Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In testing, the ratio of the number of test items correctly answered to the number of test items attempted. The ratio of the error of measurement to the true value.  

The occurrence of an event or act by a given time or age.  

The collection or accumulation of hypotheses derived from scientific investigations that were completed.  

A dynamic cue that provides information about the relative distance of objects. The cue is created whenever objects move relative to their background.  

An organization that establishes criteria and standards for judging the quality of an educational institution and its programs. The submits a report concerning the institution’s quality.  

In education, the requirement that teachers specify objectives at the beginning of a course and present evidence of how well learners have achieved these objectives by the end of the course. The obligation to provide, to all concerned, the evidence needed to: (1) establish confidence that the task or duty for which one is responsible…

The tendency to engage in relationships so as to provide maximum pleasure and minimal pain to each participant.  

The adaptation by the person to the assimilated experience. Changes that take place inside the eye to allow us to see close and distant objects clearly. The dioptric adjustment of the eye to attain maximal sharpness of the retinal image of the object of regard. Adjustment of the eye for various distances. Adaptation or adjustment…

A person who experiences a greater number of accidents than would be expected under the circumstances. Frequently injured or at risk for traumatic injury. The validity of this concept is questionable.  

An event that happens by chance, or by unforeseen or remote causes. An unexpected, unplanned event which may involve injury. An unpleasant event which happens suddenly and harms someone’s health. Chance, or something which happens by chance. Unexpected happening, one that results in injury. A n unforeseen occurrence of an unfortunate nature; a mishap.