Which of the following does not provide a good example of an appropriately narrowed topic for action research?
a. Broad topic: factors that affect learning among culturally diverse students; Narrowed version: the perceptions of Hispanic students of the factors that make academic success more difficult
b. Broad topic: tenth-grade biology students’ perceptions of virtual and real animal dissections; Narrowed version: virtual dissection versus real dissection of lab specimens
c. Broad topic: the importance of reading practice in developing reading skills; Narrowed version: the effect of reading practice with fifth graders on the developing reading skills of first graders
d. Broad topic: what teachers’ lives are like outside of school; Narrowed version: leisure activities of elementary teachers and the time they spend on them
Ans: B
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