Action Research

Guiding Questions

1. What is the purpose of using the new approach/methodology?

2. Describe the key issue. What exactly is the problem and why does it concern you as an educator.
3. Describe what you did to solve this problem.
4. Why do you think this approach/tool/methodology will solve this problem?
5. How often did you use this approach with your students?
6. Did you notice a change after implementing the new approach?
7. If so, what are the changes/impact of this new approach?
8. What do your students think of this?
9. Have you conducted a survey or an informal discussion about this approach?
10. What kind of evidence can you provide?
11. Did you create teaching resources while trialing this approach?
12. Are you able to share these with your colleagues?
13. How did you measure the impact of this approach?
14. Do you have student’s work/photographs/videos/ interviews etc. to support your action research?
15. What was the overall result of this action-research/study?
 TEMPLATE FOR PLP ACTION RESEARCH

1. INTRODUCTION:

A brief background about your approach

Previous research (if any) in this area

Students (grade, level, cluster etc)

Problem (subject area, key issue)

Why do you think this problem exists?

2. RESEARCH AIM

What aspect(s) of your professional practice are you trying to improve through this action research?

Problem statement

3. METHODOLOGY AND DATA COLLECTION

What are the procedures that you followed while carrying out your research?

- The learning activities

- What were the students doing?
- What was the teacher’s role?
- Tools and technologies used
- Survey
- Interview
- Observations
- Quantitative data (test scores etc.)

Quantitative/Qualitative

4. KEY FINDINGS/RESULTS

What did you find out in terms of the impact of this approach on your students’ learning, progress,
achievement, and/or motivation?

Explain with evidence. (refer to the evidence from data collection section)

5. CONCLUSION

Explain how your findings and results relate to the aim of this research.

How does this benefit students?

How does this benefit you as an educator?

How will this influence your future professional practice?