1 the formulation of a quality assurance policy
2 the description of standards for aspects of quality, such as teachers,
employment conditions, publicity materials, curriculum materials, and
assessment
3 the setting up of procedures to ensure that quality is regularly assessed
4 the recognition of quality when it is attained
5 provision of support and resources to enable quality to be improved if
necessary.quantifier n
in English, a word or phrase which is used with a noun, and which shows
quantity. Some quantifiers in English are: many, few, little, several, much,
a lot of, plenty of, a piece of, a loaf of, three kilograms of, etc.
see also numeral, determiner
quantitative research n
narrowly, any research that uses procedures that gather data in numerical
form. More broadly, the term often implies an approach to research that
aims at causal explanation of phenomena through the identification of
variables which can be made the basis of experimental investigation.
see also experimental method
quantitative research synthesis n
another term for meta-analysis
quasi-ethnographic adj
see ethnography
quasi-experimental design n
a research design that does not meet the most stringent criteria of external
or internal validity, for example, one that has limited generalizability
or one in which the design does not control for all but a single variable.
Because of the complexities of teaching and learning in classrooms, much
quantitative educational research is based on quasi-experimental designs.
question n
an utterance that is addressed to a listener/reader and asks for an expression
of fact, opinion, belief, etc.
In English, questions may be formed:
a by the use of a question word, such as who, what, where, when, why,
how, which
b by the use of an operator, as in Canshe come?, Doyou want to leave?
quantifier