Reflection of Videos

I enjoyed watching the three videos of the school leaders discussing action research. Although all three had different suggestions throughout their discussions, there were two ideas that were mentioned across the board. The first one was how data was a necessity. Dr. Chargois said that there was a new science as how to take the data that is provided; and how it can be used daily to positively impact instruction for tomorrow. The other idea that the three leaders suggested that was important was that the action research question that you select needs to be of relevance to you. Dr. Lewis warns that if you cannot apply your action research to you own situation, it is not doing you any good. He also goes on to say that the more interested you are in the question, the more focused you will be on the outcome and in return your students will benefit from the research.