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The study of learners, learning and teaching or the accumulated knowledge, wisdom and seat of the pants theory that every teacher should possess to solve the daily problems of teaching.
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The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process.
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Doing things for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on outcomes they want to achieve.
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The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students
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Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem, the evidence and the solution.
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Explanation of the relationship between factor, such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
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A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
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A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
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Something that can have more than one value.
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Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment.
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Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
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Experiment in which conditions are highly controlled.
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The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question, not to other factors.
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Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
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Group that receives treatment during an experiment.
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Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
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Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to real-life situations.
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Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before, during and after application of the treatment.
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Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.
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Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
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Relationship in which high levels on one variable correspond to low levels of another.
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Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels on one and high/low levels of the other.
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Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
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Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or school.s
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