HPED 2030 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Inductive Reasoning, Metacognition, Empiricism

• School: Mount Royal University
• Department: Health and Physical Education
• Course: HPED 2030
• Professor: Sommer Christie

Document Summary

Question breakdown: 37 mc, 4 short answer worth 8 marks, 2 long answer worth 8 marks, 43 questions, 53 marks. Content covered: most in ethics and central tendency topics, see midterm study material. Metacognition the mental activity of thinking about what you"re thinking. Critical thinking to rationally decide what and what not to believe. Characteristics of a good research question: question is feasible, question is clear, question is significant (substantial and original, question is ethical. Inductive reasoning moves from the specific to the general (qualitative: steps to inductive reasoning: Identify patterns in the data: observe specific behaviours and measures, formulate a hypothesis, develop a conclusion, model or theory. Deductive reasoning moves from the general to the specific (quantitative: steps to deductive reasoning, start with a theory, develop a specific hypothesis to test, collect observations to confirm or refute hypothesis, confirm theory or rework theory.