General instructions: Edit your Action Research purpose statement for specificity by working through it station by station. Dr. Teague's Drafting Bench does not write anything for you — it reflects your own writing back to you and indicates whether the content in a station reads too broadly, and why. Revise and re-check as many times as you want. If you would like to see how your answers map onto the formal Action Research Purpose Statement Format, refer to the reference plate below.
The purpose of this Action Research proposal will be to (name the problem of practice, the intervention, or issue) ________ will have on (specific behavior, skill, or performance change) among (specific focus group population), during (name and situate the short time frame: 4–6 weeks in the Fall term) in (generalized location).
The purpose of this Action Research proposal will be to determine what effect ___ will have on ___ among ___, during ___, in ___.
0 / 5 stations sharp
FRAMING
Problem of practice
What issue are you responding to? This is for your own framing — it is not scored and does not feed the blueprint.
STATION 01
Intervention
Name the specific practice you will implement in response to that problem, rather than restating the problem itself — what will you actually do, and how often?
loose
01 / 05
STATION 02
Behavior, skill, or performance change
What specific, observable change would count as evidence? Something you could count, score, or rate.
loose
02 / 05
STATION 03
Focus population
Who exactly? Add what makes this group specific — grade level, subject area, or shared context.
loose
03 / 05
STATION 04
Timeframe
Name both a duration (in weeks) and the term or season it falls in.
loose
04 / 05
STATION 05
Location
Describe the setting generally but specifically — type of school and community context, without naming an actual institution.
loose
05 / 05
Your Research Question, derived from your purpose statement above: What effect does ___ have on ___ among ___, during ___, in ___?