Comparing to Formal Research
Comparing to Formal Research
Action research is not the same thing as formal academic research. This chapter sets out the differences and shows why action research suits the everyday work of teaching, with a short step-by-step example.
Goal, role, scale, success criteria, and flexibility. A precise comparison.
Classrooms change every term. Teachers make hundreds of decisions a week. Action research suits all of it.
An educator runs a small cycle to get silent Grade 7 students talking.
Coming Up
The next chapter covers what action research is for: its main purpose and the kinds of problems it can address.
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