EDUC779
READ Program
Resources for the Action Research Essay
UCLA Library. (2017). A literature review is more than a summary. [video] YouTube. https://youtu.be/ZDhHkKO3urg
Research Proposal Components
- The Focus Area is your topic. Provide a brief listing or title for your project.
- The Purpose Statement & Justification describe the need for the research study.
- This need is typically it being related to a problem, maintaining status quo, or being preventative.
- Consider:
- Who is affected?
- Who or what is the focus?
- What is involved (i.e. goals, skills, resources, time)?
- What will be the benefit to the students, school, and/or the community?
- What is my intent?
- What do I need to know?
- The Research Questions:
- "What Works" questions to implement a planned intervention
- The result of personal reflection that considers:
- Sphere of Influence
- Significance
- Passion
- Demographics of Study Setting
- Describe the demographics and diversity of the study setting. Relate the information to literacy achievement and best practice.
- This is the context for the research. Provide information about your school and community.
- Include a clear picture of the community, including (but not limited to):
- The size of the community (i.e. urban, suburban, urban-suburban, rural)
- The socioeconomic status, family structure
- The resources available to students (i.e. library, community center, etc.)
Primary sources (at least 4-5) commonly are journal articles, mongraphs, and papers presented at conferences.
Recommended article databases on the Education Subject Guide.- Education Source
- Education Research Complete : sub-set of Education Source that’s K-12 and high ed
- Professional Development Collection
- Academic Search Complete
- Watch the video to be sure you are finding new research (primary sources).
- Video tutorial: Finding Scholarly Articles in EBSCO
- Video tutorial: Finding Research Literature
Secondary sources (at least 4-5) are those sources that do not provide firsthand or eyewitness accounts of research. Rather, they provide expert compilations, analyses, and interpretation of primary information.
- Video tutorial: Finding Articles that Apply to a Theoretical Framework
- Use same databases as above.
- Search for literature review articles in peer reviewed journals.
- Consider limiting your search to trade publications.
Data Tools
If you want to search for a validated, published tool, use the database Health and Psychological Instruments from the Psychology subject guide. Look under "Selected Databases."
Note: this database provides a summary and publication information, but NOT the full text of the tools.
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