Tacita is interested in how teachers' classroom management practices change over time.She conducts observations of 8 teachers' classrooms over the course of five years.She interviews the teachers and follows up with counts of referral data,disciplinary notes in children's files,and number of notes home per teacher per year.This study can be described as a:
A)QUAN-QUAL study
B)QUAN-qual study
C)QUAL-quan study
D)Quantitative study

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Tacita's study is primarily qualitative, as indicated by her conducting observations and interviews, which are qualitative methods. The follow-up with counts of referral data, disciplinary notes, and number of notes home adds a quantitative element, making the study a mixed-methods study with a primary focus on qualitative data, hence QUAL-quan.

Tacita Is Interested in How Teachers' Classroom Management Practices Change