Naima Is a Speech and Language Specialist

question 29

Multiple Choice

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?

• A) Action research is democratic.
• B) Action research is equitable.
• C) Action research is liberating.
• D) Action research is enhancing.

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Definitions:

Consciousness

The state of being aware of and able to think about one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, and experiences.

Short-term Memory

A capacity for holding a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.

Sensory Registers

The initial processing centers for sensory information, capturing fleeting impressions from the environment that are quickly processed or lost.

Short-Term Memory

The part of the memory system where information is stored for a brief period of time, typically for no longer than 20-30 seconds.