Teaching Non-Linguistic Specialties Students of the Main Types of Work with a Scientific Text in the Study of the Discipline "Professional Foreign Language"

Construct Validity -- seeks an agreement between a theoretical concept and a specific measuring device, such as observation.

Constructivism -- the idea that reality is socially constructed. It is the view that reality cannot be understood outside of the way humans interact and that the idea that knowledge is constructed, not discovered. Constructivists believe that learning is more active and self-directed than either behaviorism or cognitive theory would postulate.

Content Analysis -- the systematic, objective, and quantitative description of the manifest or latent content of print or nonprint communications.

Context Sensitivity -- awareness by a qualitative researcher of factors such as values and beliefs that influence cultural behaviors.

Control Group -- the group in an experimental design that receives either no treatment or a different treatment from the experimental group. This group can thus be compared to the experimental group.