Credit will be commensurate with time spent in the instructional setting. Special topics in methods and material for improving the teaching of social studies in middle, junior high, and high school. May be repeated. An introduction to statistical methods needed for basic data analysis in education. Includes an introduction to distribution of variables, measures of central tendency, variability, hypothesis testing, and correlation techniques.
Emphasis is placed on theoretical and computational skills.
Methods and procedures in educational research. Construction of classroom tests and other evaluation devices, and teacher uses of standardized tests. Designed for master s level teacher training students who have no undergraduate course in measurement. Students receiving undergraduate credit for EDUC P407 or equivalent will not receive graduate credit for P507. Gives experience in constructing and analyzing teacher-made tests, and administering, analyzing, and evaluating standardized tests.