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    Preface / Introduction
    1. The Relationship Between Classroom Research and Teaching
    2. Action Research: Tools and Strategies for Classroom Research
    3. Nuts and Bolts of the Research Inquiry: Creating a Research Focus, Developing Background, Selecting Participants, and Writing Research Questions
    4. research Does Not Have to Be an Extracurricular Assignment: Discovering the Data Sources in Your Classroom
    5. Sorting and Coding: Setting the Stage for Greater Discoveries
    6. Analysis of Findings: Leaving Nothing Undone
    7. Implications to My Teaching and Learning: What Nuggets of Gold Do I Behold?
    8. Going Public
    9. Embracing the Role of Teacher as Researcher
    10. Further Questions: One Good Inquiry Leads to Another
    Appendix A: Reproducible Charts for Data Collection and Organization
    Appendix B: Inquiry- and Literature-Based Instruction Versus Basal Instruction in a Fourth-Grade Social Studies Class, Vicki Seeger with Jessica Starr
    Appendix C: Teaching Algebra in fifth Grade: reciprocal Teaching and Manipulatives, Glynis Kickhaefer
    Appendix D: The Influence of Family Message Journals on the Reading and Writing of Second-Semester Kindergarten Children, Janeen Horton
    References
    Index



New 2004! Just Published!
How to easily and successfully perform classroom research!
Classroom Research for Teachers:
A Practical Guide
Rita A. Moore, The University of Montana-Western

Busy teachers and principals will appreciate this organized guide to incorporating classroom research into daily teaching schedules, not on top of their routines. A boon to strengthening professional development, it gives educators the tools they need to examine patterns of learner response and make informed decisions about the effectiveness of their teaching. The book explains classroom research in the context of action research in a well organized, step by step manner that shows teachers that classroom research does not have to be one more task on top of their already impossible schedules. It provides a professional, highly manageable approach to gathering data that teachers will find very useful in making important instructional decisions. The book is built upon the authentic experiences and anecdotes of the classroom teachers it features and the illustrative examples are drawn from real life classroom questions or problems.

"I was very impressed….It was an easy read and I was caught up in the real life anecdotes and the success the teachers had using forms of action research in their classrooms to improve instruction….The first chapter sets the stage for the content and its usefulness to the classroom teacher. It is well written and should hook the reader. The second chapter does a good job of explaining action research in such a way that it can be understood by those of us without a particularly strong base in educational research. Chapters 3-8 do an excellent job of explaining and illustrating the steps of the research process. The anecdotes are a particular strength. Chapters 9 and 10 reinforce the value of classroom research and provide a strong closing. The forms in appendix A will help people get started and collect data. The sample projects in Appendix B through D are invaluable in providing a roadmap for novices to follow." — Kenneth Lince, Principal, Meyer Elementary School, TX

2004 Just Published 2003 Paperbound 125pp ISBN 1-929024-65-7 Order #3030 $23.95

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