Sample Action Research Report Evaluation

Sample Action Research Report Evaluation

The purpose of this assignment is for you to review a
FINISHED action research report showing the entire planning process and
allowing you to put together visibly, what a finished action research
proposal consists of including the planning stage you are responsible
for in this course as well as the results portion of the report for
which you will be responsible for in EDU675 (MAED students).  Having
this exposure to a finished report should help you make connections with
what you’ve been planning as well as what you will be actually
implementing through your proposed intervention/innovation once you
begin EDU675.

According to Mills (2014), “To evaluate a research study competently,
you must have knowledge of each component of the research process” (p.
215). For this assignment, you will consider all that you have learned
and practiced up to this point in our course and apply criteria for
evaluating action research to the following: Sample Action Research Report 1: Effect of Technology in Enthusiasm for Learning Science. Finally, you will include a self-reflection. Note that it is acceptable to write in the first-person voice in the reflection.

Content
The assignment needs to include the following areas of content.

• Area of Focus (1 point):
  Describe the area of focus and whether it involves teaching and
  learning. Include support from the literature where appropriate.
• Research Questions (0.5 points):
  List the research questions and discuss whether the researcher states
  questions that were answerable given the researcher’s expertise, time,
  and resources.
• Locus of Control (1 point): Discuss the locus of control and whether the area of focus was within the researcher’s locus of control.
• Data Collection (1 point):
  Describe the data collection techniques and whether the researcher used
  appropriate data collection techniques to answer the study’s research
  questions (e.g., qualitative and/or quantitative). Include support from
  the literature in your description.
• Ethics (1 point): Describe the ethical challenges the researcher faced and how they were resolved.
• Reflective Stance (1.5 point):
  Explain the ways the action research effort contributed to the
  researcher’s reflective stance on the ways teaching and learning are
  viewed.
• Action (0.5 points): Describe the actions that resulted from the study.
• Action-Data Connection (1.5 points): Describe how the proposed action connects to the study’s data analysis and interpretation.
• Reflection – Learning (0.5 points):
  Describe what you learned from this study and the process of evaluating
  it, considering what insight this researcher gave you indirectly
  regarding the process of action research.
• Reflection – Application (0.5 points): Describe what you have taken away from this experience for use in your Final Project in this course.

Written Communication
The assignment needs to adhere to the following areas for written communication.

• Page Requirement (0.25 points): The assignment must be three to five pages, not including title and references pages.
• APA Formatting (0.25 points): Use APA formatting consistently throughout.
• Syntax and Mechanics (0.25 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 (0.25 points):
  Use no less than two scholarly sources in addition to the sample action
  research report, which may be your course textbooks. All sources on the
  reference page need to be used and cited correctly within the body of
  the assignment.