Category: C

In politics, citizen residing within the district of a legislator. A substance which forms part of something.  

A method of obtaining difference thresholds in which various stimuli are judged with respect to a single standard stimulus.  

In economics, dollar amounts that have been adjusted by means of price or cost indices to eliminate inflationary factors and allow direct comparison across years are expressed in two ways: (a) according to the calendar year and (b) according to school year.  

In research, field- notes are coded as the study progresses, and new instances of a dimension or a concept of interest are sought until saturation. These concepts are linked with others to develop a theory or explanation that is constantly compared with new data from the field. Discrepancies call for modification or additions that increase…

A close match between a child’s attributes and situational features, such as parent attributes or teacher attributes, dissonance of child attributes.  

In education, combining smaller school districts into larger districts in order to provide better school facilities and increase educational opportunities. A stage in mending a broken bone in which the callus formed at the break changes into bone. A condition in which part of the lung becomes solid, e.g. in pneumonia. The formal union of…

In law, the inducement, usually an amount of money.  

In group dynamics, leadership behavior that reflects friendship, mutual trust, respect, and warmth in the relationship between the leader and the followers.  

In education, the movement to influence educational programs by conservation groups.  

In psychology, the understanding that certain attributes, e.g., substance and number, remain unchanged despite various transformations. A cognitive principle, first described by Piaget, indicating that a certain quantity remains constant despite the transformation of shape. Children develop conservation ability for number, length, liquid amount, solid amount, space, weight, and volume.