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| the disipline concerned with teaching and learning; applies methods & theories |
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| studies that collect detailed information about specific situations, uses obsertvation methods, surveys, interviews, etc. |
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| descriptive research that focuses on life in a group & tries to derive the meaning of event to people involved |
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| method for conducting descriptive research, the researcher become a participant to better understand |
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| intensive study of one person or case |
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| statistical description of how closely two variants are related |
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| relationship between two variable in which they increase or decrease together |
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| relationship between 2 variables where one has a high value and the othe has a low value |
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| research method where variable are manipulated and the results are recorded |
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| people or animals that are being studied |
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| not following any rule; without pattern |
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| statistically signifigant |
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| single-subject expiremental studies |
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| interventions to study effects with one person, usually bby applying then taking away treatment |
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| detailed observation and analysis of changes in cognitive process as the process unfold over days or weeks |
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| observation or tests of methods conducted by teachers or schools to improve teaching & learning for students |
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| established relationship between factors |
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| statment of principles that tries to explain a phenomenon and make predictions |
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| gradual orderly mental changes that allow the mental processes to become more complex |
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| desribes relation of a person's emotional needs to social development |
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| specific conflict whose resolution prepares the way for the next stage |
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| explanations of learning that focus on external events as the cause of changes in behaviors |
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| human mind's activity of taking in, storing, and using information |
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| theory that adds concern with with cognitive factors like beliefs, self-perception, expectations to social learning |
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| the setting or situation that surrounds & interacts with a person or event |
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| zone of proximal development |
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| phase when a child can master a task when given the proper help and support |
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| Bronfenbenner's theory that describes the nested social and cultural context that shapes development |
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| localization of function on either the left or right side of the brain |
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