ASSIGNMENT 1

Use the 2 attachments to combine and complete the assingment below. Make sure to address all parts listed below.

You probably have a lot of ideas already based on discrepancies in education that you have noted. These discrepancies are a good way to get started in narrowing down to a formal research question. Your job for this assignment:

1. Find a starting point – use at least two strategies to find your starting point.
2. Clarify your starting point – use at least two strategies to clarify your starting point.
3. Determine a viable action research topic that you can work with during the course.
4. Pose a question which you would like to answer related to the topic you choose. For example: "Does personal home-school communication via student agenda improve student assignment completion for 6th grade students?"

You may submit a written report of your ideas (2 - 3 pages, max), or you may submit a powerpoint detailing your ideas and your thinking process (10 - 15 slide max). Please be sure to include pictures on your slides!

You must use References :

Altrichter, H., Feldman, A., Posch, P., & Somekh, B. (2008). Teachers investigate their work: An introduction to action research across the professions (2nd Edition ed.). New York, New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 

Sagor, R. (2011). The action research guidebook: A four-step process for educators and school teams (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.