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Author Latz, Amanda O.

Title Action research for kids : units that help kids create change in their community : for grades 5 -8 / Amanda O. Latz & Cheryll M Adams.

Publication Info. Waco, Texas : Prufrock Press Inc., [2013]
©2013

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Curriculum Materials Center  CMC ELEMENT D.2 PRUF 2013    Check Shelf
Description viii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 229).
Audience 5-8.
Summary "Provides teachers with comprehensive, creative, and hands-on units to engage students in action research. Students will benefit from learning about quantitative and qualitative research practices that can make a real difference in their lives and those within their communities. Within this text, teachers can select a lesson or use whole units as students explore research methods such as survey research, experimental research, life history, and photovoice in fun lessons that ask them to create a library wish list, interview people in their communities, lobby for cookies in the cafeteria, and experiment with preservatives. Each lesson comes with detailed instructions and ideas for differentiation"--P. [4] of cover.
Subject Action research -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
Action research in education -- United States.
Critical thinking -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States.
Added Author Adams, Cheryll M., 1948-
ISBN 1618210483
9781618210487
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