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 * LC3 Rapping “What is Action Research?” **



**(Debbie) Good morning we are LC3 with MALT Cadre 14. We are honored to be here to share with you our data analysis project, involving problem solving, improvement and change. As a part of our presentation, we will demonstrate our LC3 Rapping “What is Action Research?” ** **(Simone) Here are just a few descriptive words from the many outstanding themes found within the word “action research”: ** **(Lily)Action Research is participatory so you’ve got to link up 2x’s ** **(Matt) Give me an A, (All girls)for Action ** **C, for more Changes ** **T, Transitions (eeeyyyy!) ** **I, Initial – Iterative—Improve ** **O- Ongoing (ohhhhhhh) ** **N, for Never ending ** **R that’s Research ** **E- Essential ** **S- Stay focused to Solve problems because it’s ** **E- Essential ** **A is for Action, and R is for Research ** **C – Code your finding (Debbie) -- Cadre 14 (somebody scream) ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">H- it’s Here to Help who? YOU! ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Lily)Action Research is improving me, to become a better me ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(LIly)Action Research is participatory so you’ve got to Link up 2X’s ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Think quantitative and qualitative, inference and difference ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Code lets Unfold the data report ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Matt)Researchers, (eeeyyyy!) ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What’s Your Claim? (Matt) ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sector Collegiate_Debbie 50% of blah, blah, Sector K-12_ ** __**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Non Profit sector **__**, very well, Corporate sector, others sectors too ___**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">LC3 Claims that Action Research involves problem solving, improvement and change. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It helps you through and through. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Action Research is participatory so you’ve got to Link up 2X’s **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">That’s all! **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Presentation **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You will be making a claim. Then you will support your claim with evidence that you can point to and then draw an inference from your analysis-- this is your warranted claim. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You will need to do your analysis BEFORE the midpoint meeting. Use your action research books for ideas on how to analyze data. We will discuss your results in Florida. Each of your groups will be making a 10-minute presentation. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The end result will be a paragraph or two defining actionthe research. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. The qualitative data reveals the way in which participants perceive action research varied based on the professional setting. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Our approach was to analyze the data by coding the responses based on major themes and patterns. According to “Qualitative Analysis of Content” by Yan Zhang and Barbara M. Wildemuth, we used the method of assigning a code to a text chunk of any size, as long as that chunk represented a single theme or issue of relevance. to our research.. (http://ils.unc.edu/~yanz/Content_analysis.pdf) **

Our Definition: Lilys': Action Action research is a participatory form of research that helps us understand what we are trying to change (the teaching, curriculum, school culture), how to best change it (so that more underrepresented students get engaged and learn computer science), so that we can take action and DO something about the problem.

Simone's-From using action research I Iearned how to look at the ways in which I have conducted activities/events in the past in order to determine more effective actions that I can take in order to produce better results in the future. I learned that action research involves incorporating the assistance, knowledge, and expertise of others that have an interest and may benefit from the research that I am conducting. From a non-profit standpoint, data on completed action research cycles can demonstrate to stakeholders (grantors) that the researcher has undertaken a systematic process to examine a problem and to improve his/her own actions, in order to effect change in the organization. (MY LENS AS A NON PROFIT CEO)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Evidence **