What and How Classroom action research is owned and operated by teachers. It tells the story of what teachers do and how teachers interpret what happens. Groups of teachers can work with a consultant or professor, but they retain ownership of their research.
Action research is a process.
Like the writing process, action research is recursive. While experimental research finds validity in large numbers, in random samples, and in control groups, action research finds validity in the human story, in rich detail, in multiple perspectives. A record of observations and interpretations. Each entry is dated, and teachers document what they planned, what they actually did in the classroom, and how students responded. An opportunity to connect with other people's research and to reflect.