THE RESEARCH SYNTHESIS OF CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH

Classroom research is a technique for improving and developing the efficient instructional management. When the teachers regularly conducted classroom research, they would be able to develop into professional teachers. For this research, the objective was to synthesize the classroom action research of teachers under jurisdiction of The Office of Mahasarakham Educational Service Area 1 and 2. The population were the classroom action research of teachers under jurisdiction of The Office of Mahasarakham Educational Service Area 1 and Area 2 completing during 2003-2007 without the accurate amount of number. The researchers studied from samples as classroom action research studies completing in the issues and allowed for synthesizing, 50 studies. They were classroom research reports collecting at both areas of Mahasarakham Educational Service Area, keeping as research reports or computer data base. The instrument included 5 stories of record forms of classroom action research by collecting data for investigating basic quality. Data were analyzed by calculating the Frequency, Percentage, Minimum Value, and Maximum Value. The research findings were as follows:
1. The researchers’ information:
Ninety eight percent of researchers were teachers including one
administrator. All of them graduated Bachelor’s Degree.
2. The information of research type and design:
Ninety eight percent of research studies were personal research without classroom action research belonged to the work office. Most of them weren’t obtained financial research grant. Only 4% of them received financial support. All of the synthesized research studies weren’t published in journal or presented in academic conference. Most of them included less than 50 pages and formal presentation. Most of them were in Science Substance and Mathematics Substance without classroom action research studies regarding to desirable characteristics.
3. The information of research methodology:
Most of classroom action research studies set up goal to study with the research hypothesis as non direction and direction in nearly the same proportion. Most of information of research studies was the study from population as student. The second order included class level 1 and 3 students. Most of key informants were students. For the informants as teachers were a few. Most of classroom action research studies didn’t specify technique in determining sample size as well as classification into experimental group and control group. Most of them weren’t tried out for investigating of innovation quality. Most of instrument for data collection was the test. Data were collected by using interview form with very few proportion. All of classroom action research studies didn’t specified pattern or research design. Most of basic statistics used by the researchers were Percentage and Mean without qualitative analysis. Most of research findings were presented by using tables. For all of classroom action research findings, found that they could be implemented for solving problems. Most of them were congruently discussed to the research findings including recommendations as well as presented bibliographies.