Download as
Adobe Acrobat
Microsoft Word
Rich Text Format

Developing Individual Plans > Focus, Plan and Design for Inquiry > Resources

Favorites

Action Research Framework
http://crlt.indiana.edu.cee_archive/actresearch/title.html

The Art of Classroom Inquiry: A Handbook for Teacher-Researchers
Ruth Shagoury Hubbard, Lewis and Clark College, Brenda Miller Power, University of Maine
Heinemann / 0-435-08762-2 / 1993 / 163pp / Paper
https://www.heinemann.com/product.asp?sku=08762

Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning, Action Research/Teacher as Researcher
http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/action.asp

National Staff Development Council Action Research Library.
http://www.nsdc.org/library/action.html

Technology for Engaged and Active Middle Schools. Action Research Assessment site.. http://www.crlt.indiana.edu/teams/research.html

Tutorial from Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Click on "Action Research"
http://www.ascd.org/frametutorials.html

 

Other Resources

Web sites

Action research resources at Southern Cross University
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse, Inquiry & Problem Solving
http://www.enc.org/topics/inquiry/

National Council of Teachers of English, Links IV: Teachers as Researchers
http://www.ncte.org/rte/links4.html

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The Inquiry Page
http://inquiry.uiuc.edu/


Magazine articles

Full text of the following articles can be found by going to INSPIRE at http://www.inspire-indiana.net/.
Instructions (This could be a link to the following instructions)
Click "GO" at "Start Here"
On next screen, click on "Inspire Interface"
On next screen, click on "Pick Databases" under "Create a Grouping"
On next screen, put checks in "Academic Search Elite" and "ERIC"
On next screen, type "inquiry" in box next to "Enter Search Terms"
Click "GO"
On next screen, click green "refine" button on left panel of screen
On next screen, type "education" in box next to "and", and make sure the default "FullText only" is chosen, and not "All citations"
Click "GO"
The next screen that appears will have HTML and sometimes PDF versions of the articles. I had better luck with the HTML versions overall.

Although the following three articles are about student inquiry, they are still good resources for inquiry generally.

"A Model for Extending Hands-On Science to Be Inquiry Based".
Authors: Huber, Richard A.; Moore, Christopher J.
Source: Jan2001, Vol. 101 Issue 1, p32 1 chart, 3 diagrams School Science & Mathematics ISSN: 0036-6803
Database: Academic Search Elite

"Questions that matter: Preparing elementary students for the inquiry process".
Authors: Tower, Cathy
Source: Apr2000, Vol. 53 Issue 7, p550 Reading Teacher ISSN: 0034-0561
Database: Academic Search Elite

"Authentic Historical Inquiry in the Social Studies Classroom".
Authors: Foster, Stuart J.; Padgett, Charles S.
Source: Jul/Aug99, Vol. 72 Issue 6, p357 Clearing House ISSN: 0009-8655
Database: Academic Search Elite

"Reflective inquiry on practice (RIP) and the development of the writing teacher".
Authors: Shapiro, Stewart B.; Tingle, W. Nicholas
Source: Jun96, Vol. 34 Issue 4, p182 1 diagram Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education & Development ISSN: 0735-6846
Database: Academic Search Elite

"Teacher-As-Researcher". ERIC Digest. ERIC #: ED355205
This digest is drawn from a report prepared by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, "The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol: A Tool for Teacher--Research Collaboration and Professional Development" (1999), by Deborah J. Short and Jana Echevarria.

Books

Boats, Balloons, and Classroom Video: Science Teaching as Inquiry
Edited by Ann S. Rosebery, TERC, Beth Warren, TERC
Heinemann / 0-325-00033-6 / 1998 / 138pp / Paper
http://www.heinemann.com/product.asp?sku=E00033

Engaging Teachers:
Creating Teaching and Researching Relationships

Edited by Betty Shockley Bisplinghoff, Barnett Shoals Elementary School, JoBeth Allen, The University of Georgia
Heinemann / 0-325-00037-9 / 1998 / 80pp / Paper
http://www.heinemann.com/product.asp?sku=E00037

How to Use Action Research in the Self-Renewing School by Emily F. Calhoun
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/books/calhoun94.html

The Personal Narrative:
Writing Ourselves as Teachers and Scholars

Edited by Gil Haroian-Guerin, Syracuse University.
Boynton/Cook / 0-9663233-9-4 / 1999 / 248pp / Paper
http://www.heinemann.com/product.asp?sku=CIP9


Videos


"Voice and Choice : Inquiry in the Classroom", Ed Jurewicz, Jerome C. Harste
http://www.heinemann.com/product.asp?sku=08562