Imagine that you are a teacher who has just learned about a new technique for teaching children better study habits, and you want to know how effective it is. Describe an action research study you might conduct in your classroom to address this question. As you write your response:
a. Identify the type of research design you would use, and explain whether it would enable you to draw conclusions about a cause-effect relationship.
b. List at least five different steps you should take in conducting the research.
What will be an ideal response?
The response should describe a study that might reasonably address the question. In addition, it should:
a. Reflect an experimental study, a quasi-experimental study, or a correlational study. A well-designed experimental study could reveal a cause-effect relationship, whereas other designs might suggest—but could not actually prove—that the new technique fosters better study habits.
b. List at least five of the following steps:
? Identify the area of focus
? Design an appropriate study
? Seek permission from students and their parents
? Inform a supervisor about the project, and seek his or her permission
? Identify a valid means of assessing students' study habits
? Deliver the new technique to some or all students
? Collect data about students' study habits
? Analyze the data
? Draw conclusions from the data
? Inform students and parents about the results
? Develop an action plan (i.e., decide whether to use the new technique and, if so, how)
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