This document outlines criteria for evaluating action research, including that the area of focus involves teaching and learning, the research questions are answerable, the locus of control is with the researcher, appropriate data collection techniques are used, ethics are addressed, the researcher's views and practices are reflected on, any recommendations or actions taken are discussed, and the research directed the action. It concludes that armed with knowledge about action research, the teacher can now routinely practice it and continue monitoring innovations' effects on students.

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Action Research
Geoffrey E. Mills
Fifth Edition
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A Guide for the Teacher Researcher

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Chapter 9
Evaluating Action Research

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Evaluation Criteria
 Area of focus
 should involve teaching and learning
 Research questions
 answerable given researcher’s
expertise, time, resources
 Locus of control
 researcher can take action

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Evaluation Criteria
 Data collection
 selection, application of appropriate
techniques
 Ethics
 challenges appropriately addressed,
resolved
 Reflective stance
 statement of impact on researcher’s
views, practices

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Evaluation Criteria
 Action
 discussion of recommendation or
action taken
 Action-data connection
 clear statement that research
directed action

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This is Just the Beginning!
 Armed with knowledge, skills,
values, and attitudes about action
research, the work now begins as
you routinize the practice and
continue to monitor the effects of
your innovations on students’
learning, openly accepting the
credo for professional practice and
living the life of a lifelong learner.

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Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher, 5e
© 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
This is Just the Beginning!
 Armed with knowledge, skills,
values, and attitudes about action
research, the work now begins as
you routinize the practice and
continue to monitor the effects of
your innovations on students’
learning, openly accepting the
credo for professional practice and
living the life of a lifelong learner.