Summative Assessment:
Now that you understand what action research is and the key stages in the action
research process, let’s begin the process of developing an action research study. For
this summative assessment, you will engage in
● Step 1: Identifying and Limiting the Topic and
● Step 2: Gathering Information. For this summative, you will select a topic that
focuses on a real problem in practice in your institutional or organizational
setting. For those in education, this may be a school wide problem (discipline,
teacher satisfaction, incentive programs, attendance, etc.) or a classroom or
discipline specific problem (instructional strategies, behavior management,
team collaboration, collaborative planning, student conferencing, etc.). For
those in business, this may be leadership effectiveness, succession planning,
sustainable business models, scaling to size, cybersecurity risks, employee
turnover, supply chain strategies, etc.
Once you identify a problem of interest, then identify the data you would need that
reinforces this being an actual problem that needs to be investigated. For educators,
you might use school or organizational performance data, interviews, observations,
documents, etc. After you gather and provide supporting data to the problem, then
provide a brief review of the literature on this topic and problem. Include at least 10
peer-reviewed research studies in your review. This will be a starting point to a much
more in-depth literature review for your capstone project.
Then create an 8-minute presentation that communicates the school/organizational
context, identifies a clear problem in practice with your recommendations for data that
you could collect, and presents a brief review of the literature on the topic.
*Remember, you are not trying to solve the problem; you are simply identifying a
problem, building a case that this research problem should be investigated, and
providing the audience with more information on the topic through the literature review.
Document Type/Template:
● The recommended length for this presentation is 10+ slides.
● The recommended time length for this presentation is 8-10 minutes.
● You must format this submission according to current APA guidelines and
include references from 10 scholarly sources.
Use the following outline for your presentation:
1. Title
2. School/Organizational Context: include any key demographic information
3. The Research Problem
4. Supporting Data (that you could collect to reinforce this problem/issue)
5. Literature Review
6. Conclusion
- Document Type/Template:
- Use the following outline for your presentation:
