Reports on action research regarding hybrid courses, defined as Web-based courses where the students and instructor actually meet for half or less of the regular scheduled meeting time. Investigates instructional design strategies as well as students' opinions towards the courses and the impact of using different strategies on online communities.…

Illustrates the differences between participatory action research (PAR) and action science by exploring Xerox Corporation's participatory action research (PAR) efforts. Points out practical limitations and conceptual gaps of PAR. Emphasizes that the key to valuable research is to meet the standards of appropriate rigor without sacrificing…

Discusses five basic issues that teachers should address as they begin an action research project: (1) the main question to be answered; (2) relevant data; (3) specific data, and its collection method; (4) data analysis; and (5) interpretations or implications to be drawn from the data. (RS)

Two collaborative inquiry groups share their processes and findings, such as coresearchers' lived experience is equal in importance to formally collected data; knowledge created in the group belongs to the group; and coresearchers must be equal in contribution and commitment. (SK)

Involving teachers in classroom research can result in improved instruction, more reflective learners, professional growth, and collegial sharing. A seventh-grade teacher-researcher, weighing various strategies for mainstreaming learning-disabled students into her science classes, also ponders the implications of more reflective political practice…

Discusses a study that identified, in one British secondary school, the day-to-day work that classroom teachers perceived to be leadership tasks. Such approaches to nonexecutive leadership are becoming more prevalent as schools pursue open management. Next, participating teachers could be offered support and training in the skills necessary to…

Notes that action research enables school counselors to use variety of methodologies to evaluate diversity of counseling programs. Suggests key questions for counselor to consider before implementing action research study. Describes four approaches to action research that can be readily used by school counselors: diagnostic, participant,…

Presents dual perspectives on the experience of a pilot phase of school-based research. Focuses on the methodological difficulties that occurred before and during research. Discusses concrete ways to improve the study and reflects on the teacher/researcher interaction. (Author/SJR)

Review of Quigley's "Rethinking Literacy Education" (1997) identifies areas of ambivalence over whether a vision for adult literacy education can be achieved. Themes include the social view of illiteracy, "happy consciousness," attrition and resistance, and action research. (SK)

Examines the range of meanings evoked by a particular photograph as a means of challenging readers to consider the complexity of teacher research. (SR)

Presents the story of a mathematics teacher's transformation that resulted from her engagement in collaborative action research. Discusses issues related to the broader study of collaborative action research in the mathematics classroom that are connected to teachers' transformation. (Contains 31 references.) (Author/ASK)

Describes the Piscataway Project, a school-based action research project focused on development, implementation, and evaluation of instructional approaches to violence prevention. Discusses challenges associated with school-based prevention efforts. Stresses the importance of theory for prevention efforts, and how critical delivery and training…

Discusses standards-based education; explains the development of information literacy standards published in "Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning" by the American Association of School Librarians and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology; and presents an action research case study that provides a…

Marketing students' action research projects in small businesses demonstrated that small business sustainability is enhanced by increased understanding of marketing and business students' employment potential is enhanced by exposure to small businesses. Such projects also provide material for case studies on specific marketing problems. (SK)

Outlines the difficulties of conducting action research and recommends student perceptual surveys to teachers who want to do action research. Points out the importance of students' perceptions of the learning environment and student feedback for professional development. Uses the Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES) to examine student…