WorksheetsAction Research
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
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
