Category: T

The process employed by some groups for determining which textbooks meet their standard, and forcing states or school districts to reject others that may not present the groups’ views on a subject as they would like.  

A publication of a specific educational discipline that contains the standard information and logical order of learning related to the subject matter. A book which is used by students.  

In vitro fertilization.  

A misnomer. A small glass tube with a rounded bottom, used in laboratories to hold samples of liquids. A tube of thin glass closed at one end, which is used for observing chemical reactions or for bacterial culture. A glass tube closed at one end. It is used in laboratory sciences to hold chemicals and…

A method of establishing reliability that involves giving the test twice to the same sample of persons.  

A graphic indication of a person’s performance on several components of a test. This is frequently useful for guidance or clinical evaluation as it indicates which abilities or traits are relatively high or low for that person.  

The male gonad that produces spermatozoa and testosterone (pi. testes, testicles). One of two male sex glands in the scrotum. Testes, either of a pair of male gonads, or sex glands, that produces sperm and secretes androgens. The adult testes, each about 1½ inches (4 centimeters) long and oval-shaped, are suspended in the scrotum below…

A form of play that allows children to test their physical skills, emotional reactions, and ability to cope with different situations.  

A claim by the user of a product or procedure that it is effective. An individual’s personal recommendation of a product.  

A condition in which a person has the external genitals of a female, but the internal organs of a male. The development of female sex characteristics in a male. An affected individual is genetically male, with XY sex chromosomes, at the time of conception. Normally, in an XY fetus, male hormones called androgens cause male…