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| List of Figures and Tables | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Administrator Inquiry Defined | |
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| What Is Administrator Inquiry? | |
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| How Is Administrator Inquiry or Action Research Different From Traditional Educational Research? | |
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| What Is the Relationship Between Administrator Inquiry and Principal Professional Growth? | |
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| What Are the Benefits of Engaging in Inquiry? | |
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| How Do I Find Time to Engage in Inquiry as a Principal? | |
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| What Are Some Contexts That Are Ripe for Principal Inquiry? | |
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| Chapter 1 Exercises | |
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| The Passions That Drive Your Journey: Finding a Wondering | |
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| Where Do I Find My Wonderings and Questions? | |
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| Some Cautionary Notes | |
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| Chapter 2 Exercises | |
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| The Road Map: Developing a Data Collection Plan | |
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| Quantitative Measures of Student Achievement (Standardized Test Scores, Assessment Measures, Grades) | |
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| Fieldnotes | |
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| Interviews | |
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| Documents/Artifacts/Student Work | |
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| Digital Pictures | |
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| Video | |
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| Reflective Journals and/or Weblogs | |
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| Surveys | |
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| Literature | |
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| When Do I Collect Data, and How Much Do I Collect? | |
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| Chapter 3 Exercises | |
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| The Navigation of Uncertain Terrain: Analyzing Data | |
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| Confront the Data Analysis Task | |
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| Take Control of the Data Analysis Task by Keeping It Simple | |
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| Follow Four Steps to Data Analysis | |
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| Have Colleagues Help in the Process | |
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| An Illustration of the Data Analysis Process | |
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| Chapter 4 Exercises | |
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| The Travelogue: Sharing Your Work With Others | |
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| Why Is It Important to Share My Work With Others? | |
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| With Whom Do I Share My Work? | |
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| How Do I Share My Work? | |
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| What's Important to Share? | |
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| Chapter 5 Exercises | |
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| The Continuing Journey as "Head Learner": Assessing the Quality of Inquiry | |
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| Why Is It Important to Assess the Quality of My Work? | |
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| What Is the Difference Between Generalizability and Transferability? | |
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| How Do I Go About Assessing Practitioner Research Quality, and Why Is It So Difficult to Do | |
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| What Are Some Quality Indicators for Practitioner Research? | |
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| What Are Some Ways of Enhancing Inquiry Quality? | |
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| Chapter 6 Exercises | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |