WGU C224 CORE MAIN REVIEW ALL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Appreciative Inquiry (AI) - ✔✔a type of action research that focuses on finding the
best in people and working together to achieve a jointly constructed and shared
purpose/vision/goal
✔✔4 Phases of Appreciative Inquiry - ✔✔Discovery, Dream, Design, and Destiny
✔✔Discovery - ✔✔a phase of appreciative inquiry where researchers identify and
appreciate strengths present in an organization
✔✔Dream - ✔✔a phase of appreciative inquiry where a cross-section of members meet,
create, share, revise, and agree upon a results-oriented vision
✔✔Design - ✔✔a phase of appreciative inquiry where members collaborate and
determine how the organization will need to be structured to achieve its vision
✔✔Destiny - ✔✔a phase of appreciative inquiry where members and teams creatively
work together to enact a new design/structure and sustain its momentum
✔✔Individual Action Research - ✔✔the term for action research where the research
question is decided upon and studied by a single researcher
, ✔✔Collaborative Action Research - ✔✔the term for action research where a team of
researchers with complementary strengths work together to develop questions, and
design and conduct research
✔✔Systemwide Action Research - ✔✔the term for action research where the focus is
on changing something very large such as an entire school or school district
✔✔Literature Review - ✔✔a comprehensive evaluation and summary of scholarly
research which addresses a particular research topic
✔✔Research Topic - ✔✔a subject matter area that the researcher wants to explore
✔✔Research Problem - ✔✔an education issue within the broad topic area that a
researcher believes is important
✔✔Research Purpose - ✔✔a statement of the intent/objective of the study
✔✔Research Question - ✔✔a statement of the specific questions to which the
researcher seeks an answer
✔✔Qualitative Research Question - ✔✔a question that seeks to explore some process,
issue, or phenomenon
✔✔Hypothesis - ✔✔a prediction (or best guess) of the relationship that exists among
variables being investigated
✔✔Hypothesis/Significance Testing - ✔✔the process through which a study is
conducted to determine if the predicted relationship among the variables exists in the
data collected
✔✔Research Proposal - ✔✔a written document that summarizes prior literature,
research topic area, and research questions to be answered, and specifies the
procedure to be followed in obtaining answers to the research questions
✔✔Introduction - ✔✔the portion of a research proposal that explains the research idea
to the reader and establishes the importance/potential significance of the study
✔✔Method - ✔✔the portion of a research proposal that focuses on explaining to the
reader how the researcher intends to collect data and sells the reader on the study
design by showing how the research plan allows the researcher to draw the inferences
they intend
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Appreciative Inquiry (AI) - ✔✔a type of action research that focuses on finding the
best in people and working together to achieve a jointly constructed and shared
purpose/vision/goal
✔✔4 Phases of Appreciative Inquiry - ✔✔Discovery, Dream, Design, and Destiny
✔✔Discovery - ✔✔a phase of appreciative inquiry where researchers identify and
appreciate strengths present in an organization
✔✔Dream - ✔✔a phase of appreciative inquiry where a cross-section of members meet,
create, share, revise, and agree upon a results-oriented vision
✔✔Design - ✔✔a phase of appreciative inquiry where members collaborate and
determine how the organization will need to be structured to achieve its vision
✔✔Destiny - ✔✔a phase of appreciative inquiry where members and teams creatively
work together to enact a new design/structure and sustain its momentum
✔✔Individual Action Research - ✔✔the term for action research where the research
question is decided upon and studied by a single researcher
, ✔✔Collaborative Action Research - ✔✔the term for action research where a team of
researchers with complementary strengths work together to develop questions, and
design and conduct research
✔✔Systemwide Action Research - ✔✔the term for action research where the focus is
on changing something very large such as an entire school or school district
✔✔Literature Review - ✔✔a comprehensive evaluation and summary of scholarly
research which addresses a particular research topic
✔✔Research Topic - ✔✔a subject matter area that the researcher wants to explore
✔✔Research Problem - ✔✔an education issue within the broad topic area that a
researcher believes is important
✔✔Research Purpose - ✔✔a statement of the intent/objective of the study
✔✔Research Question - ✔✔a statement of the specific questions to which the
researcher seeks an answer
✔✔Qualitative Research Question - ✔✔a question that seeks to explore some process,
issue, or phenomenon
✔✔Hypothesis - ✔✔a prediction (or best guess) of the relationship that exists among
variables being investigated
✔✔Hypothesis/Significance Testing - ✔✔the process through which a study is
conducted to determine if the predicted relationship among the variables exists in the
data collected
✔✔Research Proposal - ✔✔a written document that summarizes prior literature,
research topic area, and research questions to be answered, and specifies the
procedure to be followed in obtaining answers to the research questions
✔✔Introduction - ✔✔the portion of a research proposal that explains the research idea
to the reader and establishes the importance/potential significance of the study
✔✔Method - ✔✔the portion of a research proposal that focuses on explaining to the
reader how the researcher intends to collect data and sells the reader on the study
design by showing how the research plan allows the researcher to draw the inferences
they intend
