Action Research Capstone

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ED 698 Action Research Capstone (1-2) Students will identify a question about their own teaching or school practices, review the current research literature, develop a plan to collect data, collect and analyze their data, identify emergent themes, write an action research paper, and present their project and findings to the faculty committee. The objectives of the action research project are to help students understand the research process in an educational setting; provide students with the opportunity to study and improve their 55 own teaching through an action research project; and to show students how research can have a positive effect on school improvement and change. Prerequisites: Admission to the graduate program, successful completion of at least 18 credit hours of course work and successful completion of ED 665 Educational Research.