Creating Equitable Classrooms through Action Research Book

Foreword   Elizabeth Burmaster     vii
Preface     ix
Acknowledgments     xv
About the Editors     xvii
About the Contributors     xix
How Action Research can Promote Equity
Classroom Action Research With a Focus on Equity   Cathy Caro-Bruce   Mary Klehr     3
Implementing a School District Action Research Program   Cathy Caro-Bruce   Mary Klehr     12
Action Research Studies
Been There, Done That: Student Inquiry About High School Dropouts   Erik J. Shager     29
What Strategies Can I Incorporate So That the English Language Learners in My Classroom Will Better Understand Oral Directions?   Shannon Richards     59
Understanding High School Black Male Students' Achievement and School Experience   Quynh T. Nguyen     78
What Teacher Behaviors Encourage One At-Risk African American Boy to Be a Productive Member of Our Classroom Community?   Barbara Williams     100
But Then It Got Real   Jane Hammatt Kavaloski     125
We Want to Work With Our Friends   Diane Coccari     156
Ribbons, Racism, and a Placenta: The Challenges and Surprises of Culturally Relevant Teaching   Kate Lyman     170
Conclusions on Using aConstructivist Approach in a Heterogeneous Classroom   Van E. Valaskey     202
Using African American Students' Preference for Working in Self-Selected Partnerships to Promote Math Achievement   Julie Melton     231
Crossing Bridges of Culture, Color, and Language   Denise M. Hanson     254
Conclusion
Tying It All Together: Implications for Classrooms, Schools, and Districts   Ryan Flessner   Kenneth Zeichner   Kalani Eggington     277
Index     297