Types of Research
This type of research can best establish a cause-and-effect relationship.
What is an experiment?
In an experiment, the variable that is manipulated by the experimenter. Hint: is not reliant on any other variable.
What is the independent variable?
Tests with uniform procedures for administration and scoring. They assess students’ performance in different domains and allow a student’s performance to be compared with the performance of other students at the same age or grade level on a national basis.
What is a standardized test?
The branch of psychology that specializes in understanding teaching and learning in educational settings.
What is educational psychology?
In an experiment, this is the variable being measured.
What is the dependent variable?
Involves research that blends different research designs or methods.
What is mixed methods research?
Bronfenbrenner's ________ identifies five environmental systems that range from close interpersonal interactions to broad-based influences of culture
What is ecological theory?
The observer-researcher also actively participates in the activity or setting.
What is participant observation?
It is a group of participants/subjects receiving the treatment.
What is an experimental group?
Observation conducted in the real world rather than in a laboratory.
What is naturalistic observation?
_________ parenting encourages children to be independent but still places limits and control on their actions.
What is a authoritative parenting?
This group of participants/subjects does not receive any treatment. (hint: baseline)
What is a control group?
Research used to solve a specific classroom or school problem, improve teaching and other educational strategies, or make a decision at a specific location.
What is action research?
________'s theory involves eight stages of development that unfold as people go through the human life span.
What is Erik Erikson?
It consists of in-depth description and interpretation of behavior in an ethnic or a cultural group. The researcher directly interacts with the target group to collect data.
What is an ethnographic study?
Participants/subjects are assigned to groups by chance.
What is random assignment?
Research designed to make decisions about the effectiveness of a particular program.
What is program evaluation research?
A ________ is a setting in which the individual spends considerable time, such as the student's family, peers, school, and neighborhood.
What is a microsystem?