Set Research Questions

  • George Mason University’s Graduate School of Education provides a comprehensive overview of the teacher research process.  Casting Your Question describes how to form a research question, the process of recasting it, and the possibility of revising the question in light of the data.
  • George Mason University’s Graduate School of Education provides a comprehensive overview of the teacher research process.  The question cycle contains an explanation of how a research question might evolve during the project and gives an example of what this evolution might look like.
  • Madison Metropolitan School District offers a detailed outline of the Classroom Action Research process through their office of Professional Development.  Guidelines for Developing a Question shares points to consider when crafting a research question.
  • Research to Practice: Guidelines for Planning Action Research Projects written by Nancy and Gary Padak for the Ohio Literacy Resource Center, Kent State University, provides a brief overview of the four stages of the research process: Identifying questions, collecting information, analyzing data, and sharing results.