Chapter 1 Definitions

Question 1

Teacher’s Self Efficacy

Answer 1

A teacher’s belief that he or she can reach even the most difficult students and help them learn.

Question 2

What does AYP stand for?

Answer 2

Adequate Yearly Progress

Question 3

Every Student Succeeds Act

Answer 3

The 2015 replacement for the No Child Left Behind Act. ESSA drops the requirement for proficiency for all students by a certain date and returns most control to the states to set standards and develop interventions.

Question 4

Reflective

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What are Danielson’s 4 Domains?

Answer 5

Planning and Preparation
Classroom Environment
Instruction
Profesional Responsibilities

Question 6

How many components are in Danielson’s framework?

Answer 6

22

Question 7

How many elements are in Danielson’s framework?

Answer 7

76

Question 8

What are the 4 levels of proficiency for Danielson’s 22 components?

Answer 8

Unsatisfactory
Basic
Proficient
Distinguished

Question 9

Educational Psychology

Answer 9

The discipline concerned with teaching and learning processes; applies the methods and theories of psychology and has its own as well.

Question 10

Descriptive Studies

Answer 10

Studies that collect detailed information about specific situations, often using observation, surveys, interviews, recordings, or a combination of these methods.

Question 11

Correlations

Answer 11

Statistical descriptions of how closely to variables are related.

Question 12

Positive Correlation

Answer 12

A relationship between two variables in which the two increase or decrease together. Example: calorie intake and weight gain.

Question 13

Negative Correlation

Answer 13

A relationship between two variables in which a high value on one is associated with a low value on the other . Example: height and the distance from the top of the head to the ceiling.

Question 14

Experimentation

Answer 14

Research method in which variables are manipulated and effects recorded.

Question 15

Participants/Subjects

Answer 15

People or animals studied

Question 16

Random

Answer 16

Without any definite pattern; following no rule.

Question 17

Quasi-experimental studies

Answer 17

Studies that fit most the criteria for true experiments, with the important exception that the participants are not assigned to groups at random. Instead, existing groups, such as classes or schools, participate in the experiment.

Question 18

Statistically significant

Answer 18

Not likely to be a chance occurrence.

Question 19

Case study

Answer 19

Intensive study of one person or one situation

Question 20

Ethnography

Answer 20

A descriptive approach to research that focuses on life within a group and tries to understand the meaning of events to the people involved.

Question 21

Participant observation

Answer 21

A method of conducting descriptive research in which the researcher becomes a participant in the situation in order to better understand life in that group.

Question 22

Micro-genetic studies

Answer 22

Detailed observation and analysis of changes in a cognitive process as the process unfolds over a several-day or several-week period of time.

Question 23

Qualitative Research

Answer 23

Exploratory research that attempts to understand the meaning of events to participants involved using such methods as case studies, interviews, ethnography, participant observation, and other approaches that focus on a few people in depth.

Question 24

Quantitative Research

Answer 24

Research that studies many participants in a more formal and controlled way using objective measures such as experimentation, statistical analysis, tests, and structured observations.

Question 25

Design-based research

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Action Research

Answer 26

Systematic observations or tests of methods conducted by teachers or schools to improve teaching and learning for their students.

Question 27

Principle

Answer 27

Established relationship between factors.

Question 28

Hypothesis/Hypotheses

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Empirical

Answer 29

Based on systematically collected data.