Home
Flashcards
Preview
Relationship of Theory, Research, and Practice (6) (4) (4)
Home
Get App
Take Quiz
Create
Theory
Assumptions, principles, or propositions that explain or guide practice (action)
Set of sentences that show relationships between concepts - why things happen
Purposes
of Theory
(4 pts)
Systematic organization of data
Provide insight - guide interventions
Describe / explain significant phenomena
Predict outcomes
Focus
of Theory
Describe
Explain
Predict
Control
Usefulness
of Theory (4 pts)
Interpret and organize data
Focus on what's important
Guide interventions
Determine desired outcomes
Evidence of effectiveness of interventions
Relationship between
Theory
,
Research
, and
Practice
Cycle with entry @ any point.
Most likely starts with
Practice
.
Research
Inquiry
Experimentation
Collecting information
Science
Focus on cause and effect
Validates theory
Result of relationship between research and theory
Process and product
Science as
Process
Systematic inquiry
based on
empirical observations
Procedures
or
methods
of
acquiring knowledge
Science as
Product
Result
of investigation
Empirical
knowledge
from testing
Author
cgordon05
ID
10047
Card Set
Relationship of Theory, Research, and Practice (6) (4) (4)
Description
Relationship of Theory, Research, and Practice
Updated
2010-03-11T21:47:51Z
Home
Flashcards
Preview