Education and Research (12 exam questions) Flashcards
Unable and unwilling or insecure (Education leadership theory)
high task, low relationship
- leader provides specific direction; educator determines process and content of decision making (autocratic style)
Unable but willing or confident
(Education leadership theory)
high task, high relationship
- democratic style: leader participates in group as contributor and facilitator; educator provides direction but encourages members to work together for goals
Able but unwilling or insecure
(Education leadership theory)
high relationship, low task
- encouraging and socializing style where leader promotes collaboration but not interfere/ influence decision making; educator encourages and clarifies
able and willing or confident
(Education leadership theory)
low relationship, low task
- hands off style where educator allows members to determine direction of learning
Abstract (part of research study)
The abstract is a brief summary of the purposes of the study and
of its methods, main findings, and conclusions.
brief summary of the study; may be included in Internet databases; may be at the end as “Summary”; states purposes, methods, main findings, and main conclusions
Intro (part of research study)
Background information, justification and purpose of the research; briefly mentions previous research, relevance of present study to existing problems; relationship to other current research; should clearly state the research question(s)
Method (part of research study)
The methods section of a research article describes what procedures were
followed to minimize threats to internal validity.
Description of population studied; how participants were selected; information on sample size; methods used to obtain and analyze data; other facts pertinent to completion of the study (e.g., selection, assignment to groups)
The methods section of a research paper provides the information by which a study’s validity is judged. The methods section structure should: describe the materials used in the study, explain how the materials were prepared for the study, describe the research protocol, explain how measurements were made and what calculations were performed, and state which statistical tests were done to analyze the data.
Results (part of research study)
the results section reports the
relevant data
Presentation of data obtained in tables, graphs, charts; statistical analysis of data along with ‘p’ values or confidence intervals; answer to research questions given in the introduction
Discussion (part of research study)
Discussion section assesses the influence of bias.
A brief summary of the entire research process with interpretation of data from the results; conclusions from the data, limitations of the data or study design, and suggestions for applications of the findings or future research.
hybrid education program
Attendance at a live event with assigned online follow-up
activities
Rationale: “Hybrid” or “blended” learning is a formal education course in
which some of the traditional face-to-face classroom methods have been
replaced by online learning activities. Proponents of blended learning cite
the opportunity for data collection and customization of instruction and
assessment as two major benefits of this approach.
Refers to the statistical technique that
combines the results of a large number of studies
meta-analysis
A statistical method that combines the results
of independent studies. Statistically combining the results of similar studies
provides a precise estimate of treatment effect, giving due weight to the size
of the different studies included.
Reference: APIC Text, 4th edition, Chapter
didactic
“didactic” is
often used to refer to lectures that are overburdened with instructive or
factual material.
The classroom portions of the program
Didactics is a theory of teaching, and in a wider sense, a theory
and practical application of teaching and learning.
Hawthorne effect
The Hawthorne effect refers to a phenomenon whereby workers
improve or modify an aspect of their behavior in response to the fact of a
change in their environment (e.g., workers are aware they are being observed),
rather than in response to the nature of the change itself.
most rigorous and reliable sources of clinical evidence
Standards issued by national or international
authoritative sources
Rationale: Standards issued by national or international authoritative sources
represent the penultimate standard of care used to guide practice, reduce
variation, and improve the quality of patient care.
The process of evaluating learner response to individual test
questions in order to determine the quality and accuracy of
those questions is known as:
Item analysis
Rationale: Item analysis is the process of examining student’s test scores
in order to assess the quality of the individual test questions as well as the
test itself. Item analysis is useful for improving the quality of the test and is
valuable for increasing the instructors’ skill in test construction and identifying
areas that need improvement or greater emphasis.
