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Vocabulary Terms
100

He is the father of the progressive education movement

Who is John Dewey? 

100

Numbers that indicate both the strength and direction of a relationship between two events or measures

What is Correlation? 

100

This word is defined as "without any definite pattern; following no rule." 

What is Random? 


100

This study focuses on groups of different ages

What is Cross-sectional? 

100

A prediction of what will happen in the research study based on theory and previous research

What is a hypothesis/hypotheses? 

200

A framework that has 4 domains and 22 components.

What is Danielson's Framework for Teaching

200

It indicates that the two factors increase or decrease together. 

What is Positive Correlation? 

200

The statistical significance that means "less than 1 time of 100 of a chance to happen."

What is p<.01?

200

This study explores situations or people in-depth and understands the meaning of the event to the people involved in order to tell their story. 

What is a Qualitative Study? 

200

Investigates one person or situation in depth

What is a Case Study? 

300

Planning and Preparation, Classroom Environment, Instruction, and Professional Responsibility 

They are the 4 areas of What

What are the 4 domain areas of responsibility? 

300

The increase of one factor means the decrease of the other factor

What is Negative Correlation? 

300

The statistical significance that is defined as "less than 5 times of 100 of a chance to happen."

What is p<.05? 

300

This study uses numbers, measurements, and computations are made. 

What is a Quantitative Study? 

300

Thoughtful and inventive. To think back over situations to analyze what they did and why. To consider how they might improve learning for their students. 

What is Reflective?

400

This act required all students in 3rd to 8th grade and some high school to take a standardized achievement test in math and reading 

What is the No Child Left Behind Act?

400

It ranges from +1.00 to -1.00. 

What is the Correlation Range? 

400

BLANK and BLANK use open-minded questions

What is Clinical Interviews and Case Studies? 

400

This type of research can use both qualitative and quantitative studies. 

What is a Mixed Methods Research?

400

The study of development, learning, motivation, teaching, and assessment in and out of schools.

What is Educational Psychology? 

500

THIS is increased when other teachers and administrators also have high expectations. 

What is a sense of efficacy? 

500

These people identify correlations so they can make predictions about important events in the classroom. 

Who are Educational Psychologists? 

500

This experimental study is used to determine the effects of therapy, teaching methods, or other interventions by first observing participants for a baseline period. 

What is ABAB Experimental? 

500

Method for conducting descriptive research in which the researcher becomes a participant in the situation in order to better understand life in that group. 

What is Participant Observation? 

500

Practitioners identify research questions based on problems of practice then researchers gather and analyze the data to address those problems. 

What is Designed-based research?