Sociological Factors
Deductive
Social Psychological Factors
Inductive
Scientific approach to knowledge generation
Deductive Reasoning
4 parts of the Research Wheel
9 Steps to establishing Theory quality
3 forms of reasoning
Empiricism
Psychological factors
Theory
What norms and practices does the scientific approach to knowledge follow?
The principle of Evidence
The 2 sources of knowledge are?
Experience is based on...
What is the problem with inductive reasoning?
Rationalism
3 factors studied in Educational Research
Inductive Reasoning
Experience and Reasoning
the foundational premises act as helpful reasons to accept the conclusion. (small to big)
goes from observe to patterns to theory
Psychological, Social Psychological, Sociological
science is progressive, compelling, critical, never-ending
Researchers do not attempt to prove what is true.
Theory, Hypothesis/predictions, Data/observations, Patterns/descriptions
all knowledge comes from experience
How individuals interact & relate to one another & how groups and indv. affect each other.
How groups form and change: characteristics, intergroup relations, group-level phenomena (cultural, social, political, family, economical)
an explanation of how and why
logical, parsimonious (clear), fit data, testable claims, predictions tested, people have tried to falsify, does it work better, general enough, influence things
the future is not set or known
Empiricism
goes from theory to hypothesis to observations
an approach to gain knowledge that holds empirical data at top.
process of drawing a conclusion that is true if the underlying premises are true. (big to small)
philosophical idea that reason is primary source of knowledge
characteristics of individuals & indv. phenomena
Rationalism, Deductive, Inductive
