{"id":1255,"date":"2019-06-06T08:50:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T00:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/?p=1255"},"modified":"2019-06-07T15:37:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T07:37:58","slug":"action-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/action-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Action research"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did a quick analysis on the students’ answers for SPPP1012 Educational Psychology.\u00a0 I notice that some of them do not able to answer some of the questions well.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it does not necessarily related to psychological theories.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, one of the questions asked about a specific type of research that teachers conduct to improve their teaching.\u00a0 It is a straight-forward question.\u00a0 The answer is Action Research. <\/strong>Even though action research involves pre and post test assessment (looks like experimental research) yet due to the purpose of research<\/strong> is to improve one’s teaching practice,<\/strong> this type of research is considered as action research<\/strong>.\u00a0 However, some students fail to see this unique characteristic that differentiate\u00a0 action research from experimental research.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For action research, unlike experimental research, it also involves teacher’s daily planning in which any teaching technique used will be carefully planned, implemented, recorded (through observation etc.) and analysed.\u00a0 Then, there will be adjustment of the technique if need arises.\u00a0 For experimental research, there is no adjustment<\/strong><\/span> of the technique used based on whatever need arises.\u00a0 Thus, in action research teachers are required to reflect<\/strong><\/span> on the activities that they have planned and implemented.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What kind of need arises?\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

For example, some students might have difficulty to understand certain concept when you use certain techniques in class.\u00a0 So, what should you do?\u00a0 \u00a0In this case, you need to closely monitor any change or challenge that students might face while you are implementing certain technique in class.\u00a0 You don’t do this if you conduct your research using experimental research.\u00a0 Because the aim of experimental research is to look at the end product (it could be students performance) of a process i.e. experiment.\u00a0 But for action research, the aim is not only on students performance, but also on the process of learning itself (what students experience in class when teacher uses certain technique). <\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For this matter, action research<\/span><\/strong> involves cyclical process<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0 For experimental research<\/span><\/strong>, there is no<\/span> cyclical process<\/strong> involved.\u00a0 There is no reflection\/evaluation phase<\/strong> <\/span>unlike action research.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Always remember:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Action research<\/strong><\/span> = improvement of one’e teaching and students’ learning experience.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I did a quick analysis on the students’ answers for SPPP1012 Educational Psychology.\u00a0 I notice that some of them do not able to answer some of the questions well.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it does not necessarily related to psychological theories.\u00a0\u00a0 For example, one of the questions asked about a specific type of research that teachers conduct to … Continue reading Action research<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1255"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1270,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255\/revisions\/1270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}