Tacita Is Interested in How Teachers' Classroom Management Practices Change

question 24

Multiple Choice

Tacita is interested in how teachers' classroom management practices change over time. She conducts observations of 8 teachers' classrooms over the course of five years. She interviews the teachers and follows up with counts of referral data, disciplinary notes in children's files, and number of notes home per teacher per year.
-Tacita's design can best be described as a __________ mixed-methods design.

• A) triangulation
• B) interpretation
• C) exploratory
• D) explanatory

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Definitions:

Frontal

Pertaining to the forehead or the frontal bone of the skull, often used in reference to lobes of the brain located in this region.

Parietal

Relating to the walls of a cavity or structure within the body, often referring to specific areas or membranes.

Sutures

Thread-like materials used to close a wound or surgical incision; also refers to the immovable joints between the bones of the skull.

Nasal Cavity

A large air-filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face that warms, moistens, and filters air entering the respiratory system.