DESIGN OF RESEARCH IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

CURRIC 714

An analysis of differing orientations to evaluation and research. Emphasis on assumptions, attitudes, and expectations of what constitutes scientific knowledge and explanation; relationship of research orientation, methods of inquiry, theory, and practice.

EDPSYCH 710

Planning and conducting empirical research project, with assistance from faculty advisor and course faculty.

EDPOL 603

Examines applied research and evaluation design. Explains the basic components of the research process: conceptualization and measurement, sample selection, and techniques for data generation. Explores and practices research techniques, including survey, focus groups, interviews, etc. Entails a developmental sequence of assignments culminating in a research proposal.

CURRIC 712

Become familiar with faculty, procedures, policy, and the wide range of research in curriculum and instruction.

DS/URBRPL 955

Provides a practical introduction to basic concepts of research question formulation, research designs and alternative methods of inquiry, implications for internal validity of the research and generalizability of the findings, operational definitions and measurement validity, reliability, utility and precision.