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Abstract: Take your great idea to the next level with action research

How—and when—can we find time to conduct meaningful action research? Great ideas and thought-provoking questions can only blossom through methodical inquiry. Nancy Fichtman Dana steps in as your action-research coach and leads you on a journey through wonderings to real change in your classroom.

From framing your question to presenting your research, this guide will encourage, challenge, and ultimately lead you through the action research process. Teachers, students, and action-research coaches alike will learn how to:

• Reframe initial wonderings into pointed inquiries
• Creatively analyze both qualitative and quantitative data
• Draw action-research topics out of ordinary discussions with colleagues
• Share findings with others to help them improve as well

With real-life vignettes, self-guided worksheets, and an included DVD, Digging Deeper into Action Research is your go-to guide each time you embark on a new journey toward professional growth. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
List of Figures
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Inspire to Inquire DVD
About the Author
How to Use the Inquiry Books

ch. 1 Why Do Teacher Research Anyway?
Teacher Research Defined
How to Define Your Research
Why It's Important: The 5 Es

ch. 2 Developing and Fine-Tuning Your Wondering
Wondering Defined
How to Define Your Wondering
The Wondering Litmus Test

ch. 3 Developing and Fine-Tuning Your Research Plan
Research Plan Defined
How to Define Your Research Plan
The Inquiry Plan Litmus Test

ch. 4 Analyzing Your Data
Data Analysis Defined
How to Avoid Data Analysis Paralysis
The Data Analysis Litmus Test

ch. 5 Presenting Your Research
Presentation Defined
How to Define Your Presentation
The Presentation Litmus Test

ch. 6 On Your Way: Teacher Research as a Way of Being in the World
Inquiry Stance Defined
How to Define Your Stance
Living the Life of an Inquirer

References
Index