What does AERA stand for? correct answers American Educational Research Association
What are the divisions of AERA? correct answers Admin. Organizational Leadership,
Curriculum Studies, Learning and Instruction, Measurement and Research, Counseling and
Human Development, History, Social Context, Research Eval. and Assessment, Education in
Professions, Post Secondary Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Educational Policy and
Politics
What are the three objectives of research? correct answers Descriptive (describe a situation)
Explanatory (explain why something operates the way it does) Predictive (predict an outcome)
What is an EMIC perspective? correct answers insider's perspective
What is an ETIC perspective? correct answers outsider's perspective
What are the five general TYPES of research? correct answers Basic, Action, Applied,
Orientational, Evaluation
What is ACTION research? correct answers it solves logical problems
What is ORIENTATIONAL research? correct answers it reduces inequalities
What is APPLIED research? correct answers it answers real-world questions
What is BASIC research? correct answers it understands basic human functions
, What is EVALUATION research? correct answers it evaluates programs, decisions, choices, etc.
(Formative - how something can improve during, summative - how something can improve after
or in the future)
What is Epistemology? correct answers the study of socially-constructed knowledge
What is Thought & Behavior? correct answers fluid & highly contextualized, provides many
situational perspectives
What is Research Focus? correct answers a wide-angle lens to capture the big picture
What is Ontology? correct answers the study of being, the nature of reality
What are the three sources of knowledge? correct answers Epistomology - studying knowledge
itself, Empiricism - all knowledge comes from experience, Reasoning - reason is the source of all
knowledge
What is deductive reasoning? correct answers draw conclusions based on premises
What is inductive reasoning? correct answers premises are helpful, but do not determine an
outcome
What is the "Problem of Induction"? correct answers the future may not resemble the past
What are the 4 dynamics of science? correct answers Science of broadly progressive, science is
compelling, science is critical, science is never-ending
What are the 6 basic assumptions of science? correct answers 1. The world can be studied. 2.
Some of the word is unique, some is predictable. 3. The unique, regular, and dynamic can all be