WGU C224 Study Set COMPLETE SOLUTION

WGU C224 Study Set COMPLETE SOLUTION 1. research literature: is the set of published research studies on a particular topic various studies with the same result = CONFIDENCE **Don't trust a single research study as the final word on a topic!** 2. AERA: American Educational Research Association - largest and most presti- gious research association in the field of education 3. abstract: a brief summary of what is included in the article. provides a concise breakdown of article goals, methods, and tentative results researchers choose to include 4. understanding: (type of research objective) attempting to learn about and generate ideas about specific and unique phenom- ena 5. How to determine if understanding was the objective of a research study- : ask yourself these questions: 1. were the researchers studying a phenomenon or some aspect of a phenomenon about WHICH LITTLE WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN? 2. Did the researchers choose to study a phenomenon WITHOUT ANY PRECON- CEIVED NOTIONS? 3. Were the researchers trying to "DISCOVER" IMPORTANT FACTORS or "gen- erate" new ideas for further research? 6. description: (type of research objective) an attempt to describe the characteristics of a phenomenon. one of the most basic activities in research. ex. observing a phenomenon and recording what one sees 7. descriptive research: (type of research objective) provide an accurate description or picture of the status or characteristics of a situation or phenomenon. **focus is not specifically on searching out cause-and-effect relationships, but rather on relating the variables that exist in a given situation and any relevant relationships that exist among them. 8. Steps in Descriptive Research: 1. randomly select a sample from a defined population. 2. determine the sample characteristics 3. infer the characteristics of the population based on the sample 9. explanation: (type of research objective) how and why a phenomenon operates as it does **the objective of the majority of educational research is explanation** 10. How to determine if Explanation is the primary objective of a research study: ask yourself these questions: 1. Were the researchers trying to DEVELOP A THEORY about a phenomenon to explain how and why it operates as it does? 2. Were the researchers trying to explain how phenomena operate by IDENTIFY- ING CAUSE-AND-EFFECT relationships? 11. explanatory research: testing hypotheses and theories that explain the func- tions of a phenomenon in detail **researcher is focused on establishing clear and defensible evidence for cause-and-effect relationships. ***experimental research is the strongest form of explanatory research for provid- ing evidence of cause and effect. 12. prediction: (type of research objective) forecast a phenomenon, wherein there is an association made between two points in time. **when researchers determine cause-and-effect operations, they can use this information to for