Action Research

I have learned that action research is really what research in action is, it is my own accounts of the things that I would do on a daily basis. I use my own findings and reflect on the decisions that I have made. I use my personal understandings and also the thoughts of others to help guide better decision making. It is something that I have been doing in years prior to. I have done action research and never noticed that I had been doing it. I constantly find ways of improving instruction to the learners that are mastering the concepts being taught. I read books that help me to understand the how and why my students don't value learning the way that I do. I use books that give me ideas on how to introduce concepts to the demographic of students that I teach as well. When a concept is not mastered I look at the data to determine what concepts need to be taught again. I know that I will be able to action research all the time because I have been doing it for years. It is now that I am aware of what the concept is and how to better use it on a weekly basis.