Teacher as Researcher: Becoming Familiar with Educational Research to Connect Theory to Practice is written for teachers involved in research on improving classroom instruction and helping students in their learning process. This is a complete guide for in-service teachers doing research in their classroom or for pre-service teachers as a guest teacher in a classroom. The purpose of this book is to offer a set of research tools for teachers to follow through the inquiry process and provide effective solutions to significant problems in their classroom.

The books structure will help teachers to target the problem in their own classroom, inquire about different strategies that may provide solutions, and then finally examine the effective solution to the problem. The clarity and brevity of this book will help teachers conduct an action research study in a classroom or learn to do a case study with their student(s) in order to help students in their learning process. Designed for busy teachers, this book is simple to follow throughout the research process.

Dr. Smita Guha is a professor in the teacher education field at St. Johns University. She is involved in research in the area of mathematics and science teaching.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Chapter 2: Writing the Title of your Study

Chapter 3: Writing the Abstract of your Study

Chapter 4: Writing the Introduction of your Study

Chapter 5: Writing the Background of the Problem of your Study

Chapter 6: Writing the Literature Review of your Study including References

Chapter 7: Writing the Need and Significance of your Study

Chapter 8: Writing the Purpose of your Study and the Research Question

Chapter 9: Writing the Methodology of your Study

Chapter 10: Writing the Findings and Reporting Results

Chapter 11: Writing the Discussion of your Study

Chapter 12: Writing the Conclusion of your Study

Appendices AF

References

About the Author