Part 2: Methodology and Data Collection Plan
In Part 2, you will describe the methodology/research design you will use in your formative action research including the existing data you will collect.
Methodology/Design. When conducting formative action research, your methodology/design will essentially be your formative data collection plan, but you should describe your research methodology/design using terms such as descriptive, formative, case study, observation, correlational, phenomenological, naturalistic, open-ended research questions, etc.
Data Collection Plan. You will choose three data sources appropriate for the stated purpose, problem, research questions, and methodology. You will describe the three data collection sources in this module. For each source, include a description of how the data was collected, processed, organized, and analyzed. Use the subheading, Data Collection, to report your data collection activities. (I would like to have questions developed to use on a social media site, and questions to use for a survey to go to Directors and Principles, and survey for teacher’s)
Use the following questions to guide your organization of the Data Collection planning section of your action research paper:
What data will you collect?
Will the data you collect be qualitative, quantitative, or both?
How will you collect the data?
How will the data help you answer the research question(s)?
How do you plan to analyze the data once collected?
Data Collection. In this module, you will describe the data from only one of the three sources in the data collection plan. You will describe the data from the remaining two sources in Module 3. Use the following questions to describe the results of your first data collection activity:
What data did you collect?
What kind of data did you collect? Was the data qualitative, quantitative or both?
How did you collect the data?
How did you analyze the data you collected?
How does the data help you answer the research question(s)?
In an actual research project (one in which you would have Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, what new data would be helpful to collect?
Prior to starting your data collection section, review the res Thinking Through Two Action Research Scenarios resource in the Module 1 Analysis assignment, especially the section on data collection. If you recall, the three data sources were a survey, focus group, and interview. For your formative action research, consider the following data collection options, or develop your own.
Observe in classrooms while taking notes or using a semi-structured observation form.
Survey students within a classroom.
Survey teachers either online or using paper
Ask students and/or teachers to keep journals.
Interview teachers online, by phone, or in-person.
Create and analyze videos made in classrooms.
Collect and analyze lesson plans.
Collect and analyze student work samples.
Obtain office referral data.
Use a social media site to post a question and collect responses.
Create a focus group of professionals.
Use visual data such as tables, charts, informatics, photographs, and student drawings.
Part 3: Looking Ahead to Application Assignment 3
Looking ahead, you will create an action plan during the course. However, you will not include any part of your action plan or how to evaluate its effectiveness in the Module 2 Application assignment.
You are not expected to implement your action plan during the course, but you should have the plan in final form by the end of Module 4. It should describe outcome evaluation data to be collected in the future.
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