theoretical orientation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftheoreticalandorientation
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theoretical
adjective
uk/θɪəˈret.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌθiː.əˈret̬.kəl/
based on the ideas that relate to a subject, not the practical uses of ...
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orientation
noun[U]
uk/ˌɔː.ri.enˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɔːr.i.enˈteɪ.ʃən/
the particular things that a person prefers, believes, thinks, or ...
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Alternatively, a manualized and structured therapy may have brought about more improvement or a therapy using a differenttheoreticalorientation.
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The reader will note the similarities and differences in psychosocial approaches depending on age group,theoreticalorientation, and whether the family is involved in treatment.
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The 'theoreticalorientation' of the book apparently means testing of hypotheses that have been advanced in previous research.
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Social constructionism is atheoreticalorientationthat underpins new critical research agenda in many disciplines.
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In the early part of the century, empiricism provided the dominanttheoreticalorientationto knowledge.
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Ourtheoreticalorientationsuggests a different, yet complementary approach in terms of consistency principles.
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The second section introduces thetheoreticalorientationof the paper.
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The age of the material is also reflected in the bibliography, which influences thetheoreticalorientation.
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First, a more explicit statement concerning thetheoreticalorientationadopted by the editors would have been welcome.
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There are many different viewpoints about the general causes of anxiety, depending upon the author'stheoreticalorientation.
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As the term "laboratory phonology" implies, empirical work dominates here, but there is a strongtheoreticalorientation.
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These methodological similarities reflect deeper similarities intheoreticalorientation.
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As the previous examples demonstrate, ecology as atheoreticalorientationis extremely valuable.
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The emphasis is on data-based crosscultural research with atheoreticalorientation.
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A variety of research strategies share thetheoreticalorientationdescribed above.
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This is one of several occasions where one wonders why a study emphasizing itstheoreticalorientation would wish to argue without and not within some specific linguistic theory.
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Regardless oftheoreticalorientation, both the semantic-oriented approach and the form-oriented approach must eventually address the question of how learner grammars become increasingly targetlike.
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Clinicians whosetheoreticalorientationfocuses on the intergenerational transmission of behavior patterns through parent - child relationships are more likely to get involved in parent support, education, or training.
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As atheoreticalorientationto discourse analysis as a research perspective - and the perspective of the researcher in this work - the first chapter is a bit sparse.
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A promisingtheoreticalorientationis neoliberal institutionalism.
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