Naima Is a Speech and Language Specialist

question 36

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.
-Given the dialectic action research spiral, the next step for Naima is

• A) data collection.
• B) developing an action plan
• C) analyzing data.
• D) interpreting data. .

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Definitions:

Social Judgment Theory

A theory that explores how people form impressions, make judgments, and process persuasive messages based on different points of view.

Latitude of Acceptance

It is a concept in psychology and communication studies that describes the range of ideas that a person finds tolerable or worth considering.

Peripheral Route

A method of persuasion that relies on superficial cues rather than the strength of arguments, often influencing attitudes without deep processing.

Inoculation Theory

A social psychological and communication theory that explains how attitudes and beliefs can be made more resistant to change by exposing them to counter-arguments.