Graduate Catalog 2023-2024

EDS 7892 Action Research I

This course provides an overview of action research as an approach to applied educational research. This course is designed for students to explore introductory concepts of action research, including identifying the purpose of action research, planning action research, developing a research plan, and writing action research reports. Students will engage in action research practices and evaluate action research published within their content area and/or school context.

Registration Name

Action Research I

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

EDD 8892

Offered

Online: Fall

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Summarize concepts and applications of action research practices and processes as they relate to educational research and one’s own scholarly line of inquiry.
  2. Review action research projects situated around problems of practice, and evaluate study procedures, data collection methods, and approaches to analysis.
  3. Identify and examine a problem of practice suitable for an action research approach.