Often as we strive to create new instructional models, methods, and practices we are asked to prove that our new methods have merit. The answer is often not spending the time to find the support outside of ourselves, but to share our experiences and classroom results. One of the tools that every agent of change needs is Action Research. Action Research is the tool needed to move forward with new ideas and collecting data to provide feedback that both supports the merit of your idea and valuable feedback to adjust, modify, and re-craft your idea.
Learn more about Action Research:
Derrick Willard, Upper School Science teacher using Action Research
Action Reseach by Eileen Ferrance at Brown University
Teachers & Action Research – George Mason University
Guide for the Teacher Researcher by Geoffrey Mills
If you find other good resources or more importantly know about other teachers sharing their models of action research, please share.
