WRITNG UP ACTION RESEARCH

WHY SHOULD I FORMALLY WRITE

ABOUT ANY ACTION RESEARCH
• 1.CLARIFICATION 2.VALIDATION
• 3.EMPOWERMENT 4.GENERATIVE
• 5.ACCOMPLISHMENT
 FORMAT

• IT REFERS TO THE GENERAL PATTERN OF

ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE
RESEARCH REPORT.
• IT DETERMINES THE NUMBER AND TYPES OF
HEADINGS AND SUBHEADINGS TO BE
INCLUDED IN RESEARCH REPORT.
 STYLE
• TYLE REFERS TO THE RULE OF GRAMMER,
SPELLING, CAPITALIZATION,PUNCTUATION
AND WORD PROCESSING FOLLOWED IN
PREPARING RESEARCH REPORT.
 APA STYLE
BOOK
AUTHOR NAME. (YEAR). BOOK NAME(ITALIC).
CITY: PUBLISHER

JOURNAL ARTICLE
AUTHOR NAME.(YEAR).ARTICLE NAME.
JOURNAL NAME(ITALIC):
 OUTLINE FOR AN ACTION RESEARCH
REPORT
• AREA OF FOCUS STATEMENT
• RELATED LITERATURE
• DEFINIG THE VARIABLES
• RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• DESCRIPTION OF INTERVENTIONOR INNOVATION

• DATA COLLECTION
• DATA CONSIDERATIONS( VALIDITY, RELIABILITY)
• DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
• ACTION PLAN
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION TO JOURNALS

• BE FOCUSED ON CONTEXT OF YOUR STUDY

• USE A CLEAR READER FRIENDLY STYLE
• PERSUE THE JOURNALS YOU ARE
CONSIDERING
• INCLUDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT YOU
HAVE DONE
• WRITE IN OPEN , HONEST MANNER
• KEEP READAR ‘S ATTENTION
THANK YOU