Action Research Projects Dissertations Database
"This book fills an important gap in the action research literature by specifically addressing the growing practice of action research master s studies and doctoral dissertations in colleges and universities throughout the world. Like the authors previous work, this book provides a broad and clear overview of the varieties of action research. The discussion of the underlying choices that action researchers operating in a university degree program need to make and how such choices affect the quality of an action research project from different perspectives is an extremely valuable resource for students and faculty. I plan to use this book with my own graduate students on a regular basis."--Ken Zeichner
"The Action Research Dissertation should be required reading for any student contemplating using an action research approach in a thesis or dissertation project. Kathryn Herr and Gary Anderson serve as able and amiable navigators through the challenging but equally rewarding process of planning, carrying out, and completing an action research dissertation. Clear explanations, compelling exemplars, and an honest discussion of the challenges of conducting an action research project combined with a sense of the passion and commitment of those who choose this path, make the volume a balanced and engaging guide to all would-be action researchers."--Mary Brydon-Miller
"Finally, a thoughtful, accessible, and immensely helpful volume designed to promote dialogue among doctoral students and faculty about dissertation studies grounded in the everyday worlds of practice. By creating spaces for deep discussion about the decisions dissertators make (rather than proposing and arguing for particular solutions), the book sets doctoral researchers on their own quest for meaning, clarity and coherence. The rhetoric and contents of the book thus mirror its authors commitment to agency for doctoral students seeking to make their inquiries of value both within and beyond the academy."--Susan Lytle
The authors have deftly produced a thoughtful, comprehensive, and much needed overview of the process of creating an action research dissertation that is sure to benefit generations of students and their faculty mentors."--Davydd Greenwood
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Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Perceptions of bibliotherapy: a survey of undergraduate students, Randie D. Camp
Exploring the relationship between attitude towards collaborative learning and sense of community among college students in online learning environments: a correlational study, Ritushree Chatterjee
Teacher perceptions of pedagogical change in 1:1 laptop classrooms, Jessie Marie Christensen
Investigating relationships between educational technology use and other instructional elements using "big data" in higher education, Karly Good
Understanding the use of tablet devices in the classroom when teaching a group of learners diagnosed with autism, Andrea Lynn Halabi
Impact of historical science short stories on students’ attitudes and NOS understanding, Garrett Taylor Hall
Understanding the role of the modality principle in multimedia learning environments, Amy Marie Oberfoell
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Exploring the quality, usability, and use of learning objects in introductory statistics classrooms, Rachel Jean Graham
Virtual field trips as an educational and motivational strategy to teach Iowa history, Karl Harven Hehr
The effects of socialization on beginning science teachers' pedagogical decision making and science instruction, Lori Ihrig
Computer self-efficacy: instructor and student perspectives in a university setting, Kenneth D. Kass
Exploring the dimensions of nomophobia: Developing and validating a questionnaire using mixed methods research, Caglar Yildirim
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Parent education for dialogic reading during shared storybook reading: Multiple case study of online and face-to-face delivery models, Beth Ann Beschorner
A comparative study of pre-service teachers' understandings of the equal sign, Julie Ellen (Buddenhagen) Hartzler
Sexuality education policy implementation in two rural midwestern communities: A comparative case study, Adam Foley
Culture and Curriculum Collide: the Case of Spoken Word in the Classroom, Nicole Fraise
Examining elementary pre-service teachers' capacity to use children's mathematical understanding to select and pose mathematical tasks, Mary Njeri Gichobi
Factors Impacting University-Level Language Teachers' Technology Use and Integration, Aliye Karabulut
Identity development among pre-service teacher candidates, Kathryn Ann Lerseth
E-learning in English classroom: Investigating factors impacting on ESL (English as Second Language) college students' acceptance and use of the Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (Moodle), Jing Liu
Historical short stories as nature of science instruction in secondary science classrooms: Science teachers' implementation and students' reactions, Jennifer Ann Reid-Smith
A college preparatory program as investor in the academic social capital of black parents, Anita Rollins
"There's nothing not complicated about being Indian:" American Indian student experiences in a mainstream middle school, Stephanie Masta Zywicki
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Malaysian polytechnic lecturers' teaching practices with ICT utilization to promote higher-order thinking skills, Siti Noridah Ali
Teaching students with behavioral disorders to use a negotiation procedure: Impact on classroom behavior and conflict resolution strategy, Cathy Anna Bullock
A qualitative assessment of preservice elementary teachers' formative perceptions regarding engineering and K-12 engineering education, Dennis Eugene Culver
guided-inquiry based laboratory instruction: investigation of critical thinking skills, problem solving skills, and implementing student roles in chemistry, Tanya Gupta
East Asian students' negotiation of silence in a university intensive English reading class: An examination of cross-cultural transition within a Project-Oriented CALL approach, Migyu Kang
Research-based design of interactive multimedia for solving instructional problems, Natalya A. Koehler
Teacher and student perspectives on a blended learning intensive English program writing course, Lars Jacob Ege Larsen
Schoolgirls in cyberspace: A cross-case analysis of the literacy practices of three fifth-grade girls in a social network site, Denise Lorraine Lindstrom
Examining the effects of the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol model on the reading comprehension of first grade students, Sara Lynn Nichols
The Development of Team Trust Over Time and its Effect on Performance When Using Michaelsen's Team-Based Learning, Vanessa Preast
Accessing an undergraduate program in the United States: Latin American male experiences and perceptions, Sam Robert von Gillern
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Self-authorship in undergraduate students in a blended-learning multicultural course, Vicki Rae Abel
Integrating a computer-based flashcard program into academic vocabulary learning, Cennet Altiner
The transformation of online teaching practice: Tracing successful online teaching in higher education, Evrim Baran
Teachers' perceptions of students with late emerging reading disabilities, Sonia Chugh
Examining Preservice Teachers' Reasoning and Decision Making in Three Case-Based Approaches, Yasemin Demiraslan Cevik
(Re)conceptualizing resistance to (re)conceptualize campus climate challenges: Analyzing the resistant register of student reflection writing in a university diversity course, Kathryn S. Jaekel
Pedagogical design capacity for teaching elementary mathematics: A cross-case analysis of four teachers, Tonia Jo Land
Young students' attitudes toward languages, Claudia Navarro-villarroel
Supporting vocabulary growth of high school students: An analysis of the potential of a mobile learning device and gaming app, Jennifer Redd
The portrayal of the nature of science in upper elementary instructional materials, Lindsey R. Richey
Exploring content validity, item level analysis and predictive validity for two algebra progress monitoring measures, Subhalakshmi Singamaneni
The effect of a biology learning community on ISU secondary science education students and the teaching of biological evolution, Sarah Anne White
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Analysis of Cognitive Tutor Geometry Curriculum, Tauqir Bibi
Preparing future teachers for virtual schooling: Assessing their preconceptions and competence, Amina Karim Charania
Teaching the nature of science: Practices and associated factors, Benjamin C. Herman
Discourse of construction: A look at how secondary reading preservice teachers conceptualize their teaching, Ryan Robert Kelly
Historical short stories in the post-secondary biology classroom: Investigation of instructor and student use and views, Jerrid Wayne Kruse
The Dynamics of Student Learning within a High School Virtual Reality Design Class, Teresa Morales
The sources that influence student teachers' sense of efficacy, Sunjin Oh
Assessing credibility and aesthetic perception across different exposure times on a health care information website, Simon Setterstrom
Historical Short Stories and the Nature of Science in a High School Biology Class, Jennifer Ann Reid Smith
Social and institutional factors affecting the daily experiences of the spouses of international students: Voices from the Midwest and implications to academic institutions, Yalem N/a Teshome
The suitableness of Google Documents as a student collaborative writing tool, Todd Vens
The Civic-Minded Instructional Designers (CMID) framework: Educating instructional designers with community-based service-learning approaches, Farrah D. Yusop
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Owning professional development: The power of teacher research, Barbara Miller Adams
Socio-academic identities of Spanish heritage learners: instructional implications for high school Spanish teacehrs, Shelly Jeanne Boley
Principles for designing online self-paced corporate training, David Braet
A proposed methodology for predicting future student success in design programs: An application of path analysis techniques, Lori A. Brunner
Attitudes of general education teachers toward including students with special needs, Tracy Lynn Cagney
Preparing pre-service teachers for online teaching, Lily K.L. Compton
Christian Privilege: Do Jewish students feel marginalized in U.S. public schools?, Michelle Nichole Garland
Social justice and special education: Derailing the tracking of Black males. A case study of Walt Whitman High School, Vernon Hall
Pilot study of a multimedia instructional program for teaching ESL grammar with embedded tracking, Natalya A. Koehler
A model for assessing the effectiveness of professional development for improving student learning, John Francis O'connell
The portrayal of the nature of science in early childhood instructional materials, Brandon Alan Schrauth
Design Core commonalities: A study of the College of Design at Iowa State University, Jane E. Venes
Boundary Issues in Global Virtual Teams, Wenxia Wu
Learning through gaming: Teaching visual arts to elementary grade students, Ya-lan Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Leading change: the role of the principal leading school improvement through implementation of the Iowa Professional Development Model, Pamela Armstrong-Vogel
Transforming teacher education to support multicultural technology pedagogy: an assessment of preservice teachers' beliefs about multiculturalism and diversity, Audrey Denise Bowser
Strategies used by secondary Spanish teachers in heritage language student classrooms, Tracie Korbitz Chandrasekaran
On becoming a geometry teacher: a longitudinal case study of one teacher learning to teach proof, Michelle Cirillo
"Some friends and I started talking...": a participatory action research project to deconstruct white privilege among student affairs practitioners, Jeffrey Edward Cullen
The study of the impact of the M.S. in Agronomy Distance Education Program on student careers, Jesse Duane Drew
Holes in the health care safety net: an ethnographic study of a free medical clinic, Pamela Ann Duffy
Digital storytelling: an emerging tool for student and teacher learning, Cynthia Marie Garrety
Influence of mathematics curriculum implementation strategies on nature of instructional tasks, classroom discourse, and student learning, Mary Njeri Gichobi
Exploring the congruence of ethnic minority millennial students' transition to college, social identity and community, and online social network services, Rex Heer
Families, motivation, and reading: pre-adolescent students and their reading motivation and family reading habits, Jill L. Janes
An analysis of factors that lead WebCT users to either increase or decrease the use of WebCT GOLD at Iowa State University, Darshana Parijat Juvale
Aporia-triggered knowledge construction: the use of interviews and a focus group to further assess Science Writing Heuristic impact on participating teachers, Ryan Robert Kelly
Uncertainty and evolution: contributions to identity development for female college students who identify as multiracial/biracial-bisexual/pansexual, Alissa Renee King
The architectural design studio as a learning environment: a qualitative exploration of architecture design student learning experiences in design studios from first- through fourth-yea, Patience Lamunu Opiyo Lueth
Pre- and post-admission criteria as predictors of academic success in an associate degree nursing program, Nancy Lee Conzett Muecke
Understanding issues of college persistence for undocumented Mexican immigrant women from the new Latino Diaspora: a case study, Susana Maria Muñoz
An equity analysis of the Iowa school funding model that addresses the instructional support program and the influence this program has on student achievement, Nicholas Joseph Ouellette
Faculty technology mentoring: how graduate student mentors benefit from technology mentoring relationship, Sonmez Pamuk
A qualitative study of the ways middle school teachers made meaning of a professional development program on cultural competency, Judith Patch Pauley
Factors that influence pre-service teachers' technology integration performance, Serkan Perkmen
The efficacy of an electronic performance support system as a training tool for online faculty, Jeffrey Lynn Platt
The impact of flexible grouping on reading achievement for sixth grade students, Jill Marie Reisner
Parental motivations and attitudes toward a Spanish two-way immersion program in the Midwest, Mariana Romero-gonzalez
Analysis of policy and educational approaches within the Seattle recycling program, Ryan Joel Six
Exploring the development of information literacy concepts among community college students, Lisa Anne Hermann Stock
Circles of Support: towards a liberatory pedagogy for community education, Chad William Timm
Reading tutors using the iPod to enhance and motivate struggling literacy learners' reading ability, Wei Wang