The type of research typically conducted by teachers, counsellors and other professionals to answer their own questions and to help them solve local problems is called

Action research is conducted by teachers, counsellors, and other professionals to answer their own questions and solve local problems.

Basic research seeks general knowledge and theory rather than the fix of an immediate local issue.

Predictive research forecasts future outcomes and does not target practitioners' own local problems.

Longitudinal research repeats observation over time and is a design, not this problem-solving purpose.

Action research is practical, participatory, and cyclical, tied to a specific setting.

Practitioners act as researchers, using findings to improve their own practice at once.