Teaching · For Teachers

From a question in your classroom to a proposal outline.

Answer a few questions about the problem, the plan and the data. The page assembles the outline, works out the dates and lists what a reviewer will ask you to fix.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the For Teachers toolkit, $79 for 79 items.

The proposal

One record per proposal; the record date is the start of data collection. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · For Teachers$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A nine-part numbered outline with dates, and a list of fixes on the measure, data, length, approvals and family notice.
Who it is for
Teachers doing action research, graduate students in education, school improvement teams and school research leads.
Format
Browser builder. One saved record per proposal; printed with its outline or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the For Teachers toolkit ($79) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The For Teachers space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
123456?one question, a plan to answer it
Drawn for this page. A proposal is one clear question and a plan for the evidence that will answer it.

How to use it

  1. Start with the problem and one piece of evidence that it is real.
  2. Write one question you can answer with data in a term.
  3. Name the measure, then choose a second data source that checks it from another angle.
  4. Set the start date and weeks; the end date follows.
  5. Ask about approvals early; district reviews can take weeks.

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What the builder covers

A good question

A workable action research question names what you will change, for whom, and what you will measure: it can be answered with data you can collect during normal teaching.

Approvals

Research in normal educational settings on normal educational practices is often exempt from full review under the federal Common Rule (45 CFR 46.104(d)(1)), but districts and universities decide that, not the researcher. Publishing or presenting results usually brings their review in.

What it is not

The builder outlines a proposal; it does not approve it or replace a district or university review. Student records are covered by FERPA whatever the review status.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Protection of Human Subjects (Common Rule), 45 CFR 46, including the exemption at 46.104(d)(1).
  2. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 34 CFR Part 99, and the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), 34 CFR Part 98.
  3. Mertler, C. A. Action Research (6th ed.). SAGE, 2020.
  4. Mills, G. E. Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher (6th ed.). Pearson, 2018.

The example proposal is made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.