Action Research Task Force

Action research allows educators to simultaneously investigate and solve a learning challenge, so the inquiry and action take place at the same time. Through a simple three-step model of Challenge-Practice-Results, it is possible to capture the results achieved by students and to relate the teacher practices that caused those results. Having both the results and the actions leading to those results can make the connection between teaching practices and student learning, thereby measuring impact. By sharing those results through an adult science fair (tri-fold boards and gallery-walk presentations) the evidence needed to replicate success is captured and celebrated. Because it is adaptable to any context, this three-step process can be used at all levels of learning – classroom, school, and district. By utilizing a collaborative meeting series, individual participants and teams complete research of their own, guided by a CLS Associate.  With this service teachers, schools and districts have evidence of local impact. 

Action Research Task Force Evidence of Impact

Action Research Task Forces are our answer to the complex challenges that cannot be explored through just one line of inquiry. Through a five-part collaborative meeting series, individual participants complete research of their own, guided by a CLS Associate.