FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 THE NATURE OF EDUCATION RESEARCH -- PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH -- QUANTITATIVE VERSUS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH -- ACTION RESEARCH PRINCIPLES -- 2 ACTION RESEARCH -- HISTORY OF ACTION RESEARCH -- ACTION RESEARCH MODEL -- DEVELOPING AN ACTION RESEARCH PROPOSAL -- CONDUCTING A LITERATURE REVIEW -- SAMPLING TECHNIQUES -- BENCHMARKING -- ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 3 DATA COLLECTION METHODS -- THE NATURE OF DATA COLLECTION -- OBSERVING -- INTERVIEWING -- SURVEYING -- ASSESSING -- 4 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION -- THREATS TO VALIDITY -- USING DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS -- SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS AND TESTS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- USING GRAPHS AND DIAGRAMS -- WRITING NARRATIVE REPORTS -- 5 SOLVING PROBLEMS AND TAKING ACTION -- BARRIERS TO PROBLEM SOLVING -- STEPS IN SOLVING PROBLEMS -- MANAGING CHANGE -- PLANNING AND INITIATING ACTION -- DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING (DDDM) -- 6 EVALUATING ACTION RESEARCH -- AREAS FOR EVALUATION -- METHODS FOR EVALUATING RESULTS -- EVALUATING ACTION RESEARCH STUDIES -- 7 CONDUCTING ACTION RESEARCH -- SAMPLE RESEARCH STUDY ANALYSIS -- COLLABORATIVE PROCESS INTERVENTION: AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY -- MODIFYING DISCUSSION AND ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE STUDENT UNDERSTANDING AND TEACHER REFLECTIVE PRACTICES -- A ETHICAL STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN EDUCATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION -- B INFORMED CONSENT -- C AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION DEFINITION OF SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH -- D CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT -- E SAMPLE CONSENT FORM -- F ONE HUNDRED IDEAS FOR CONDUCTING ACTION RESEARCH -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.