A teacher's action research can begin with an examination of a students' work and test scores. Such an examination would result in which of the following actions?
A. Noting whether a pattern exists in students' alternative conceptions, constructing a classroom activity to learn if the conception is used consistently, analyze results.
B. Identifying a strategy to try out to find out whether you can help this student reconstruct the alternative conception, and setting up a different intervention for each student in class.
C. Noting whether a pattern exists in students' alternative conceptions, identifying a strategy to try out in the classroom to find out whether the alternative conception can be reconstructed, and deciding whether students enjoyed the activity.
D. Identifying a general topic area in which the student is demonstrating several alternative conceptions, selecting three to five teaching activities that you use in teaching the topic, and noting whether students overall score on a test is above 75 percent.
ANSWER: A
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