What I Have Learned About Action Research

What I Have Learned About Action Research

I feel I have learned a lot this week about action research.  At first I was thinking this assignment was just another research paper, but I have been pleasantly surprised.  I realize that if you are wanting to address certain areas that you feel needs to be changed an Action Research is the best way to do that.  By applying the research to a certain topic you can find many details and ideas of how to properly go about making wise decisions to improve that topic.  I am going to do an action research paper about the “Benefits of Solving Word Problems”.  I have already started looking into this subject and can see the benefits this would bring to my students.  One of the most important aspects of an Action Research is reflection.  Taking the time to discover possibly through trial and error the difference between the way I present word problems normally to my students and what ways would be the best way to teach word problems.  I think we get so use to the way we approach a concept that we fail to look for other means to convey the importance of accomplishing the task. In taking the time to reflect on how I teach and other possible ways to teach will be a transformation to my way of teaching and how I will be more conscious in the future as an administrator of looking at a concept in just one manor. I am excited to start this coming year off with this project because it will make me rethink what I have been doing for the last ten years and hopefully bring about more success in my students.