Naima is a speech and language specialist. She works with several students in a large elementary school. She uses mixed age groupings to work with children with specific needs. For example, she places all the students who are disfluent in one group. This year the age discrepancies in her groups seem particularly large and this has made her consider this as an area of focus for an action research study. By asking students how they feel about the mixed age groups, Naima may be demonstrating several characteristics of action research. In doing so, she is best illustrating which of the following characteristics of action research?
◦ Action research is liberating.
◦ Action research is equitable.
◦ Action research is enhancing.
◦ Action research is democratic.
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A Scatterplot of the Test Scores and Average Grades of 10 Students
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The percentage of Canadian students in Grades 7 through 12 who used drugs
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