About the Book
Source: Wikia. Pages: 170. Chapters: Action research, Appreciative Inquiry, Aptitude, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Bell curve grading, Benchmarking, Case study, Case study method, Central composite design, Clinical trials, Cohort analysis, Consensus-seeking decision-making, Consensus decision-making, Consensus decision making, Content analysis, Cost-benefit analysis, Critical appraisal, Data mining, Educational accreditation, Educational assessment, Ethnography, Experimental method, Experimental techniques, Experimentation, Factorial experiment, Field experiment, Field research, Field work, Force field analysis, General Learning Ability, Grade, Gradepoint average, Inquiry, Interviewing, Interviews, Introduction to statistics, Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, Meta-analysis, Opinion polls, Opinion surveys, Participant observation, Process improvement, Program logic model, Qualitative research, Quality Management System, Quantitative research, Questionnaire construction, Questionnaires, Reference class forecasting, Repeated measures, Root cause analysis, Rubric, Self evaluation, Single-subject design, Single-subject research, Six Sigma, Strategic planning, Structured interview, Surveys, Talk aloud protocol, Test-retest, Test method, Total Quality Management, Transferable skills analysis. Excerpt: Action research is a method for intentional learning from experience, originally formulated by social psychologist Kurt Lewin. "Action Research" is characterised by intervention in real world systems followed by close scrutiny of the effects. Its aim is to improve practice and it is typically conducted by a combined team of practitioners and researchers. The action research cycle: Data Collection > Evaluation > Action > Critical Reflection > Data Collection > Evaluation... It is also related to the Participatory Action Research (PAR) method. Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury de: Aktionsforschung In Organizational develop...
