Educational Research

Question 1

Define Pedadogy

Answer 1

The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process.

Question 2

What is an intentional teacher?

Answer 2

teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve

Question 3

Define teacher efficacy

Answer 3

the degree to which teachers feel that tehir own efforts determine the success of their studets

Question 4

Define principle, law and theory

Answer 4

principle: explanation of the relationship between factors
law: principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in many situations
theory: set of principles and laws that explains and relates certain phenomena

Question 5

Define variable

Answer 5

an element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change. It can have more than one variable and is used to see how it was impacted by a treatment in research

Question 6

define treatment

Answer 6

a special program that is the subject of an experiment

Question 7

What is the best way to select participants for a research study?

Answer 7

random assignment

Question 8

define experiment

Answer 8

procedure used to test the effect of a treatment

Question 9

define random assignment

Answer 9

selection by chance into different treatment groups

Question 10

define control group

Answer 10

group that receives no treatment during experiment

Question 11

define experimental group

Answer 11

group that receives treatment during experiment

Question 12

Define correlation

Answer 12

interdependence of variables

Question 13

Define correlational study

Answer 13

research that looks into the relationships between variables

Question 14

What is a positive correlation?

Answer 14

relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond with high levels of another

Question 15

What is a negative correlation?

Answer 15

relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond with LOW levels of another

Question 16

what is a Zero correlation?

Answer 16

No relationship exists between the variables studied or uncorrelated variables

Question 17

What is descriptive research?

Answer 17

research aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about a topic of interest. It describes in detail the participants or what is under study. It’s telling a story

Question 18

What is an example of a descriptive study?

Answer 18

Examples of descriptive research questions:
Do teachers hold favorable attitudes toward using computers in schools?
What kinds of activities that involve technology occur in sixth-grade classrooms and how frequently do they occur?
What have been the reactions of school administrators to technological innovations in teaching the social sciences?
How have high school computing courses changed over the last 10 years?
To what degree are special-education teachers well versed concerning assistive technology?
Is there a relationship between experience with multimedia computers and problem-solving skills?

Question 19

What is action research?

Answer 19

form of descriptive research done by teachers and principals themselves