Action Research

Action research is a process through which teacher-researchers carefully and methodically examine their educational practice. Action research provides a systematic way for teachers to measure the success of curriculum, materials, and instructional methods. Teachers who conduct action research [Page 7]intend to inform, compare, and possibly change classroom practices.

Action research offers a systematic and orderly plan for small-scale, real-world investigations designed toward intervention in a specific setting, often a classroom setting. Action research focuses less on large-scale relationships or on testing theory, and more on an individual problem encountered by the researcher. This method empowers practitioners to investigate a problem or issue, create a detailed account of the situation, and devise plans to deal with existing problems. In the realm of research on the curriculum, action ...