EDUC 9300 - Educational Research

3 cr.

This course focuses on past and current qualitative and quantitative research practices in education. Theories, research and implications for instructional practice are emphasized. Candidates learn how to be educated consumers of research, how to use of data tools such as Excel, and they examine the development of classroom school-based action research, and various methodologies associated with educational research. Candidates also develop an understanding of longitudinal studies, sampling procedures, and research bias evaluating competing approaches.