Traditional research involves gathering information about a certain topic or person and writing about what you have learned from the information gathered. It also involves posing a question and researching to find the correct answer. Action research involves identifying a problem or topic of interest and creating a plan on what data to collect and how to organize the data. Deciding what kind of data to collect is based on goals set for the end project of the action research. Once a plan is made and data is collected over a period of time, you then review the data collected and reflect on your goal. Did you satisfy your intent for the research or not? You must then come up with a course of action on how to implement your findings or how to adjust your plan of action if need be.
For example, a school may be looking for a way to improve scores on a standardized tests. They must first decide what their goals are. Then they may look at data collected from the previous year's tests and decide where students are lacking. A plan of action is then put into place. After new testing, the district will look at the new data, compare it to last year's data, and adjust their plan of action accordingly.
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