Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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About the Authors |
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Part 1 What Is Action Research? |
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1 What Is This Book About? |
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2 What Is Action Research, and Where Did It Come From? |
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3 What Are the Key Features of Action Research I Should Remember? |
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4 How Is Action Research Like and Unlike Other Research? |
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6 | (1) |
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5 How Do You Choose Your Action Research Style? |
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7 | (2) |
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6 Why Should I Bother With Action Research? |
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9 | (1) |
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7 How Is Action Research Cyclical? |
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10 | (2) |
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8 How Much Time Does an Action Research Project Really Take? |
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12 | (1) |
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9 What Is an Action Research Disposition? |
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13 | (1) |
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10 Why Is Knowing Yourself Important While Doing Action Research? |
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14 | (2) |
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11 Do I Need to Know About Statistics for Action Research? |
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Part 2 Preparing for Action Research |
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17 | (14) |
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12 What's the Difference Between Theory and Conceptual Frameworks in Action Research? |
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18 | (1) |
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13 How Does Action Research Fit in Education? |
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19 | (2) |
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14 How Does Action Research Fit in the Health Sciences? |
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21 | (1) |
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15 How Does Action Research Fit in the Behavioral and Social Sciences? |
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22 | (2) |
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16 How Does Action Research Fit in Business, Management, and Industry? |
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24 | (1) |
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17 How Can a Gender Theory Approach Impact Action Research? |
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25 | (1) |
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18 How Does Critical Race Theory Impact Action Research? |
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26 | (1) |
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19 What Is the Difference Between Exploratory and Confirmatory Action Research? |
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27 | (2) |
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20 What Are the Weaknesses of Action Research? |
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29 | (2) |
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Part 3 Social Justice in Action Research |
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21 How Can Action Research Be a Form of Social Justice? |
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32 | (1) |
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22 Why Is Ethics Important in Educational Research and Action Research in Particular? |
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33 | (2) |
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23 Do I Need to Get Some Kind of Approval for My Action Research? |
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35 | (1) |
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24 What Is Informed Consent, and Why Is It Important? |
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36 | (2) |
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25 Who Are the Stakeholders in Action Research, and Why Are They Important? |
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38 | (2) |
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26 Why Is It Important to Strive for Confidentiality and Anonymity? |
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40 | (1) |
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27 Should I Treat Children in Action Research Differently Than Adults? |
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41 | (1) |
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28 What Does a Sample Consent Letter Look Like? |
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42 | (3) |
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Part 4 Research in Your Field |
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45 | (8) |
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29 What's a Literature Review, and Do I Need One? |
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46 | (1) |
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30 What Are the Steps in Doing an Efficient Literature Review or Synthesis? |
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47 | (1) |
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31 Should I Read Action Research Articles? |
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48 | (1) |
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32 How Do I Evaluate the Articles I Find? |
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49 | (1) |
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33 How Do I Plan for My Action Research Project Before I Start? |
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50 | (3) |
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Part 5 Moving Your Research Forward |
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53 | (12) |
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34 How Do I Narrow Down My Topic? |
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54 | (1) |
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35 How Do I Make Sure My Research Is Rigorous? |
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55 | (2) |
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36 What Do Good Action Research Questions Look Like? |
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57 | (1) |
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37 What Is the Difference Between Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Action Research Design? |
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58 | (1) |
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38 What Are Common Qualitative Research Designs in Action Research? |
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59 | (1) |
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39 What Are Common Quantitative Research Designs in Action Research? |
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60 | (1) |
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40 What Are Some Better Quantitative Action Research Designs? |
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61 | (1) |
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41 What Are Some Common Mixed-Method Action Research Designs? |
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62 | (1) |
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42 Can a Program Evaluation Also Be Action Research? |
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63 | (1) |
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43 How Do I Choose My Action Research Design? |
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64 | (1) |
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Part 6 Research Designs and Methods |
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44 What Are Referents, and Which Work Best With Action Research? |
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66 | (2) |
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45 How Do I Randomly Choose My Participants? |
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68 | (1) |
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46 How Do I Not Randomly Choose My Participants? |
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69 | (2) |
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47 How Do I Create Groups? |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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49 When and How Would I Use Interviews? |
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73 | (1) |
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50 In General, What Are the Different Kinds of Interviews? |
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74 | (1) |
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51 How Do I Write Interview Questions and Interpret the Answers? |
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75 | (1) |
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52 Why Would I Use Focus Groups? |
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76 | (1) |
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53 How Do I Conduct Focus Groups? |
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77 | (1) |
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54 How Do Ethnographic Data Collection Methods Support Action Research? |
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78 | (1) |
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55 Can You Tell Me What I Need to Know About Surveys? |
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79 | (1) |
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56 How Do I Write Good Survey Questions? |
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80 | (2) |
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57 Can I Use Direct Observations in Action Research? |
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82 | (1) |
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58 What Are the Elements of Conducting Effective Observations? |
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83 | (1) |
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59 How Do Interval Observations Enrich Action Research? |
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84 | (1) |
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60 What Are Experimental Designs, and Are They Practical in Action Research? |
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85 | (1) |
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61 What Are Quasi-experimental Designs, and Where Do They Fit In? |
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86 | (1) |
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62 Can You Tell Me More About Action Research Designs That Use Groups? |
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87 | (1) |
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63 Do I Collect Data Once or a Bunch of Times? |
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88 | (2) |
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64 Are Single-Case and Single-Subject Designs Different? |
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90 | (1) |
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65 I Wrote My Question and Chose My Design. What Kind of Data Do I Need? |
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91 | (2) |
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Part 7 Collecting and Analyzing Data |
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93 | (14) |
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66 How Are Descriptive and Inferential Statistics Different? |
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94 | (1) |
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67 What Is Visual Data Analysis? |
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95 | (1) |
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68 What Does It Mean to Triangulate My Data? |
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96 | (1) |
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69 What's the Big Deal About Reliability? |
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97 | (1) |
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70 What's the Big Deal About Validity? |
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98 | (2) |
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71 Why Do I Need to Care About Internal Validity? |
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100 | (1) |
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72 What Kind of Threats to Internal Validity Are Common in Action Research? |
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101 | (1) |
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73 What Are Blocking Variables? |
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102 | (1) |
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74 What Are Ordinal, Interval, and Categorical Data Types, and Which Works Best With Action Research? |
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103 | (2) |
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75 Does Generalizability Matter in Action Research? |
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105 | (2) |
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Part 8 Turning Data Into Information |
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76 Now I Have All These Data. What Is the Best Way to Present My Results? |
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108 | (2) |
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77 How Do I Tell a Story With My Data? |
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78 What Is the Difference Between the Mean and Median, and Why Is It Important? |
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111 | (2) |
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79 How Do Inferential Statistics Work? |
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113 | (1) |
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80 How Can I Use Inferential Statistics in My Action Research? |
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114 | (2) |
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81 What Is an Effect Size, and Who Is Cohen? |
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116 | (1) |
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82 How Do I Deal With Missing Data? |
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117 | (2) |
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83 What Are Some Good Action Research Analytic Tools I Can Use? |
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119 | (2) |
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84 Why Is Using Data Displays an Important Step? |
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121 | (1) |
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85 What Are the Elements of a Good Table? |
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122 | (1) |
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86 What Are the Elements of a Good Graph? |
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123 | (1) |
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87 How Do I Evaluate the Quality of My Action Research Project? |
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124 | (1) |
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Part 9 Action Research in the Bigger World |
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88 Now That I Am Done, How Do I Add Value to the Field? |
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126 | (2) |
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89 What Professional Organizations Are Available to Give Me Support? |
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128 | (2) |
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90 Are Social Media Outlets Appropriate for Sharing My Action Research? |
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130 | (1) |
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91 Can I Formally Publish My Action Research Project? |
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131 | (2) |
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92 What Are the Most Helpful Action Research Journals? |
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133 | (2) |
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93 Should I Repeat (Replicate) My Action Research Project? |
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135 | (2) |
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137 | (12) |
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94 Is Action Research in Any Way Political? How Do I Navigate That? |
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138 | (1) |
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95 How Can I Create an Inquiry-Oriented Disposition in My Everyday Life? |
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139 | (2) |
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96 Why Develop an Action Research Community? |
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141 | (1) |
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97 Why Would I Want or Need to Write a Report on My Action Research? |
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142 | (1) |
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98 What Are the Key Elements of an Action Research Report? |
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143 | (2) |
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99 I Really Liked Learning About Action Research. What Is Next? |
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145 | (1) |
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100 What Other Books in This Series Might Interest Me, and How Do They Fit Together? |
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146 | (3) |
Appendix: Important Action Research Literature |
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149 | (2) |
Index |
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