"'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 describes a detailed and nuanced description of a teaching and learning experience in a classroom setting. It goes beyond simply reporting data to provide a thick description of the situation and the artist's approach to teaching. Therefore, it could be an example of thick description as part of an interpretive study of classroom culture. The other options - the machine metaphor, quantitative data analysis, and laws of behavior - do not fit the description of the passage.

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