This advanced seminar investigates contemporary questions and movements in the field of cultural studies. Permission of the instructor. Repeatable up to 9 credit hours. This course is a comprehensive overview of topics related to research as it is applied to educational settings. Emphasis is placed upon methods of quantitative and qualitative research, especially in regard to applied and basic research in education.
Emphasis is placed in application of statistics in educational research situations.
EDUR 8131 or its equivalent. Repeatable up to 9 credit hours. This course provides detailed coverage of concepts and skills necessary for proper construction of valid classroom tests. Also covered are portfolio development and assessment, performance assessments, standardized score interpretation, and methods for establishing validity and reliability. Also presented are factors that affect the internal and external validity of such designs with special attention directed to those threats that are common to educational research.