Action Research

1. This in one of a purpose of AR

"Action research is a method used for improving practice. It involves action, evaluation, and critical reflection and – based on the evidence gathered – changes in practice are then implemented."

• True

• False

2. What is involved in action research?

• Presents systematic stages to do research

• Motivates teachers to do research in educational fields

• Creates knowledge based on enquiries conducted within specific and often practical contexts

• Provides tools to understand stages to do research

3. Kemmis and McTaggart stated that action research involves a spiral of self-reflective cycles of:

••Planning a change.

••Acting and observing the process and consequences of the change.

••Reflecting on these processes and consequences and then replanning.

••Acting and observing.

••Reflecting.

••And so on …

• True

• False

4. Some features of AR are: (select two)

• is a set of practices that respond to people’s desire to act creatively in the face of practical and often pressing issues in their lives in organizations and communities;

• is a set of systematic steps that are necessary to follow one by one in the same order.

• allows to reflect about social concerns and their application in educational fields.

• draws on many ways of knowing, both in the evidence that is generated in inquiry and its expression in diverse forms of presentation as we share our learning with wider audiences;

5. Some key characteristics of AR are:

•participatory character;

•democratic impulse;

•simultaneous contribution to social science (knowledge) and social change (practice).

• True

• False

6. Some techniques used in data collection for action research could be: (select three)

• Elicitation Techniques

• Motivational techniques

• Observation techniques

• Introspective techniques

• Social techniques

7. A example of elicitation technique is:

• Surveys

• Field notes

• Retrospection

8. An example of observation technique is:

• Interviews

• Classroom observation

• Diaries

9. An example of introspective technique is:

• Surveys

• Think aloud protocol

• Video-recordings

10. Action Research is not a common approach used in classroom research because it includes the teacher as researcher

• True

• False