Action Research Selection

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Toews, S. G., & Kurth, J. A. (2019). Literacy instruction in general education settings: A call to action. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 44(3), 135-142. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1540796919855373

Journal article

This journal investigates the promotion of education through legislation. It also investigates the importance of such legislation and how important it is to be integrated into a special education setting.

The article further expounds on the need for researchers to embrace instruction strategies on literacy.

Kamil, P. A., Utaya, S., & Utomo, D. H. (2020). Improving disaster knowledge within high school students through geographic literacy. International journal of disaster risk reduction, 43, 101411. https://www.sciencedirect.com/sciencgye/article/abs/pii/S2212420919302961

Journal Article

This article describes the efforts that improve disaster knowledge on students. It bases its objective on the need to motivate students to take charge and be involved in solving available problems.

Fraumeni-Mcbride, J. (2017). The effects of choice on reading engagement and comprehension for second-and third-grade students: An action research report. Journal of Montessori Research, 3(2), 19-38. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1239180

Journal Article

The article reviews the process of getting meaning from speech, actions, and texts. Besides this, it describes the best ways of building student literacy through reading silently.

Aidinopoulou, V., & Sampson, D. G. (2017). An action research study from implementing the flipped classroom model in primary school history teaching and learning. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 20(1), 237-247. https://www.jstor.org/stable/jeductechsoci.20.1.237?seq=1

Journal Article

This article investigates the benefits that accrue to students due to the pedagogical efficiency of using a classroom. It also compares the benefits of traditional learning and those of current classroom-centered student learning.

Roessingh, H., & Bence, M. (2017). Intervening in early written literacy development for gifted children in Grade 2: Insights from an action research project. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 40(2), 168-196. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0162353217701201

Journal Article

The article investigates the research carried out in a school for gifted learners. It highlights the needs of gifted learners as well as their strengths.

Manfra, M. M. (2019). Action research and systematic, intentional change in teaching practice. Review of Research in Education, 43(1), 163-196. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0091732X18821132

Journal Article

The article investigates education reforms by taking a closer look into more teachers’ involvement. It further highlights how important it is to involve teachers fully in learning.

Caraballo, L., & Lyiscott, J. (2020). Collaborative inquiry: Youth, social action, and critical qualitative research. Action Research, 18(2), 194-211. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1476750317752819

Journal Article

It investigates the involvement of educational institutions in carrying out research. It investigates the role of such institutions in driving research.

Amir, A., Mandler, D., Hauptman, S., & Gorev, D. (2017). Discomfort as a means of pre-service teachers’ professional development–an action research as part of the ‘Research Literacy’course. European Journal of Teacher Education, 40(2), 231-245. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02619768.2017.1284197

Journal Article

This article delves into the best practices of preparing for research projects. It aimed to pinpoint the problems that students face when formulating and coming up with research questions and how to move around them.

Julia, J., Hakim, A., & Fadlilah, A. (2019). Shifting Primary School Teachers' Understanding of Songs Teaching Methods: An Action Research Study in Indonesia. International Journal of Education and Practice, 7(3), 158-167. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1239180

Journal Article

This article looks at the importance of teaching teachers how best to embrace and use songs in teaching. It aims at influencing the methods that teachers employ during teaching.

Furtado, L., & Johnson, L. (2010). Enhancing summarization skills using twin texts: Instruction in narrative and expository text structures. Reading, 10(2). http://readingmatrix.com/articles/sept_2010/leena_furtado.pdf

This article aims at bringing on board skills that would help first-grade students to do summarization. To do this, it employs the use of how they understand narrative structures of text.

Jones, R., Petrie, J., & Murrell, A. (2018). Measuring Impact While Making a Difference: A Financial Literacy Service-Learning Project as Participatory Action Research. Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 8. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1193094

Journal Article

The article describes a financial literacy completed by students. To do this, it looks at their planning and implementation of financial decisions.