Focus is on the inclusion model. A study of various methods and procedures in research as applied to the field of education. A course to acquaint the student with current rends in teaching beginning reading, content reading, developmental reading, philosophy of reading, current reading research, and an examination of phonetic, basal, linguistic, and whole word approaches to reading. Preparation of a capstone educational research activity carried out as a result of a proposal developed in EDUC 540. Demonstration of graduate level competencies in the integration of research questions, literature review, and methodology and data analysis in assessing issues that are important to teaching and learning.
Instructor gives final written approval of research project to program director.
A study of the learning process and application of this information to teaching with emphasis upon cognitive and personality development, individual differences, information processing, learning theories and motivation. All rights reserved.