What is Action Research

Action Research can be used by administrators and teachers for many different purposes.It is is the improvement of practice, the improvement of understanding practice and the improvement of the situation in which the practice takes place.  Action research can be completed solo, however, it is more productive through the use of collaboration among others. Action research isn't used by only administrators but by teachers as well.  An action research will only be successful if the administrator or teacher reflects and makes changes to his or her practices to improve their job performance and that of the school or district. 

As I was reading my classmates blogs, I came across the best description written by David Carrera.
David wrote, " action research kind of reminds me of when I go to the optometrist to get my vision checked. He puts a lens in front of me, asks how the letters look, then turns the lens and asks “better here or better there?”, “sharper here or sharper there?” and the process continues until he gets the optimum performance from my eyes. Granted it will take longer than 15 minutes but the process is similar. You analyze your data, adjust your practices to see if the data gets better and implement what works and revise what is not working."