Classroom Action Research is a method of finding out what works best in your own classroom so that you
can improve student learning. We know a great deal about good teaching in general (e.g. McKeachie, 1999;
Chickering and Gamson, 1987; Weimer, 1996), but every teaching situation is unique in terms of content,
level, student skills and learning styles, teacher skills and teaching styles, and many other factors. To
maximize student learning, a teacher must find out what works best in a particular situation.