Part 1 An inquiring/learning perspective: new lenses for old problems - what we believe is what we see, John S.Mayher; the neverending cycle of teacher growth, John S.Mayher and Rita S.Brause. Part 2 Interpreting published research on classroom practice: research objectives - generating hypotheses, testing hypotheses and critiquing educational practice, Rita S.Brause and John.S.Mayher; reading and understanding hypothesis testing research, William L.Smith; reading hypothesis generating research, Ken Kantor. Part 3 Designing and conducting classroom research: finding and framing questions, John S.Mayher and Rita S.Brause; collecting and analyzing classroom data in theory and in practice, Rita S.Brause and John S.Mayher; testing hypotheses in our classrooms, James L.Collins; generating hypotheses in our classrooms, Rita S.Brause; concluding and beginning, John S.Mayher and Rita S.Brause.