Social Science
Focused on numerical values rather than personal opinions or descriptions.
Quantitative
The shared beliefs, values, customs, and practices of a group of people.
Culture
The mental processes involved in thinking, learning, remembering, and understanding.
Cognition
The planned content and learning experiences offered by an educational program.
Curriculum
The physical shape and surface features of a place, including landforms and structures.
Topography
A shared model or set of assumptions that guides research or understanding.
Paradigm
A repeated and symbolic set of actions with social or spiritual meaning.
Ritual
Actions or reactions of a person in response to situations or others.
Behavior
The strategies and approaches used to support student learning.
Pedagogy
The typical weather patterns of a region over long periods of time.
Climate
Standards that define what is right and wrong in actions and decisions.
Ethics
A physical item created or modified by humans that reflects cultural practices.
Artifact
The process of interpreting sensory information from the environment.
Perception
The process of measuring learning, performance, or progress.
Assessment
The movement of people or animals from one location to another.
Migration
Standards that define what is right and wrong in actions and decisions.
Fieldwork
The detailed study and recording of a community’s way of life through observation.
Ethnography
The set of traits that influence how a person thinks, feels, and behaves.
Personality
The ability to understand, interpret, and communicate information.
Literacy
Something useful that can be used to meet needs or achieve goals.
Resource
An organized explanation developed from evidence and observation.
Theory
The scientific study of primates such as monkeys and apes.
Primatology
Any internal or external factor that triggers a response.
Stimulus
Related to formal study, research, and intellectual activities.
Academic
The natural and social conditions surrounding living beings.
Environment