Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Why Teacher Research?
Research Workshop
"Celebrating 'Things I Learned Last Week'"
Featured Teacher-Researchers
"Teaching and Researching Riffs" by Jane A. Kearns
"Process Versus Product" by Jill Ostrow
Chapter 2: Questions Evolving
Research Workshops
"What's Coming Apart So It Can Come Back Together?" by Ruth Shagoury
"Strategies for Working Toward a Research Question" by JoAnn Portalupi
Featured Teacher-Researchers
"Real Magic: Trusting the Voice of a Young Learner" by Susan Harris MacKay. "Real Teachers Don't Always Succeed" by Annie Keep-Barnes"You Get What You Ask For: The Art of Questioning" by Heather Rader
"The Power of Wonder Questions" by Andrea Smith
Chapter 3: Research Designs
Research Workshops
"Hanging Around" by Brenda Miller Power
"Testing the Water with Mini-Inquiry Projects" by Jerome C. Harste and Christine Leland
Featured Teacher-Researchers
Research Plans of Michelle Schardt, Emily Gromko, Sarah Christenson, Christina Wallace
Chapter 4: Harvesting Data
Research Workshop
"When to Write: Strategies to Find Time for Note Taking" by Brenda Miller Power. Featured Teacher-Researchers"Middle School Readers' Mid-Year Surveys" by Katie Doherty
"Focusing on Student Talk" by Sherry Young
"Assessment: Inside and Outside Views" by Andrea Smith
Chapter 5: What Likes What? Data Analysis
Research Workshops
"Language Patterns: Reflecting with Transcripts and Wordle" by Heather Rader
"The Draw a Reader Test: Informal Assessment Supporting Teacher Inquiry" by Suzy Kaback
Featured Teacher-Researchers
"180-Degree Turn? Or Close to It?" by Audrey Alexander
"Simple Truths" by Ellie Gilbert
Chapter 6: Citing a Tea Bag: When Researchers Read. Research Workshops"You're Invited" by Kimberly Hill Campbell
"What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About ...?"by Melanie Quinn and Ruth Shagoury
Featured Teacher-Researchers
"Writing a Literature Review: Joining a Conversation in Progress" by Jessica Singer Early
Chapter 7: Honest Labor: Writing Up Research
Research Workshops
"Seeing What Is Not Seen: Another Reason for Writing Up Teacher Research" by Ruth Shagoury
"Making Deadlines" by Julie Housum-Stevens
Featured Teacher-Researchers
"5 Easy Steps for Starting a Blog" by Mary Lee Hahn and Franki Sibberson. Chapter 8: Sustaining Research: Building and Extending Research CommunitiesResearch Workshop
"'A Secret Hidden in Plain Sight': Reflecting on Life Experiences"
Featured Teacher-Researchers
"The Anticipation Guide: A Tool for Study Group Leaders" by Suzy Kaback
"To Fart or Not to Fart: Reflections on Boy Writers" by Jennifer Allen
Epilogue: Why Not Teacher Research?
Appendix: Teacher-Research Designs
Catherine Doherty, Bitsy Parks, Lara Murphy, Gloria Trabacca, Molly Taylor-Milligan, Laura Martinez, Saundra Hardy, Chrystal Freer, Gabi McGregor, Ellie Gilbert
Bibliography
Index.