(1) Where does action research fall in relation to qualitative-quantitative research continuum- justify why.
Action Research is a combination of both qualitative and quantitative research. According to Mertler's book Action Research chapter 5 Collecting Data, both qualitive and quantitative research are acceptable way to achieve a full picture for an Action Reasearch project. By using quantitative data, the researcher can attain efficient data from numerous points. The depth of the information that is collected is weak because the information that is collected can only tell you what. Qualitative data is also needed to strengthen the validity and credibility by offering the answer to the question why. (2) Express if the intervention/action …show more content…
In order for a research topic to be generalized the results need to be able to replicate to other cases. "The generalization occurs when qualitative researchers study additional cased and generalize findings to the new cases Creswell, 2014, p. 204)." Action research is meant to answer a question for one place and time, it is not meant to cross from one area to another. For Action Research to be generalized the teacher-researcher would have to be able to replicate the same experiments that he or she did in their classroom or school across multiple settings. That is not the purpose of Action Research. (4) What is the purpose for Action Research (who benefits and why is it performed)?
The purpose of Action Research is two folds. First, Action Research is to solve a problem that is occurring in a school. A teacher researcher notices a problem in the classroom or in the building, he or she first tries to understand the problem and then fix the problem. Everyone in the building can benefit from this type of research, the teacher, the students and the administration. The teacher solves a problem he or she is having in class. The students will profit from whatever solution the teacher manufactures. The principal would gain students whose academics improves or who's behaviors settle
Action Research is a combination of both qualitative and quantitative research. According to Mertler's book Action Research chapter 5 Collecting Data, both qualitive and quantitative research are acceptable way to achieve a full picture for an Action Reasearch project. By using quantitative data, the researcher can attain efficient data from numerous points. The depth of the information that is collected is weak because the information that is collected can only tell you what. Qualitative data is also needed to strengthen the validity and credibility by offering the answer to the question why. (2) Express if the intervention/action …show more content…
In order for a research topic to be generalized the results need to be able to replicate to other cases. "The generalization occurs when qualitative researchers study additional cased and generalize findings to the new cases Creswell, 2014, p. 204)." Action research is meant to answer a question for one place and time, it is not meant to cross from one area to another. For Action Research to be generalized the teacher-researcher would have to be able to replicate the same experiments that he or she did in their classroom or school across multiple settings. That is not the purpose of Action Research. (4) What is the purpose for Action Research (who benefits and why is it performed)?
The purpose of Action Research is two folds. First, Action Research is to solve a problem that is occurring in a school. A teacher researcher notices a problem in the classroom or in the building, he or she first tries to understand the problem and then fix the problem. Everyone in the building can benefit from this type of research, the teacher, the students and the administration. The teacher solves a problem he or she is having in class. The students will profit from whatever solution the teacher manufactures. The principal would gain students whose academics improves or who's behaviors settle