Chapter 5 Terms Flashcards
The set of standards that apply to ethical decision-making within the field of education in the state of Florida
Code of ethics
The researcher describe two or more groups of participants. For example, a researcher administers a questionnaire to three groups of teachers about their classroom practices. The researcher chooses the three schools because the schools very in terms of the amount of professional development but they provide to teachers.
Comparative descriptive design
The statistical association between two or more variables that is used to determine the relationship between the variables.
Correlational research
Research in which an independent variable is manipulated and it’s effect on one or more dependent variables is measured. The research is randomly a fine is the participants were being studied to two or more comparison groups. Sometimes they are referred to as treatment and control groups. Participants in the treatment group receive some type of treatment, such as a special reading program.
Experimental research
The process by which the educator identifies individual professional learning goals with primary emphasis on student learning needs by reviewing certification needs, classroom level this aggregated student achievement, and behavioral data related content area skills, School initiatives, the school improvement plan, and school and team goals.
Individual needs assessment
The set of principles which outline the appropriate conduct, parameters, and repercussions for educators in the state of Florida.
Principles of professional conduct
A group of educators who act as reflective practitioners, analyzing student data in order to improve instruction methods.
Professional learning communities
Research that is based on unmeasurable qualities, such as teacher observation and examination of case studies.
Qualitative research
Research that is based on measurable data, such as how methods of instruction influence student test scores.
Quantitative research
An educator who reflects on instructional practices and self evaluate the effectiveness of the instruction that is being provided.
Reflective practitioner
An organization composed of the principal and a group of elected students, teachers, parents, and appointed community members, who developed the annual school improvement plan.
School advisory Council
A plan developed annually by the school advisory Council and implemented by the principal and school staff to improve the school in a specific area, such as math scores.
School improvement plan
At least annually the school identifies professional learning needs through a classroom by classroom analysis of disaggregated student achievement data by contents and skill areas, subgroups meeting special assistance, and other school data.
School needs assessment
A method used one data are collected to describe persons, organizations, settings, or phenomenal. For example, a researcher administers the survey to a random sample of teachers in the state in order to describe the characteristics of the states population of teachers.
Simple descriptive research
A reflective process of researching instructional methods based on student scores in the teachers observations.
Action research
