Session 1.66--Tuesday 4/10/01

Session 33.62--Friday  4/13/01

Session 42.04--Friday 4/13/01

Session 43.31 Buisness Meeting--Friday 4/13/01

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Action Research in Practice Sponsors:Action Research SIG() Session Type: Poster Fair Place: Sheraton 3rd Floor Metropolitan Ballroom Time: 4/10/01 12:00:00 PM Ends: 1:30:00 PM 80 Current participants:
Participant	Using Reciprical Teaching in Secondary Inclusive English Classroom Instruction . Kenneth McGee, Texas A&M; Stephanie L. Knight, Texas A&M; Daniel J Boudah, University of North Carolina
	Seeing is Believeing: An Approach to Collaborative Action-Research in a Large Urban High School . Mary B Ginsberg
	Perspectives on learning and schooling from the vantage point of adolescents in a juvenile detention center . Andrew Neal, University of New Mexico
	A Teacher Initiated Effort to Implement Flexible Curricular Grouping at the Elementary Level; An Extended Effort Involving Action Research and Program Advocacy . Joseph Wisenbaker, University of Georgia; April Cooper, Chattahoochee Elementary School; Denise Vandament, Chattahoochee Elementary School
	Three Action Research Inquiries Into the Picture Word Inductive Model: Action Research as a Bridge between Formal Scholarship and Practice . Emily Calhoun, The Pheonix Alliance; Nicole Simon, Northern Lights School District #69; Tracy Poirier, Northern Lights School District #69; Lisa Mueller, Northern Lights School District #69;
	Action Research to Initiate Changes and Improvement in Teacher Education in a Holistic School-College Partnership Program . Linda Catelli, Dowling College
	A Case Study of action research: Self-study as a model for self-reflection . Mary D. Burbank, University of Utah; Don Kuachak, University of Utah
	Implications for transfer of an action research process for problem solving . Amy Handon, Educational Consultants; Lynn Bush, Educational Consultants
	"Returning to Our Differences" in Action Research . Mary-Lee Judah, University of Alberta
	Examining research standards through the reseracher-participant relationship: The negotiation of subjectivity in a communiy of undocumented Mexican activist families . Jocelyn Solis, CUNY
	Increasing Reading Comprehension in Science Through Action Research . Susan T Franks, Georgia Southern University; Mike MaKenna, Georgia Southern University; Melvin F. Franks, Georgia Southern University
	An Analysis of Action Research Performed throughout a Network of Middle and High School Mathematics and Science Teachers . Linda C Brazdil, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
	Developing a Discipline of Inquiry as a Practitioner Resarcher . Jacqueline Delong, Grand Erie District School Board
	Effective Strategies for Creating Educational Change within the Eucational System: A Three-cycle Action Research Study . June L Fuller, New Bedford Public School System
	Partnerships for Collaborative Action Research: Lessons Learned and Recommendations . Patricia A. Lauer, Goodwin, Bryan, McREL
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Action Research: From Theory to Practice Sponsors:Action Research SIG() Session Type: Paper Place: Westin 2nd Floor St. Helens Time: 4/13/01 8:15:00 AM Ends: 10:15:00 AM 80 Current participants:
Chair	Melvin F. (Gene) Franks, Georgia Southern University
Participant	Reggio-Inspired Action Research: Pedagogical Documentation as a Teacher's Way of Knowing . Martha Foote, Texas A&M University at Commerce; Sheri Vasinda, Texas A&M University at Commerce; Kandice Ramos, Texas A&M University at Commerce; Cynthia Slater, Texas A&M University at Commerce; Jan Cowman, Texas A&M University at Commerce
	Moving From I to Us: The Power of Action Research to Improve Students' Writing Performance . Chris Miller, Florida Atlantic University
	Science and Technology Education through Action Research (STAR): Building Communities of Reflective Practitioners . Erminia Pedretti; Larry Bencae; Maurice Digiuseppe; Karen Goodnough
	How Challenging can it be if we give you time to listen? The School as a Starting Point for Community Relations . Lucia McGeady, University of Ulster
	Improving Professional Practice: From Analysis to Action . Ernie Stringer, University of New Mexico
Discussant	Clare Kosnik, University of Toronto
	Clive Beck, University of Toronto
	Helping Teachers Overcome an Aversion to Research Courses to Conduct Sound Action Research Which Informs their Practice . Thomas E. Hancock, George Fox University; Donna Kalmbach, George Fox University; Kevin Carr, George Fox University; Lee Golden, University of Portland
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Roundtables Sponsors:Action Research SIG() Session Type: Roundtable Place: Convention Center 4th Floor Room 6B Time: 4/13/01 4:55:00 PM Ends: 5:25:00 PM 80 Current participants:
Chair	7 tables only - Morton & Sosin; Seija & Alvarez; McDonald & Packard .
Participant	The role of action research in preservice education; Two preservice teachers frame and reframe their teaching . Anna Freese, University of Hawaii; Amber Strong, University of Hawaii; Kahulu Kaiama, University of Hawaii
	Practice Teaching: An action research study to identify the elements of an outstanding practice teaching placement . Clare Kosnick, OISE University of Toronto; Clive Beck, OISE University of Toronto; Finney Cherian, OISE University of Toronto
	A Constructivist Approach to Gifted and Talented Curriculum Strategies and Techniques: A Collaborative Group Action Research Approach . Dan Saurino, Virginia Tech; Penny L. Saurino, Loudoun County Schools
	Encouraging Action Research Through Project-Centered Learning in Reaching out to Families . Linda Jones, Mississippi State University; Jack Blendinger, Mississippi State University
	Action Research: Collaborating For Transformative Literacy Experiences . Mary Lou Morton, University of South Florida; Nancy Williams, University of South Florida
	Generative and Emergent Themes in an Action Research Investigation in Teacher Educaiton . Adrienne Sosin, Pace University; Katherine DeLawter, Pace University
	Students as developers of the curriculum: Case hihs tech and the care-giving enterprise in the training of caregivers . Seija Mahlamaki-Kultanen, Punkalaidun Finland; Ilkka Virta, Punkalaidun Finland; Tarja Lylynper, Punkalaidun Finland
	Professors and Students Share their Thoughts, Questions, and Feelings . Marino Alvarez, Tennessee State University; Michael Busby, Tennessee State University; Geoffrey Burks, Tennessee State University
	"LINK:ing Teachers' Action Research experienceswith Preservice Teachers' Inquiries and Professional Development Through Online Dialogue: Promoting the Spiraling Cycle of Action Research on Multiple Levels . Denise McDonald, University of Houston; Leslie Patterson, North Texas University; Joan Parker-Webster, University of Alaska
	Collaboration of Students and faculty creating a web-site based for homework . Abbott Packard, Hawkeye Community College; Glen A Holmes, Virginia Tech
	Dan Saurino, Virginia Tech
	Melvin (Gene) Franks, Georgia Southern University
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Business Meeting Sponsors:Action Research SIG() Session Type: Membership Meeting Place: Convention Center 4th Floor Room 616 Time: 4/13/01 6:15:00 PM Ends: 7:45:00 PM 80 Current participants:
Participant	SIG President . Dan R. Saurino, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
	SIG Treasurer . Arlene C. Borthwick, Northeastern Illinois University
	SIG Historian . Jack Blendinger, Mississippi State University
	SIG Program Chair . Melvin F. (Gene) Franks, Georgia Southern University
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