Education Week on the Web Research: Holding Up a Mirror
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2002/06/12/40research.h21.html

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• Select two of the featured action research examples in the article. Summarize the research projects, and describe how the teachers collect and use data about their students.
• How do the teachers collaborate and learn from one another? To what extent do you believe this teacher interaction is an important component of research? Why or why not?
• Discuss the debate over action research—is it "real" research or not?
• According to this article, which type of research is most often read and applied by teachers in their classrooms? How can academic, quantitative research play a more valuable role in real world classrooms?