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| The study of teaching and learning with application to the instructional process. |
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| the study of learning and teaching. |
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Doing things with a purpose.
Teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to acheive. |
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| the degree to which teachers feel that their own eforts determine the success of their students. |
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| Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem, the evidence, and the solution. |
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| Explanation of the relationship between factors,such as the effects of grading systems on student motivation. |
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| A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena |
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| a special program that is the subject of an experiment. |
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Something that can have more than one value.
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| Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. |
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| selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups. |
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| Experiment in which conditions are highly controlled. |
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| The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question, not to other factors. |
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| Randomized Field Experiment |
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| Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs. |
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| Group that receives treatment during an experiment. |
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| Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment. |
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| Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to real-life situations. |
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| Experiment that studies a treatment's effecton one person or one group by contrasting behavior before, during, and after application of the treatment. |
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| Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur. |
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| Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another. |
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| relationship in which high levels of one varialble correspond to low levels of another. |
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| Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other. |
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| Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest. |
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| research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools. |
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