Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Inferences of values made from the goals, purposes, aspirations, etc., of a community, as opposed to the values themselves.  

The teaching/learning method dealing with techniques that help learners clarify their ethical, moral, and social relationships.  

One’s beliefs about moral, ethical, and social relationships. The amount of a specific substance or the magnitude of an entity. Standards, beliefs, and ideals that are important to a person and help the person clarify what he or she believes is right or wrong.  

A statement as to how one ought to behave in a community under particular circumstances.  

Reflective of the ranking, in order of importance, that a group or community places upon its values.  

Differing or opposing thoughts and actions that a person sometimes finds when he or she reexamines his or her values.  

Any assumption as to the nature of right and wrong or good and bad.  

Things, behaviors, or qualities that have worth to persons. The degree to which something is useful or necessary. A number or amount that is unknown and is shown as a symbol.  

The term applied to a test that measures what it is intended to measure. The degree to which data or results of a study are correct or true; the extent to which a situation as observed reflects the true situation. The fact of being based on sound research and methods which exclude alternative explanations of…

A procedure in determining whether a test measures the qualities, criteria, predictions, or correlations that it is intended to measure. To ensure that the item in question is valid and correct.