Sample Action Research Report Evaluation
The purpose of this assignment is for you to review a FINISHED action research report showing the entire planning process and

allowing you to put together visibly, what a finished action research proposal consists of including the planning stage you are

responsible for in this course as well as the results portion of the report for which you will be responsible for in EDU675 (MAED

students). Having this exposure to a finished report should help you make connections with what you’ve been planning as well as

what you will be actually implementing through your proposed intervention/innovation once you begin EDU675.
According to Mills (2014), “To evaluate a research study competently, you must have knowledge of each component of the research

process” (p. 215). For this assignment, you will consider all that you have learned and practiced up to this point in our course

and apply criteria for evaluating action research to the following: Sample Action Research Report 1: Effect of Technology in

Enthusiasm for Learning SciencePreview the documentView in a new window. Finally, you will include a self-reflection. Note that

it is acceptable to write in the first-person voice in the reflection.
Content The assignment needs to include the following areas of content.
Area of Focus (1 point): Describe the area of focus and whether it involves teaching and learning. Include support from the

literature where appropriate. Research Questions (0.5 point): List the research questions and discuss whether the researcher

states questions that were answerable given the researcher’s expertise, time, and resources. Locus of Control (1 point): Discuss

the locus of control and whether the area of focus was within the researcher’s locus of control. Data Collection (1 point):

Describe the data collection techniques and whether the researcher used appropriate data collection techniques to answer the

study’s research questions (e.g., qualitative and/or quantitative). Include support from the literature in your description.

Ethics (1 point): Describe the ethical challenges the researcher faced and how they were resolved. Reflective Stance (1.5

points): Explain the ways the action research effort contributed to the researcher’s reflective stance on the ways teaching and

learning are viewed. Action (0.5 point): Describe the actions that resulted from the study. Action-Data Connection (1.5 points):

Describe how the proposed action connects to the study’s data analysis and interpretation. Reflection - Learning (0.5 point):

Describe what you learned from this study and the process of evaluating it, considering what insight this researcher gave you

indirectly regarding the process of action research. Reflection – Application (0.5 point): Describe what you have taken away from

this experience for use in your Final Project in this course.
Written Communication The assignment needs to adhere to the following areas for written communication.
Page Requirement (0.25 point): The assignment must be three to five pages, not including title and references pages. APA

Formatting (0.25 point): Use APA formatting consistently throughout. Syntax and Mechanics (0.25 point): Display meticulous

comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Your written work should contain no errors

and be very easy to understand. Source Requirement (0.25 point): Use no less than two scholarly sources in addition to the sample

action research report, which may be your course textbooks. All sources on the reference page need to be used and cited correctly

within the body of the assignment.