I have learned a great deal about action research. I am first and foremost a science teacher so I know a lot about the scientific process. Conducting action research is very similar. To begin your research you must first come up with a topic or issue that needs improvement. When you decide on the topic then you research other literature to gain more information about it. Then you formulate strategies or plans of action that you can take to help resolve or improve the issue. You then need to implement your strategies or plans. As you implement the strategies you collect data that is then analyzed for further review. If the strategies or plan did not receive the results you wanted then the strategies or plan will need to change for further study.
My topic is on behavior. We have a great deal of negative behavior that we deal with on a regular basis. This negative behavior is a distraction in the classroom and takes away from instruction. I am hoping that I can come up with a plan to reward the good behavior so this might have an effect on the negative behavior. If this does not work during the action research then I will change my plan and try something else.
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