Your action research paper should include an introduction describing the action research experience, the participants (pseudonyms), demographic description, and the setting where the action research took place. All data will need to be carefully transcribed, read, analyzed, and interpreted based on student answers to the interview questions and responses to the photographs/illustration sorting activity. The body of the paper should identify 3–4 main conclusions reached from the interviews and student responses. Each of the conclusions will be supported with the use of specific examples from the interviews as connected to the questions asked. All conclusions should be generalizations that identify patterns in students’ responses, not a description of students’ responses to every question asked. You will also need to provide instructional implications from your research. Please see the framework and the evaluation criteria for more detail on how the paper will be graded.

1. Introduction

   • Title

   • Problem Statement

   • Purpose Statement (What are you hoping to accomplish?)

   • The purpose of this action research is to ______ (fill in blank with a verb such as test, understand, develop) the _______ (fill in blank with a central concepts, problems) of/ about ____ (fill in blank with the unit of analysis/par- ticipants) using a(n) _____ (fill in blank the method of inquiry) through ___ (fill in the blank describing the data collection methods)

   • Context and setting

   • Where is the setting that you will be conducting this research and why?

   • Who will be participating in this research and why?

   • What are the estimated results? Why?

   • Significance of the research

   • Why is this research important for social studies?

   • Aims and objectives

   • What is the overall driving force of the research (Aims)?

   • What are the means by which you intend to achieve the aims (Objectives)?

   • Research question(s)—Pose two to three questions that you wish to examine/answer in this research

2. Literature Review

   • Relevant literature that provides a theoretical framework for the study.

   • The particular perspective that you will use in this action research.

     • What do other researchers say about the problem you are going to analyze?

     • What is so important about the chosen sources?

   • Definitions and terms

3. Method

   • Participants and how the sample is selected (i.e., with whom will you conduct your intervention/evaluation

   • Restate research questions

   • Data Collection—Describe in detail so that someone else could replicate your study.

     • How will you collect the data?

     • Why did you choose the data collection procedures?

   • Data Analysis—Describe in detail so that someone else could replicate your study.

   • How and why did you analyze the data you collected in this way?.

   • Timeline: Provide a detailed timetable scheduling all aspects of the research. This will include time taken to conduct background research, questionnaire or interview schedule development, data collection, data analysis and report writing.

4. Results (Narrative or Outline form)

   • Research Question 1

     • Describe the results of the analysis of the data from Data Source 1

     • Describe the results of the analysis from Data Source 2

     • Describe the results of the analysis from Data Source 3.

     • Answer Question 1

   • Research Question 2

     • Describe the results of the analysis of the data from Data Source 1

     • Describe the results of the analysis from Data Source 2

     • Describe the results of the analysis from Data Source 3.

     • Answer Question 2

5. Conclusions

   • Summary of Findings

6. Were the results consistent with what the literature predicted or not (explain thoroughly)?

   • What are the implications for your own teaching and what are the implications for others?

   • What are the implications for additional research (i.e., what type of additional research should follow-up on the results of your study)?

7. References

8. Appendices