The Action Research Guidebook: A Four-Stage Process for Educators and School Teams

Easy-to-use action research tools that work for today’s schools

Richard Sagor provides updated tools and insights to implement school-based research for student success in this second edition of his best-selling volume The Action Research Guidebook. Included are new examples, activities, tables, charts, and leadership applications that reflect the recent growth of professional learning communities, wider acceptance of standards, and the need for more qualitative research. The book is organized around Sagor’s four-stage process developed from his experience training educators:

• Clarifying visions/targets
• Articulating theory
• Implementing action and collecting data
• Reflecting on data and planning informed action