Provides information on creating a research plan, organizing research, developing evaluation tools, and interpreting data.

Action Research for Teachers: Traveling the Yellow Brick Road

Education & Teaching

Holly, Mary Louise

Arhar, Joanne M.

Kasten, Wendy C.

Schools & Teaching

PRENTICE/HALL

This is the ideal book to help prospective teachers improve children's reading and language arts skills and instill in them a genuine and lasting love of reading. The book demonstrates numerous ways to integrate literature into the daily fabric of classroom life. Following a solid grounding in the basics every reading teacher needs, individual chapters explore genres of children's literature and teaching strategies specific to each genre. Then, the authors examine currently accepted effective practices for engaging young readers in hands-on reading in a way that fosters a love of literature that will last a lifetime. Early childhood and elementary education literature and language arts teachers.

Living Literature: Using Children's Literature to Support Reading and Language Arts

Literature & Fiction

Kristo, Janice V.

McClure, Amy A.

Garthwait, Abigail

History & Criticism

Pearson/Merrill/Prentice Hall

Conducting action research in the classroom is a significant way for teachers to assess their own teaching with regard to student learning. Designed for teachers, especially reading teachers, Action Research for Teachers: Traveling the Yellow Brick Road uses the analogy of action research as a journey for self-discovery in evaluating how effective they are as classroom teachers. The text provides a clear and thorough set of exercises and directives for determining a research plan, organizing the research, developing evaluation tools, collecting, displayng and evaluating data.

Action Research for Teachers: Traveling the Yellow Brick Road (3rd Edition)

Pearson

This book serves as a practical guide to conducting action research in educational settings. Unique in approach, it weaves wonderful metaphors from the Wizard of Oz throughout its entirety—literally taking readers on an exciting journey with Dorothy and her friends to discover all facets of action research. Offering step-by-step guidance through the action research process, complete coverage of theories, and plenty of real-life examples, it equips teachers with the tools they will need to successfully conduct their own action research. In addition, three theoretical/foundational chapters present four action research studies representing a variety of circumstances, grade levels, age groups, and disciplines. For practicing teachers and student teachers.

Action Research for Teachers: Traveling The Yellow Brick Road

Book by Kasten, Wendy C., Lolli, Elizabeth Monce

Implementing Multiage Education: A Practical Guide

Politics & Social Sciences

Lolli, Elizabeth Monce

Social Sciences

Christopher-Gordon Pub

Book by Kasten, Wendy C., Clarke, Barbara K.

The Multi-Age Classroom: A Family of Learners

Clarke, Barbara K.

Richard C Owen Pub

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