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C224 WGU MODULE 6 CHECKPOINT REVIEW 2025 /2026
MULTICHOICE ANSWERED EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
RATIONALES
1. An action researcher develops an “action research attitude” when they consider areas
for improvement, unique tactics to attempt, and which additional element?
A. Budget constraints
B. Potential consequences
C. Stakeholder approval
D. Statistical validity
⭐Correct Answer: B — Potential consequences.⭐
Rationale: Action research emphasizes practical change. Considering likely
consequences (positive and negative) of interventions is essential to responsible
planning and ethical practice.
2. In addition to recording activities and observations, action research provides educators
an opportunity to document which professional outcome?
A. Salary increases
B. Professional growth
C. Accreditation status
D. Student test scores only
⭐Correct Answer: B — Professional growth.⭐
Rationale: Action research is reflective and developmental; keeping records of actions
and learning supports educators’ ongoing professional development.
3. John Dewey described the scientific method in educational practice as essentially which
process?
A. Standardization
B. Replication
C. Inquiry
D. Instruction
⭐Correct Answer: C — Inquiry.⭐
Rationale: Dewey framed scientific method as reflective inquiry — a continual
questioning process applied to practical problems in education.
4. According to Dewey, the unique purpose of the scientific method (in education) is to
support what?
A. Memorization
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B. Inquiry
C. Standardized testing
D. Administrative control
⭐Correct Answer: B — Inquiry.⭐
Rationale: Dewey emphasized inquiry as the method for investigating and improving
educational practice — testing ideas, reflecting, and revising.
5. Which theory states that our current behaviors and routines “tend not to change very
much” without external force?
A. Piaget’s cognitive theory
B. Lewin’s force-field theory
C. Systems theory
D. Behaviorism
⭐Correct Answer: B — Lewin's force-field theory.⭐
Rationale: Lewin’s force-field theory conceptualizes behavior as the outcome of driving
and restraining forces; change requires altering that balance.
6. Educational science that operates with feedback loops, iterative refinement, and
recurrent improvement is best described as developing what?
A. A curriculum map
B. Learning systems
C. A static policy
D. A one-time study
⭐Correct Answer: B — Learning systems.⭐
Rationale: Iterative top-down and bottom-up improvements create adaptive systems
that learn and evolve — i.e., learning systems.
7. Action research shares characteristics with qualitative research; one key shared focus is
on:
A. Large-scale generalization
B. Local problems
C. Randomized assignment
D. Purely numerical outcomes
⭐Correct Answer: B — Local problems.⭐
Rationale: Both approaches often concentrate on context-specific issues and detailed
understanding of local practice.
8. To generalize findings beyond immediate participants, action researchers commonly use
which tool?
A. Descriptive statistics only
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B. Inferential statistics
C. Anecdotal reports only
D. Editorial opinion
⭐Correct Answer: B — Inferential statistics.⭐
Rationale: Inferential statistics allow researchers to estimate whether observed effects
might extend beyond the sample to a wider population.
9. The question “What needs to change in the theory or explanation?” aligns with which
phase of the action-research cycle?
A. Plan
B. Act
C. Reflect
D. Observe
⭐Correct Answer: C — Reflect.⭐
Rationale: Reflection asks how findings inform theory and practice and what revisions
are needed — the reflect phase.
10. A “who does what, when” chart is typically created in which phase of action research?
A. Observe
B. Plan
C. Act
D. Reflect
⭐Correct Answer: B — Plan.⭐
Rationale: The planning phase specifies roles, timelines, and actions; the chart
operationalizes the planned intervention.
11. Critical action research is associated with raising individual consciousness and with what
broader social goal?
A. Reducing inequality of income
B. Increasing test scores only
C. Doubling funding for research
D. Standardizing curriculum nationally
⭐Correct Answer: A — Reducing inequality of income.⭐
Rationale: Critical action research explicitly aims at emancipatory outcomes, including
reducing social and economic inequalities.
12. Issues that affect a large institutional environment (e.g., a whole college) are best
addressed by which action-research scope?
A. Individual classroom
B. Micro (single teacher)
C224 WGU MODULE 6 CHECKPOINT REVIEW 2025 /2026
MULTICHOICE ANSWERED EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
RATIONALES
1. An action researcher develops an “action research attitude” when they consider areas
for improvement, unique tactics to attempt, and which additional element?
A. Budget constraints
B. Potential consequences
C. Stakeholder approval
D. Statistical validity
⭐Correct Answer: B — Potential consequences.⭐
Rationale: Action research emphasizes practical change. Considering likely
consequences (positive and negative) of interventions is essential to responsible
planning and ethical practice.
2. In addition to recording activities and observations, action research provides educators
an opportunity to document which professional outcome?
A. Salary increases
B. Professional growth
C. Accreditation status
D. Student test scores only
⭐Correct Answer: B — Professional growth.⭐
Rationale: Action research is reflective and developmental; keeping records of actions
and learning supports educators’ ongoing professional development.
3. John Dewey described the scientific method in educational practice as essentially which
process?
A. Standardization
B. Replication
C. Inquiry
D. Instruction
⭐Correct Answer: C — Inquiry.⭐
Rationale: Dewey framed scientific method as reflective inquiry — a continual
questioning process applied to practical problems in education.
4. According to Dewey, the unique purpose of the scientific method (in education) is to
support what?
A. Memorization
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B. Inquiry
C. Standardized testing
D. Administrative control
⭐Correct Answer: B — Inquiry.⭐
Rationale: Dewey emphasized inquiry as the method for investigating and improving
educational practice — testing ideas, reflecting, and revising.
5. Which theory states that our current behaviors and routines “tend not to change very
much” without external force?
A. Piaget’s cognitive theory
B. Lewin’s force-field theory
C. Systems theory
D. Behaviorism
⭐Correct Answer: B — Lewin's force-field theory.⭐
Rationale: Lewin’s force-field theory conceptualizes behavior as the outcome of driving
and restraining forces; change requires altering that balance.
6. Educational science that operates with feedback loops, iterative refinement, and
recurrent improvement is best described as developing what?
A. A curriculum map
B. Learning systems
C. A static policy
D. A one-time study
⭐Correct Answer: B — Learning systems.⭐
Rationale: Iterative top-down and bottom-up improvements create adaptive systems
that learn and evolve — i.e., learning systems.
7. Action research shares characteristics with qualitative research; one key shared focus is
on:
A. Large-scale generalization
B. Local problems
C. Randomized assignment
D. Purely numerical outcomes
⭐Correct Answer: B — Local problems.⭐
Rationale: Both approaches often concentrate on context-specific issues and detailed
understanding of local practice.
8. To generalize findings beyond immediate participants, action researchers commonly use
which tool?
A. Descriptive statistics only
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B. Inferential statistics
C. Anecdotal reports only
D. Editorial opinion
⭐Correct Answer: B — Inferential statistics.⭐
Rationale: Inferential statistics allow researchers to estimate whether observed effects
might extend beyond the sample to a wider population.
9. The question “What needs to change in the theory or explanation?” aligns with which
phase of the action-research cycle?
A. Plan
B. Act
C. Reflect
D. Observe
⭐Correct Answer: C — Reflect.⭐
Rationale: Reflection asks how findings inform theory and practice and what revisions
are needed — the reflect phase.
10. A “who does what, when” chart is typically created in which phase of action research?
A. Observe
B. Plan
C. Act
D. Reflect
⭐Correct Answer: B — Plan.⭐
Rationale: The planning phase specifies roles, timelines, and actions; the chart
operationalizes the planned intervention.
11. Critical action research is associated with raising individual consciousness and with what
broader social goal?
A. Reducing inequality of income
B. Increasing test scores only
C. Doubling funding for research
D. Standardizing curriculum nationally
⭐Correct Answer: A — Reducing inequality of income.⭐
Rationale: Critical action research explicitly aims at emancipatory outcomes, including
reducing social and economic inequalities.
12. Issues that affect a large institutional environment (e.g., a whole college) are best
addressed by which action-research scope?
A. Individual classroom
B. Micro (single teacher)
