Consideration of current issues and formal and informal assessment of the young child. No credit in EDPS 341 Assessment of the Young Child. One graduate course in early childhood education. Includes analysis of variance and covariance, multivariate correlational and regression analysis, factor analysis, and other multivariate procedures. Critical appraisal of published research.
Emphasis is on the understanding of advanced empirical methods in education.
Topics included are measurement procedures, research designs, data analyses and interpretations, and the use of the computer terminal. An experimental course for subject matter not provided in other departmental offerings. The content will change from semester to semester. Students may elect this course several times as long as different topics are studied. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.