Chyleen owns a child care center for young children. She conducted a study of parents' perceptions of the need for structure in early learning environments. She was careful to report how her findings would benefit her practice as an early childhood learning professional. Chyleen's research would best be described as

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Chyleen's research would best be described as action research because she conducted a study to specifically inform and improve her own practice as an early childhood learning professional. Ethnographic research typically involves studying a culture or group of people, experimental research involves manipulating variables to test hypotheses, and correlational research involves examining the relationship between two or more variables. None of these descriptions match Chyleen's research as closely as the description for action research.

Chyleen Owns a Child Care Center for Young Children