Through the study of both qualitative and quantitative methods used in educational research, students learn to read and interpret educational research literature. The course should be taken at the beginning of the graduate program since it serves as a foundation of graduate study and further study of educational research, statistics, and measurement. This course is designed to introduce experienced classroom teachers to reflective inquiry using collaborative techniques.
Teachers plan, implement, and write up a study conducted in a classroom setting.
This course is designed to meet the research requirement for the Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Teaching and Learning. This advanced methodology course is a culminating seminar for students with sufficient preparation in statistics. While the students in the Introduction to Research course focus on reading and interpreting research, in this course students learn to plan all stages of quantitative studies and actually carry out these plans in miniature studies. 5620 or its equivalent is a key prerequisite. This course provides an introduction to the use of qualitative or interpretive research methods in the collection and analysis of data.