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Teacher 20 terms Laurie_StruvePreview WGU R Teacher Sra Practice questions for this set Learn1 / 7Study using Learn testing hypotheses and theories that explain the functions of a phenomenon in detail *strongest form of explanatory research for providing evidence of cause and effect Research Literaturethe set of published research studies on a particular topic Abstracta brief summary of what is included in the article.*provide a concise breakdown of article goals, methods, and tentative results.Choose an answer 1Research Literature2explanatory research 3Etic Perspective4Description Don't know?

Understandingattempting to learn about and generate ideas about specific and unique phenomena.*important in early stages of research *little previously known *without preconceived notions *"discover" important factors Metacognitionthinking about thinking 1.assess the task 2.evaluate strengths and weaknesses 3.plan an approach

• apply strategies and monitor your performance
• reflect and adjust as needed

Repeat the steps as a cycle.Descriptionan attempt to describe the characteristics of a phenomenon.*describing a phenomenon?*documenting characteristics of phenomenon?Decriptive Researchprovide an accurate description or picture of the status or characteristics of a situation or phenomenon *deeper level than description

• randomly selected from defined population

2.determine the sample characteristics 3.infer the characteristics of the population based on the sample Explanationresearchers attempt to show how and why a phenomenon operates as it does.

1.develop a theory about how and why the phenomenon operates as it does 2.identify the cause and effect relationships explanatory researchtesting hypotheses and theories that explain the functions of a phenomenon in detail *strongest form of explanatory research for providing evidence of cause and effect Predictionforecast a phenomenon, wherin there is an association made between two points in a time *can be made from research studies predictive researchpredict the future status of one or more dependent (or criterion) variables on the basis of one or more independent (or predictor) variables influenceattempting to apply research to make certain outcomes occur *an objective which refers to the application of research knowledge to control various aspects of the world.

1.make something useful happen 2.checking a demonstration program to see if it works.Integrationconsolidating insights from multiple investigators, theories/perspectives, sets of data, methods in order to understand a given entity of study

emic perspective*insider's perspective *meanings and views of people being studied *getting inside the heads of group members *ex. local languages, forms of expression, jargon/slang Etic Perspective*external, social scientific perspective *perspective of objective researcher *use social scientific concepts, terms and procedures to describe and explain behavior *used to bring research questions from the outside Five types of Educational Research1.Basic 2.Evaluation

• Action
• Orientational
• Applied

Basic Educational Research*focuses on generating fundamental knowledge *aimed at generating fundamental knowledge and theoretical understanding about primary human functions and other natural processes Evaluation Educational Researchfocuses on deciding the worth/quality of intervention programs *determine how well social or educational programs work in real-world settings, as well as any improvement possibilities.*worth, merit, or quality of specific program

*Two types: formative and summative

Action Educational Research*focuses on solving local problems that practitioners face *addressing and solving specific problems which local practitioners confront in their schools and communities, conducting research directly within the classroom or work environment Orientational Educational Researchfocuses on reducing inequality and giving voice to disadvantaged

• focuses on collecting information to aid in advancing a specific ideological,

political position or orientation which a researcher believes will improve society.*another focus is "giving voice" to disadvantaged Applied Educational Research*focuses on real-world questions and applications *focuses on answering real-world, practical questions in order to provide relatively immediate solutions.Formative Evaluationconcerned with developing judgments of how a program can be improved and aids developers and staff design and implement programs.Summative Evaluationfocuses on cultivating judgements of a program's effectiveness and any decisions regarding continuation especially helpful for policymakers to appraise previous future-funding decisions and make future ones.

Evaluation Varieties1. Needs Assessment

• Theory Assessment
• Implementation Assessment
• Impact Assessment
• Efficiency Assessment

Needs Assessmentis there a need for this type of program?Theory Assessmentis this program conceptualized in a way that it should work?Impact Assessmentdid this program have an impact on its intended targets?Efficiency AssessmentIs this program cost-effective?Implementation AssessmentWas this program implemented properly and according to the program plan?Common areas of orientational researchclass stratification gender inequality racial and ethnic inequality sexual orientation inequality international inequality disability rights and inequality epistemology"theory of knowledge and its justification" the overall understanding of how knowledge is created or shared involves studying knowledge itself - including its nature, process of generation, how it is necessary, and the standards that are used to judge its adequacy Sources of KnowledgeExperience leads to Empiricism.Reasoning leads to Rationalism, Deductive Reasoning, and Inductive Reasoning Empiricismidea that all knowledge comes from experience Empirical Statementa statement based on an observation, experiment, or experience are capable of being verified or disproved by the same methods of creation Reasoning or Rationalismphilosophical idea that reason is the primary source of knowledge.*two major kinds are deductive and inductive deductive reasoningprocess of drawing a conclusion that is essentially true if the underlying premises are true inductive reasoningholds that the foundational premises act as helpful, but not decisive reasons toward acceptance of a conclusion.probabilistic form of reasoningstating what is probable to occur, not what will necessarily occur, thereby opening himself or herself up to a risk of being wrong problem of inductionalthough something might have happened many times in the past, it is still possible that is will not happen in the future.