Introduce the concept of classroom action research

1. WHAT IS CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH?
CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH IS THE
METHOD OF FINDING OUT WHAT WORKS
BEST IN YOUR OWN CLASSROOM, SO THAT
YOU CAN IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING
CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH IS DONE BY
THE TEACHER AS A RESEARCHER

2. Reflection
Action
Observation
Plan
Reconnaissance
(Assessing
classroom
problems)
Reflection
Action
Observation
Revised
Plan
Revised
Plan

3. Planning
 Identifying the problem in class
 Refine you’re the problems
 Decide on a specific focus for your classroom research
 Find appropriate procedures or method in doing the
research

4. Acting
 Apply the teaching method or strategies.
 Apply the procedures of lesson plan
 Take notes of every activities

5. Observing
 Prepare observation list.
 Observe the activities of teachers and students.
 Observe the teaching process
 Students participants focus
 Teachers role in class focus

6. Reflecting
 Get the result and analyse it
 Underline the weakness, limitation, strength and positive
aspects of the process.
 Think about the solution
 Prepare to plan with modification

7. CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH (CAR):
is a systematic way for teachers to discover what works best
in their own classroom situation, thus allowing informed
decisions about teaching (Mettetal, 2002)
typically involves small-scale investigative projects in the
teacher’s own classroom (Richards and Lockhart , 1996).
is an activity that connects the ‘doing’ of teaching with the
‘questioning’ of research that can be united if teachers are
to become contributors who shape educational policy and
define effective classroom practice (Freeman, 1998)

8. WHY DOING ‘CAR’ ?
We don’t want to be burned-out teachers (PD)
We want to solve the puzzle (problems) encountered in our classes
We want to achieve success and feel the achievement
We want to give more to our students (customers)

9. CHARACTERISTICS OF ACTION RESEARCH
It is contextual, small scale and localized.
It is evaluative and reflective.
It is self-generated.
It is participatory (collaborative).
It is the base of changes in practice.

10. Classroom Research starters:
1. I would like to improve...
2. I am perplexed by...
3. Some people are unhappy about...
4. I'm really curious about...
5. I want to learn more about...
6. An idea I would like to try out in my class is...
7. Something I think would really make a
difference is...
8. Some I would like to do to change is...
9. Right now, some areas I'm particularly
interested in are..

11. DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES:
1. JOURNALS /
DIARIES
• Regular dated accounts of teaching/learning
• Include personal feelings, reflections, philosophy,
observations
2.
TEACHING LOGS
3. DOCUMENTS
COLLECTION
4.
OBSERVATION
5. FIELD NOTES
6.
RECORDING
7. TRANSCRIPTION
8. SURVEY /
QUESTIONNAIRE
9. INTERVIEW /
DISCUSSION
10. STIMULATED
RECALL

12. DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES
JOURNALS / DIARIES
TEACHING LOGS
DOCUMENT COLLECTION
OBSERVATION
FIELD NOTES
RECORDING
TRANSCRIPTION
SURVEYS /
QUESTIONNAIRE
INTERVIEWS /
DISCUSSIONS
STIMULATED RECALL

13. 1 The classroom problems to be solved
2 The target or the criteria of success to be achieved
3 The data indicating the achievement of the target
4 The sources of data
5 The instruments to collect data
6 The data collection techniques
EXAMPLE OF DATA
From Classroom Problems to Data
Collection

14. EXAMPLE OF CAR
a strategy of improving the students’ writing skill using
picture series is considered successful if :
 The students enjoy learning writing using picture
series.
 The teacher feels convenient in using the strategy of
picture series.
 The students become more active in improving their
own writing skills.
 The students enjoy helping each other in the process
of learning writing.
 The students writing skills improve as indicated by the
average score of at least 75.

15. QUESTIONS APPEAR IN CAR
1. How is Classroom Action Research different from Experimental
Research?
2. What is the objective of a Classroom Action Research?
3. How to state Research Problems and research objectives in
Classroom Action Research?
4. How many research questions and objectives should a Classroom
Action Research have?
5. What is the process of Classroom Action Research?
6. What are the criteria of success?
7. What represents a cycle in Classroom Action Research?
8. Which group should be used for the second cycle.?
9. What should be discussed under Planning in the Method of
research?
10.What should be discussed under Acting?

16. 11. How do we measure the success of a cycle?
12. What data are collected during Observing?
13. What should be reported under Findings?
14. What should be reported under the conclusion of the research?
15. What is the significance of the product of Classroom Action Research?
16. Does Classroom Action Research belong to qualitative or quantitative
research?
17. How to present the research method for classroom Action research?
QUESTIONS APPEAR IN CAR