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PREFACE \\ Acknowledgments \\ ABOUT THE AUTHORS \\ PHASE I—TASK DEFINITION \\ CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS ACTION RESEARCH? \\ Guiding Questions \\ Chapter Aims and Goals \\ Setting the Context: Research in the Age of Accountability \\ Taking Action: Using the CAPES Framework \\ Summary \\ Key Terms \\ Case in Point: Introducing the Research Log \\ Activities and Additional Resources \\ PHASE II—GOAL SETTING AND PLANNING \\ CHAPTER 2: IDENTIFYING A RESEARCH TOPIC \\ Guiding Questions \\ Chapter Aims and Goals \\ Setting the Context: Choosing a Research Topic \\ Taking Action: Developing the Research Topic \\ Developing a Plan or a Product: Completing a Topic Proposal Form \\ Evaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On? \\ Summary \\ Key Terms \\ Case in Point: Developing a Topic \\ Activities and Additional Resources \\ CHAPTER 3: CREATING A REVIEW OF LITERATURE \\ Guiding Questions \\ Chapter Aims and Goals \\ Setting the Context: Sources of Information \\ Taking Action: Locating and Synthesizing Information \\ Developing a Plan or a Product: Writing the Synthesis of Literature \\ Evaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On? \\ Summary \\ Key Terms \\ Case in Point: Annotated Bibliography Entries \\ Activities and Additional Resources \\ CHAPTER 4: CREATING A RESEARCH PLAN \\ Guiding Questions \\ Chapter Aims and Goals \\ Setting the Context: Examining Characteristics and Components of Research Methods \\ Taking Action: Developing a Preliminary Research Plan \\ Developing a Plan or a Product: Initiating the Research Plan Proposal Form \\ Evaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On? \\ Summary \\ Key Terms \\ Case in Point: Research Plan (Pre-implementation) \\ Activities and Additional Resources \\ CHAPTER 5: METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION \\ Guiding Questions \\ Chapter Aims and Goals \\ Setting the Context: Choosing Data Collection Methods \\ Validity and Reliability \\ Sources of Data \\ Taking Action: Selecting Data Collection Methods \\ Developing a Plan or a Product: Revising the Research Plan Proposal Form and Creating a Timeline \\ Evaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On? \\ Summary \\ Key Terms \\ Case in Point: Revising the Research Plan and Timeline \\ Activities and Additional Resources \\ PHASE III—ENACTING \\ CHAPTER 6: ANALYZING THE DATA \\ Guiding Questions \\ Chapter Aims and Goals \\ Setting the Context: Analyzing Your Data \\ Taking Action: Selecting the Method of Data Analysis \\ Developing a Plan or a Product: Completing the Research Plan Proposal Form and Timeline \\ Evaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On? \\ Summary \\ Key Terms \\ Case in Point: Final Research Plan and Timeline \\ Activities and Additional Resources \\ PHASE IV—ADAPTATION \\ CHAPTER 7: REFLECTING ON RESULTS AND PLANNING FOR ACTION \\ Guiding Questions \\ Chapter Aims and Goals \\ Setting the Context: Reflecting on the Results of Action Research \\ Taking Action: Creating a Plan for Action \\ Developing a Plan or a Product: Completing a Plan of Action \\ Evaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On? \\ Summary \\ Key Terms \\ Case in Point: Reflecting on Results \\ Activities and Additional Resources \\ CHAPTER 8: THE ACTION RESEARCH REPORT: SHARING RESULTS \\ Guiding Questions \\ Chapter Aims and Goals \\ Setting the Context: Determining the Audience, Format, and Outlet \\ Taking Action: Crafting the Abstract and Policy Implication Statements \\ Developing a Product: Creating the Action Research Report Outline, Presentation, and Summary \\ Evaluating Against the Standards: Are You Ready to Move On? \\ Moving Forward: Potential Challenges \\ Summary \\ Key Terms \\ Case in Point: Action Research Summary \\ Activities and Additional Resources \\ CHAPTER 9: LEADING A COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH TEAM \\ Guiding Questions \\ Chapter Aims and Goals \\ Setting the Context: Organizing for Collaborative Action Research \\ Taking Action: Collaborative Action Research \\ Developing the Product: Forming the Collaborative Action Research Team \\ Summary \\ Key Terms \\ Case in Point: Developing a Collaborative Action Research Study \\ Activities and Additional Resources \\ APPENDIX A: EXAMPLES OF ACTION RESEARCH REPORTS \\ Examining the Impact of Readers’ Theater on Struggling Readers’ Fluency Levels \\ Using an Investigation Model in Ninth-Grade Science Class: Impact on Lower-Level Readers \\ APPENDIX B: POTENTIAL PUBLICATION OUTLETS FOR ACTION RESEARCH \\ GLOSSARY \\ INDEX

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