id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-16500 Malenfant, Kara J.; Hinchliffe, Lisa Janicke; Gilchrist, Debra Assessment as Action Research: Bridging Academic Scholarship and Everyday Practice 2016-03-01 4 .pdf application/pdf 2295 80 38 Action research is conducted with and by the participants; action research does not require distance from participants as “subjects.”6 As context for the studies in this special issue, this introductory essay provides a basic overview to action research, which is a participatory, democratic process concerned with developing practical know- ing in the pursuit of worthwhile human purposes, grounded in a participatory worldview which we believe is emerging at this historical moment. cache/crl-16500.pdf txt/crl-16500.txt