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value to action research, differentiating it from traditional educational research? Include at least three
factors that are beneficial or lend credibility.
Part Two: Ferrance (2000) adds, One of the drawbacks of individual research is that it may not be
shared with others unless the teacher chooses to present findings at a faculty meeting, make a formal
presentation at a conference, or submit written material to a listserv, journal, or newsletter (p. 9).
Considering that your Final project will be an action research proposal presentation, how will this lead
you to improve your practice and make changes to instruction to positively impact students?
Part Three: Visit the Ashford University Library. Locate a full-text article that addresses Part One,
providing additional comparisons between action and traditional research, or find an article that
discusses Part Two, sharing research findings. Share at least one point from your article that adds to
what you learned from our assigned readings. Be sure to cite your article according to APA standards.
Guided Response: Locate and respond to two classmates posts which contain differing perspectives on
the value of action research or that which is different than your own. What new or different
perspectives regarding action research do you now have as a result? Provide specific feedback regarding
their ideas to improve their practice and how their concepts will impact students. *It is expected for you
to follow up by the last day of the week to provide a secondary response to any comments or questions
your instructor may have provided. This is part of the grading criteria as a demonstration of critical
thinking.
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Describe your current professional setting, if applicable, whether you are working in a school
setting, other educational setting, or organization not related to education.
2.
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Keeping the focus relatively small, describe whether the potential population of interest
includes a group of students and what their grade or age level includes. If you currently work with adults
in a non-educational setting, include who in your workplace is impacted. If you are currently
unemployed, include who may benefit from a potential change or intervention (i.e. your child, a related
child, an adult in the family, etc.). Avoid the use of specific names, rather describe the group or
individuals who would be influenced or involved in the action research project.
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Based on what you learned by reading the selection in Mills, discuss the importance of and need
to communicate and acquire informed consent. When contemplating where your study may occur and
who it may involve, who (persons professional role) do you anticipate will need to sign an informed
consent form for your study? If no signatures are needed, clearly state why not.
3.
Area of Focus
Identify your early idea of what the purpose of your study may be.
4.
Explanation of Problem
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Statement of problem or situation that led to this interest or why you want to pursue this topic,
including trends in education or educational research.
5.
Define Variables
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Describe the population (age/grade, quantity of participants, students/or adults). Briefly explain
why you have chosen them.
6.
Research question(s)
What do you wonder? Consider your area of focus statement. What do you hope to answer?
Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your classmates, one with a different topic idea than your
own. Ask a question that will encourage them to expand their thinking, consider another point or
perspective, or explain more deeply what is appealing about the topic. Make a recommendation to help
them narrow their focus or expand their scope. *It is expected you follow-up by the last day of the week
to provide a secondary response to any comments or questions your instructor may have provided. This
is part of the grading criteria as a demonstration of critical thinking.
Attention MATLT Students: To keep aligned with your programs emphasis on technology, we strongly
suggest that you choose a research area and/or problem involving teaching, learning, or training with
technology. Examples may include technology use in the classroom, technology teacher training,
technology tools used for evaluation or assessment, or other technology related areas applicable to your
place of work.
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Plan Area of Focus (1 point): In no more than two paragraphs, describe your early idea of what
the purpose of your study may be.
Plan Explanation of Problem (1 point): In no more than two paragraphs, explain a statement of
the problem or situation that led to this interest or why you want to pursue this topic.
Plan Population (.5 point): In no more than a paragraph, describe the population (age/grade,
quantity of participants, students or adults).
Plan Population Choice (.5 point): In no more than a paragraph, explain why you have chosen
your population for this study, including details about why this population is appropriate for this study.
Plan Research Questions (1 point): Develop two to three research questions that align with the
area of focus and address what you hope to answer in this study. The questions need to be answerable
and presented in list format, and they must appropriately represent the population/participants you
identified.
Idea Teaching and Learning (.5 points): In at least one paragraph, evaluate whether your idea
is an issue that involves teaching and learning. Use relevant literature to support the evaluation.
Idea Locus of Control (.5 points): In at least one paragraph, evaluate whether your idea is
within your locus of control.
Idea Passion (.5 points): In at least one paragraph, describe whether your idea is something
you feel passionate about and where this passion originates from for you (e.g., life experiences or
professional practice).
Idea Inspiration (.5 points): In at least one paragraph, describe how your idea inspires you to
implement change or improvement.
Written Communication
The assignment needs to adhere to the following areas for written communication.
Page Requirement (.5 points): The assignment must be two to three pages, not including title
and references pages.
Syntax and Mechanics (.5 points): Display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax
and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Your written work should contain no errors and be very
easy to understand.
Source Requirement (.5 points): Use no less than two scholarly sources in addition to the course
textbooks, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page need to be
used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.
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questions and helps the researcher refine research questions and embed them in guiding hypotheses
that provide possible direction to follow (p.74).
At this early stage of action research as you prepare to search for credible sources of information to help
you build an action research proposal, discuss which viewpoint on these two perspectives you lean
toward and why. How do you intend to use what you learned concerning best practices for research
from the chapter and the web-based resources to help you search effectively and efficiently?
Guided Response: When reading your peers responses to the question, identify a peer who has
responded with a perspective that is different from your own. Now, instead of countering their analysis,
attempt to support it. Then, find someone who agrees with your point of view and challenge his/her
perspective. *It is expected you follow up by the last day of the week to provide a secondary response
to any comments or questions your instructor may have provided. This is part of the grading criteria as a
demonstration of critical thinking.
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Annotation
Content
The assignment needs to include the following areas of content.
Web Search (2 points): Construct a table that includes an APA citation, source type, and a twoto three-sentence annotation for five scholarly sources gathered from an open Web search.
Library Search (2 points): Construct a table that inclides an APA citation, source type, and a twoto three-sentence annotation for five scholarly sources gathered from a library search.
Summary Source Selection (1 point): State the two sources you have selected and in one
paragraph evaluate what factors influenced your decision to select these articles over the others from
your search results.
Summary Learning (5 points): In a paragraph, explain what you learned through this process of
selecting articles and what was most informative for you about this experience.
Summary Adaptations (.5 points): In a paragraph, explain the adaptations you will make in
your search and evaluation process as a result of what you located during this assignment.
Summary Application (.5 points): In a paragraph, explain how you will use the information you
found to help inform your ideas about your action research proposal.
Written Communication
The assignment needs to adhere to the following areas for written communication.
Page Requirement (.5 points): Your assignment must be three to four pages, not including title
and references pages.
Syntax and Mechanics (.5 points): Display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax
and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Your written work should contain no errors and be very
easy to understand.
Review and Submit the Assignment
Review your assignment with the Grading Rubric to be sure you have achieved the distinguished levels
of performance for each criterion. Next, submit the assignment to the course room for evaluation no
later than day 7 of the week.
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Review the article titled "Florida Passes Plan for Racially-Based Academic Goals". Next, argue for
or against Florida's plan to alter academic goals for students based on their race. Answer the following
questions:
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Based on your professional experiences, identify two (2) challenges confronting diversity and
education, and explain how they are the same as or different from the main challenges of the last
century. Provide a rationale for your response. Respond to at least one other student.
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b.
c.
According to Mills (2014), all research studies involve ethical considerations. Therefore, all researchers
must be aware of and attend to the ethical considerations related to their studies (p. 27). Therefore,
identify the potential ethical concerns associated with the topic you selected in Week One in collecting
the type of data you plan to collect from this particular population. How will you address those ethical
concerns when designing your action research project around this topic? Be sure to keep in mind the big
three ethical principles: respect for persons, beneficence, and justice, as well as informed consent,
assessment of risk, and selection of subjects as discussed in the Belmont Report and to refer to them in
your response. Having no ethical considerations is not an option.
Guided Response: Take on the role of fellow teacher, building or district/regional administrator, parent,
IRB, or other role. Respond to at least two of your classmates, and imagine you are listening to your co-
worker explain via their initial post the ethical issues they need to be aware of and/or address when
framing their action research study. What insight can you provide based on what you learned from your
study of ethical rules and procedures in research involving human subjects? What did they miss? How
might they handle a potentially sticky ethical concern? *It is expected you follow up by the last day of
the week to provide a secondary response to any comments or questions your instructor may have
provided. This is part of the grading criteria as a demonstration of critical thinking.
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Area of Focus Statement (1 point): In two to three sentences, describe the purpose of your
study. Begin by writing a statement that starts with, The purpose of this study is to
Problem - Interest (.5 points): In half of a page, describe the observations that led to your
interest in this action research project (e.g. student interactions, review of data, etc.).
Problem Background (1 point): In one page, explain the background or history of the situation
in your classroom/school context or work place.
Problem Prior Interventions (1 point): In half of a page, explain what you have tried or what
others have tried in relation to the problem and what has worked or not worked.
Participant Description (1 point): In no more than one page, describe each participant selected
for this study.
Participant Justification (1 point): In no more than one page, justify why you are working with
these participants in this study.
Research Questions (1 point): List two to three research questions that are answerable and, if
applicable, include a definition following the list for any technical terminology used in the questions.
Written Communication
The assignment needs to adhere to the following areas for written communication.
Page Requirement (.5 points): The assignment must be four to five pages, not including title and
references pages.
Syntax and Mechanics (.5 points): Display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax
and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Your written work should contain no errors and be very
easy to understand.
Review and Submit the Assignment
Review your assignment with the Grading Rubric to be sure you have achieved the distinguished levels
of performance for each criterion. Next, submit the assignment to the course room for evaluation no
later than day 7 of the week.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
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or questions your instructor may have provided. This is part of the grading criteria as a demonstration of
critical thinking.
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a.
b.
c.
d.
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None is not an option. There are always ethical considerations, some smaller/larger than
others.
e.
Guided Response: Read and respond to at least two classmates and provide specific, constructive
feedback that may help guide them in their process and present their formal assignment with clarity,
accuracy, and depth. What questions are you left with as you read their plan? What suggestions can
you make to perhaps, give a different perspective? *It is expected you follow-up by the last day of the
week to provide a secondary response to any comments or questions your instructor may have
provided. This is part of the grading criteria as a demonstration of critical thinking.
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Content
The assignment needs to include the following areas of content.
Intervention - Overview (.5 points): In no more than one page, explain your proposed
intervention.
Intervention Literature Review (1 point): In no more than one page, discuss your literature
review and how it informs your proposed intervention.
Intervention Benefits (.5 points): In no more than one page, explain why you think your
population will benefit from the intervention. Ensure your explanation draws on the literature you are
using to support this choice of intervention.
Intervention Plan (2 points): In one- to two-pages, describe in chronological order how you will
implement your intervention and provide a hypothetical yet practical timeframe for these steps.
Ethics Philosophy (.5 points): In one- to two-paragraphs, explain how this intervention fits
within your philosophy of teaching. You may have written a philosophy in EDU623 or another prior
course.
Ethics Social Principles (.5 points): In one- to two-paragraphs, explain how this intervention
relates to your social principles as an educator.
Ethics Harm (1 point): In one- to two-paragraphs, explain how the literature you reviewed
leads you to believe what you are doing is an appropriate intervention.
Ethics Protection (.5 points): In one- to two-paragraphs, explain your planned measures to
ensure you are protecting the study participants and doing no harm.
Ethics Bias (.5 points): In one- to two-paragraphs, explain your planned measures to ensure
the study yields unbiased results.
Data Collection Procedures (1 point): In one page, revise your triangulation matrix from the
Week Three Triangulation discussion adding a column that includes how and when you will collect your
data. This timeline will be hypothetical and approximate. The Data Collection Procedures section can
follow this example:
Research Questions
Data Collection Tool
Why this tool? Justify its use in your study. How does it
match with what you are attempting to find and to measure? Timeframe:
How and when data will be collected.
What are students perceived confidence levels with learning new math concepts through digital/virtual
learning forums exclusively?
One
pre-assessment Likert survey
Allows students to rate their level of perceived confidence with learning math concepts through
digital or virtual learning forums as opposed to a live teacher. Provides multiple question types to gather
wider breadth of potential student concerns. Phase 1:
Given for up to first three days of study depending upon attendance in the first 15 minutes of classcomputer lab.
Written Communication
The assignment needs to adhere to the following areas for written communication.
Page Requirement (.5 points): The assignment must be four to six pages, not including title and
references pages.
Syntax and Mechanics (.5 points): Display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax
and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Your written work should contain no errors and be very
easy to understand.
Source Requirement (.5 points): Use no less than two scholarly sources in addition to the course
textbooks, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page need to be
used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.
Review and Submit the Assignment
Review your assignment with the Grading Rubric to be sure you have achieved the distinguished levels
of performance for each criterion. Next, submit the assignment to the course room for evaluation no
later than day 7 of the week.
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Are you currently not employed but could implement one strategy with family members or
individuals children OR change a personal practice or approach to a situation / need / problem?
b.
MAED students in all three categories must provide verification of approval by submitting the
Informed Consent Form with LIVE signatures, it must be an actual signature not a typed in name.
Those in the third category if the intervention/innovation involves the students own child, then the
student-researcher will sign the informed consent form as both the parent and the researcher. The
completed form will state their intent to participate in a single intervention or innovation lasting
approximately three weeks in a specified setting with a specified group of student or adult participants.
c.
MATLT students must submit the form and clearly mark at the bottom why a signature is not
required and describe their proposed study.
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your peers through Jing, Present.me, or PowerPoint to create your presentation with both a visual and
audio component.
Your visual presentation must include all nine components of the action research plan and follow the
guidelines for creating effective presentations as discussed in the required and recommended video
tutorials located in the recommended and required readings section.
In order to ensure your viewers experience the full effect of your mock proposal, it is imperative that
your voice and a visual presentation complement each other as you explain all nine of its components.
Therefore, it is a requirement you include the video component with audio as you share your action
research proposal.
You must keep your presentation under five minutes. Keep in mind, the emphasis is more on you and
your ability to share your knowledge, heart, and passion about your topic, while leading your viewers
through the nine components of your mock action research proposal. Your visual presentation will
provide the main points of each of the nine components, as you follow the seven by seven rule. But
your oral complement will elaborate to fill in the blanks between those main points. Thus, you will have
the opportunity to provide all the details, important information, and passion behind it to your audience
verbally. This will not only appeal to both visual and auditory learners, simultaneously, it will make your
presentation more enjoyable and enriching for both you and your viewers. Include a link to your
presentation or attach it to your discussion post.
Guided Response: View and respond to at least two peers. As you move through the forum, if you see
that some classmates posts do not have any posted responses, please view their video and respond so
everyone receives feedback. Provide each other with the following constructive feedback:
Pose a question regarding what you saw and heard in their presentation. Were there any
components that were not entirely clear?
Guided Response: Respond to a minimum of two classmates. Provide suggestions for overcoming their
potential obstacles. What is something they shared that you hadnt considered in your own future
endeavors? *It is expected you follow-up by the last day of the week to provide a secondary response
to any comments or questions your instructor may have provided. This is part of the grading criteria as a
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Presentation Content (12 points): In addition to a title and references slide, the presentation
must include the following twelve areas:
1.
Area of Focus,
2.
Explanation of Problem,
3.
Variables, including defined factors, contexts, including recognition of diverse learners, and
variables of the proposed study,
4.
Research Questions, which are answerable given your expertise, time, and resources,
5.
Locus of Control,
6.
Intervention/Innovation, which is a succinct description of the proposed action to address the
identified issue/area of focus,
7.
Group Membership, including the identified importance, role, and responsibility of each
member,
8.
9.
Ethics, including a statement of how you address the potential ethical challenges,
10.
Timeline, which is the anticipated schedule for each phase of the intervention,
11.
Statement of Resources, which is a list of what is needed to enact the proposed plan, and
12.
Data Collection, including whether the proposed data collection techniques are justified and
whether you are proposing appropriate data collection techniques to answer the studys research
questions (chart from Week Three may be used here).
Written Communication
The assignment needs to adhere to the following areas for written communication.
Syntax and Mechanics (0.5 points): Display meticulous comprehension and organization of
syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Your written work should contain no errors and be
very easy to understand.
Source Requirement (0.5 points): Use no less than three scholarly sources in addition to the
course textbook, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page
need to be used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.
Review and Submit the Assignment
Review your assignment with the Grading Rubric to be sure you have achieved the distinguished levels
of performance for each criterion. Next, submit the assignment to the course room for evaluation no
later than day 7 of the week.
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