguistic diversity make for lifelong learners and independent readers. This is the ultimate goal for all children. ( Page ?) http://www.coe.fau.edu/sfcel/sensdata.htm

  21. Taking a Closer Look At Components of This AR Report Example The Power of Prediction: Using Prediction to Increase Comprehension in Kindergarten Ursula, Thomas, 2005. Georgia Association of Young Children Conference 2005 Atlanta, GA http://cars.uth.tmc.edu/lwright/An%20Early%20Literacy%20Action%20Research%20Report.pdf

  22. Example’s Research Design Qualitative: • Case Study:Small student group (4-6 students) • The documentation of the strategy was anecdotal • Researcher made narrative descriptions of her observations • Researcher was involved in the study • Naturalistic setting: researcher made no attempts to control or isolate a variable or group. • Research questions were open-ended and loosely defined

  23. Example’s Demographics “Highly-motivated” suburban monolingual and English and ESL, second semester kindergarten students of diverse ability Groups. (Insert citation)

  24. Reflect Cycle 1 Observe Reflect Cycle 2 Observe Simple Action Research Model (from MacIsaac, 1995) Example’s Organizational Model “This AR report is designed on Kemmis’ action research protocol. The protocol is interactive and is intended to foster deeper understanding of a given situation, starting with conceptualizing and particularizing the problem and moving through several interventions and evaluations.” (insert citation)

  25. Example AR Type Educational: Has its foundation in the writings of John Dewy… who believed that educators should become involved in community problem-solving. Topic: Early childhood literacy

  26. Example’s Research Paradigm Paradigm of Praxis: Praxis, a term used by Aristotle, is the art of acting upon the conditions one faces in order to change them...knowledge is derived from practice, and practice informed by knowledge, in an ongoing process. (insert citation) http://www.web.net/~robrien/papers/arfinal.html

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