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Assessing Action-Research Projects within Formal Academic Programmes: Using Elliott's Context-Related Criteria to Resolve the Rigour versus Flexibility Dilemma
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McMahon, Tim; Jefford, Elaine – Educational Action Research, 2009
An action-research account of a successful improvement to practice presented for assessment within a taught MA in education was given a fail grade. The student's challenge to this decision led the university assessor to re-evaluate and change his own practice in assessment in much the same way as the student had in the original report. The…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Criteria, Research Reports, Educational Planning