Action Research in Action: From University to School Classrooms
Table 1
Rank orders by means, and standard deviations of the responses to the attitude items (questions 1–7) for all respondents ().
Rank
Question
Mean
SD
1
Q4: I believe that the main barrier to conducting teacher research is a lack of time
3.43
0.737
2
Q7: It is more likely that I would conduct practitioner research if I could collaborate with others
3.21
0.812
3
Q1: I believe that conducting practitioner research is part of being an effective teacher
3.18
0.606
4
Q5: I believe that I would be able to conduct practitioner research if my administrators were to provide me with the proper support
3.07
0.727
5
Q2: I believe that most of what I have learned in the research course sequence would help me reflect on my educational practice and become a better teacher
3.03
0.723
6
Q6: I believe I can conduct practitioner research if my colleagues were supportive of me
2.95
0.732
7
Q3: As a result of having taken the research courses at NLU, I can now better understand and reflect on my students’ behavior and performance
