AR and the SM

Going through our readings this week allowed me to reflect on the fact that Action Research (AR) is based off of what I've been teaching for years, the Scientific Method (SM).  The first step in the scientific method is to identify the problem.  With our profession, this isn't difficult to do.  The second step is to create reasonable hypothesis.  Going through our readings and looking at all the questions posted by the examples (summarized on pgs 65-66), I realized these are all samples of hypotheses.  From here an action plan, or experiment if you will, is going to be/were developed and executed that will/did eventually lead to some conclusion.  Seeing it at this standpoint has allowed me to approach our action research with real life science.