Classroom action research follows the same steps as the general scientific model, although in a more
informal manner. CAR methods also recognize that the researcher is, first and foremost, the classroom
teacher and that the research cannot be allowed to take precedence over student learning. The CAR process
can be conceptualized as a seven-step process. (For more detailed information about conducting CAR
research, see authors such as Bell, 1993; Sagor, 2000; and Hubbard and Power, 1993)