action research in education

What really matters to your students? The issues in front of them at school and in life. When students inquire into those issues and know that their arguments will be read with a skeptical eye next week by the city council or published in the local newspaper, they're eager to research and find relevant information in nonfiction texts to bolster their claims. They become committed to write, revise, edit, and correct their grammar. They want to think broadly about what reasoning will be effective with their audience. Want that kind of engagement in your classroom? Whether you teach English, social studies, science, or math, From Inquiry to Action will show you how step-by-step. Its projects for civic-engagement help kids become not only college and career ready but citizen ready. And not ready someday, but right now.

Provides guidance and tools for teachers undertaking action research, covering both proactive and responsive models and presenting case studies.

Presents action research studies about teaching and learning in a block period environment, conducted by seven Seattle area high school teachers in their own classrooms during the 1996-97 school year.

Demonstrates and explores the potential for change in real educational situations using case studies.

"This book is addressed to classroom science teachers, both beginning and experienced. It is a guide to using four core practices to improve instruction using [the book's] methods"--Provided by publisher.

"The idea of the learning commons ... [is] to transform the central idea of a school library stocked with resources repository into a vibrant and central component of teaching and learning in the school community ... [Introduces] the idea of the learning commons as the extension of each classroom, the cross-classroom connection, and the center of active learning that extends beyond the school ... [Includes] resources to use and strategies to build and create a ... learning community"--Pages ix-x.

Provides information and materials for taking a positive and personal approach to Response to Intervention, discussing how to identify exceptions to learning problems, design interventions, and implement a three-tiered RTI process, and including tips on decreasing paperwork, motivating students, engaging students and parents, and increasing morale.

A guide for teachers and literacy coaches that describes the provisions and requirements of the "Reading First" Legislation and the "No Child Left Behind" federal programs, including strategies to differentiate for special learners.