Deck 10: Action Research and Participatory Designs

Question 1

Explain what is meant by the following statement: "Data collection in action research is iterative."

Answer 1

Action research often has an emergent nature,meaning that data analysis often leads to further questions and sometimes themes can emerge multiple times during the research process.The action researcher must be ready to adjust and adapt to real life scenarios.

Question 2

Describe at least two venues for disseminating findings from action-oriented research studies.

Answer 2

There are a number of platforms for disseminating the findings of action research.Some of these may include: journals and books,conferences and symposiums,program resources and materials,as well as advocacy and activism outlets.

Question 3

Which form of action research is bound in a particular community setting and involves developing partnerships with community organizations and groups?

A)Design-Based Research
B)Participatory Action Research
C)Community-Based Research
D)Course-Based Action Research

Answer 3

Community-Based Research

Question 4

The terms action research and participatory action research refer to types of inquiry that aim to use research not just to describe or understand an issue or problem but also to…

A)take action and make concrete changes and transformations in conditions,resources,practices and/or policies.
B)make statistical inferences regarding the phenomena of interest.
C)provide rich,thick descriptions of events,people,and places.
D)determine causes of problems and offer solutions.

Question 5

Which form of action research is rooted in the idea that the generative themes of students' lives should be used as the basis for instruction and that education is a liberatory and transformative act?

A)Design-Based Research
B)Participatory Action Research
C)Community-Based Research
D)Course-Based Action Research

Question 6

Discuss some of the challenges associated with conducting action research.

Question 7

Describe potential reasons that action research may be more appealing to practitioners than traditional quantitative or qualitative research.

Question 8

A form of coding common in action research that involves a group effort where members may individually code pieces of data and then come together to generate and decide on a list of common codes that can be used to code other data is known as:

A)open coding
B)axial coding
C)iterative coding
D)collective coding

Question 9

Mrs.Teel,a science teacher,is interested in pursuing action research focused on helping her students become more literate in computer coding.She incorporates a project that allows her students to learn coding by having them produce code that will control the physical actions of a small robot.In what type of action research is Mrs.Teel likely going to engage?

A)Youth Participatory Action Research
B)Course-Based Action Research
C)Design-Based Research
D)Community-Based Research

Question 10

These experiences help academic researchers learn about the community and pertinent issues as well as to provide opportunities for dialogue between academic researchers and community partners.

A)Collaborative experiences
B)Orienting experiences
C)Community experiences
D)Action experiences

Question 11

Which type of action research focuses on bringing together undergraduate students,faculty,and local community partners to undertake collaborative research projects that yield benefits for community partners?

A)Design-Based Research
B)Participatory Action Research
C)Community-Based Research
D)Course-Based Research

Question 12

Perhaps one of the main goals of action research is for the results to be immediately applicable to the lives of

A)policy-makers.
B)college level academics.
C)educational researchers.
D)teachers.

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT true regarding data collection in action-oriented research?

A)Data-collection strategies are emergent.
B)Data collection is iterative.
C)Data collection is collaborative and ultimately the result of a coordinated group effort.
D)Data collection is planned in advance and rarely deviates from the original plan.

Question 14

This form of action research is used extensively in the field of community health research as it employs a collaborative,partnership approach to conducting research.

A)Community-Based Participatory Research
B)Community-Based Qualitative Research
C)Participatory Action Research
D)Design-Based Research

Question 15

What is the most likely origin of a research topic in an action-research design?

A)Problems identified through a systematic literature review.
B)Problems that are experienced by practicing teachers in the classroom setting.
C)Problems that are suggested as potential areas of exploration by educational researchers.
D)Action-research topics rarely have a problem-solving orientation.

Question 16

Dr.Phillips is an academic research interested in engaging in a form of action research.She has been volunteering at the local high school and many of the students she works with are interested in pursuing a research project focused on ways to improve civic engagement in the community.Which form of action research best describes this scenario?

A)Youth Participatory Action Research
B)Course-Based Action Research
C)Design-Based Research
D)Community-Based Research

Question 17

Connect Ability,a local nonprofit focused on serving individuals with disabilities,has partnered with the local university to better understand the perspectives of individuals with disabilities in the area in regards to access to community gardens.What type of action research is likely to occur from this partnership?

A)Youth Participatory Action Research
B)Community-Based Qualitative Research
C)Course-Based Research
D)Design-Based Research

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT one of Mills' (2018)four-step process in action research?

A)Ensure that your design allows you to infer causation so that you can adequately answer all questions.
B)Collect data that might help to answer your question.
C)Analyze and interpret the data relative to the research question.
D)Develop a plan for action.

Question 19

Which form of action research aims to produce theories and knowledge about learning and teaching that are grounded in real-life contexts and involves manipulating those contexts in particular ways and conducting and refining experiments and interventions so that researchers can make evidence-based claims about learning?

A)Design-Based Research
B)Participatory Action Research
C)Community-Based Research
D)Course-Based Acton Research