"'This is not magic,' the artist reminds them, as she teaches students about a structural quality of the art material or art process they are learning. Sitting cross-legged on the floor of one of the light-filled classrooms in the school building listening to the artist recite a poem about the morning sun to students, I soak up the artist's lesson on the poet's use of the word 'crotchety,' a word new to third-graders. She teaches them about paste-painting and its thick, pudding-like consistency that will slide through their fingers as they make paintings of morning and light." As part of a research report, the preceding passage could be an example of ______.

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The passage is an example of thick description, which is a method of gathering qualitative data in an interpretive study of cultural phenomena. It provides rich, detailed observations of the artist's teaching and the students' learning experiences in the classroom. The other answer choices are not applicable to the passage.

"'This Is Not Magic,' the Artist Reminds Them, as She