(Compiled by Joseph C. Senese, Highland Park High School, Highland Park, Illinois, January 2006)

"A teacher-researcher is a questioner . . . . Problems become questions to investigate, occasions for learning rather than lamenting." The questions are significant to the researchers because they have come from within. And the answers they are generating, just like the questions themselves, are owned by and are meaningful to the participants. (from portion entitled, "Research Questions Teachers Ask.")

http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/action.asp
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McRel) Education Resources: Action Research/Teacher as Researcher
Compilation of sites for further study of teacher as researcher

http://gse.gmu.edu/research/tr/
Teacher Research Homepage
George Mason University Graduate School of Education is working to develop a central set of computer technology tools and processes that you can use to work with other teacher researchers.

http://www.dist113.org/hphs/action/table_of_contents.htm
The Action Research Laboratory: A Model of Professional Development for Teachers at Highland Park High School
An in-depth description of the ARL and how it works as well as reports by teachers about their action research

http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-1/action.htm
Action Research in Science Education. ERIC Digest
This digest was created by ERIC, the Education Resources Information Center.

http://educ.queensu.ca/~ar/index.html
Action Research at Queen’s University
A compilation of articles and internet sites about action research

http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arr/links.html
Action Research Resources
A deliberately selective list of sites offering links and resources relevant to action research, action learning, and other related topics.

http://www.uq.net.au/action_research/art/artsub.html
Action Research Theses
Provides models of completed educational action research projects as well as those in process.

http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/ari/arihome.html
Action Research International
Action research international is a refereed on-line journal of action research.

http://www.teacherresearch.net/
Teacherresearch.net
An Internet site from the University of Bath (UK) to document teacher research.

http://www.mcrel.org/lesson%2Dplans/action.asp
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McRel) Education Resources: Action Research/Teacher as Researcher
Compilation of sites for further study of teacher as researcher.

http://www.triangle.co.uk/ear/
Educational Action Research
A fully-refereed international journal concerned with exploring the unity between educational research and practice. (place for teachers to be published)

http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc/act_res.html
Action Research
Extensive internet and print resources about action research from the University of Colorado at Denver School of Education

http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc/pract_res.html
Qualitative Research
This page contains links to resources that explain the art of qualitative educational research: critiques, literature reviews, research design methodologies and other articles. The resource is intended as an aid to educational practioners as informed consumers of published research and as active contributors to the body of knowledge that informs emerging practices involving information and learning technologies research from the University of Colorado at Denver School of Education.

http://www.web.net/~robrien/papers/arfinal.html
An Overview of the Methodological Approach of Action Research
A good overview of action research, its methods, and its position in relation to other research processes.

http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/web.html
Qualitative Research Web Sites
Maintained by Nova Southeastern University, this site is an extensive list of resources about understanding and conducting qualitative research.

http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/html/stanovich/
Using Research and Reason in Education
A paper that details how teachers can use scientifically based research to make curricular and instructional decisions. Supported by the U.S. Department of Education, among others, this paper is a valuable resource in promoting the practices of action research as a kind of scientifically based research.