ABSTRACT

Action Research for Kids provides teachers with comprehensive, creative, and hands-on units to engage students in action research. Students will benefit from learning about quantitative and qualitative research practices that can make a real difference in their lives and those within their communities. Within this text, teachers can select a lesson or use whole units as students explore research methods such as survey research, experimental research, life history, and photovoice in fun lessons that ask them to create a library wish list, interview people in their communities, lobby for cookies in the cafeteria, and experiment with preservatives. Each lesson comes with detailed instructions and ideas for differentiation.

Grades 5-8

part Section 1|5 pages

Overview of Units

chapter |3 pages

Introduction to the Units

part Section 2|53 pages

Introduction to Research

chapter |51 pages

Preparatory Unit

part Section 3|58 pages

Quantitative Research

chapter Unit 1|26 pages

Survey Research

chapter Unit 2|30 pages

Experimental Research

part Section 4|109 pages

Qualitative Research

chapter Unit 3|30 pages

Life History

chapter Unit 4|38 pages

Photovoice

chapter Unit 5|39 pages

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