Courses

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• SED RS 500: Res Methods
  
• SED RS 600: Introduction to Research
  Designed to introduce students to social science research methods including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed method approaches to education inquiry. Students will develop skills in conducting literature searches, reading empirical research studies and applying these methods. Students leave the course better able to critically examine research presented in the mass media, critically engage with research in the workplace, and participate in research- based efforts to improve education. 4 cr.
• SED RS 620: Action Research and Practitioner Inquiry
  Overview of the foundations and techniques for conducting action research. Encourages the development of an inquiry stance within the practice of teachers, principals, and other school-based practitioners. Students engage in planning, collecting, and analyzing data through an action research project. 4 cr.
• SED RS 652: Qualitative Research Methods
  The historical and theoretical bases and the techniques for conducting qualitative research. Analysis of the questions for which qualitative research is best suited and how it differs from quantitative research. Consideration of ethical issues in qualitative research. Students critique published research and engage in planning a study, gaining entry, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting the findings. 4 cr.
• SED RS 653: Quantitative Research Methods
  Conceptualization of quantitative research problems. Study descriptive and inferential statistics most commonly used for analyzing data in educational research including t-tests, ANOVAs, multiple comparisons, correlation, regression, and chi square. Emphasis placed on interpretation. Research project requires identifying a problem, gathering and analyzing data, and writing the results in APA format. 4 cr.
• SED RS 654: Educational Inquiry and Proposal Writing
  Overview of foundational questions related to what is important and knowable about educational matters (including issues of objectivity and subjectivity) and how different empirical methods of inquiry respond to such questions. Topics include: standards of believability, persuasiveness, and utility in different kinds of inquiry and the relationships among theoretical, quantitative and qualitative methods in the cycle of scientific discovery. Emphasis is on formulating significant research questions, clarifying important concepts for research, and preparing sound research proposals. Open only to matriculated doctoral students who have completed the prerequisites. 4 cr.
• SED RS 699: Research Apprenticeship
  Collaboration with a faculty member on funded or unfunded research. Particular focus will depend on the stage of design or implementation of the particular study, and may include formulation and refinement or research questions, design of the methodological plan, data collection, analysis, interpretation, and report of findings. Var cr.
• SED RS 710: Resch Seminar
  
• SED RS 750: Advanced Research Seminar
  Provides direction on substantive and procedural issues in the design and conduct of research. Requires students to present drafts of their dissertation proposals for critique in seminar format and to contribute to the constructive criticism of proposals presented by fellow classmates. Graduate Prereq: For doctoral students who have already clarified their research interests and are ready to work on their dissertation proposals. Three graduate-level research courses and consent of instructor. 4 cr.
• SED RS 751: Program Evaluation
  Alternative approaches to evaluation; consideration of stakeholders; specification of multiple outcomes; program monitoring; formative and summative designs; practical guidelines for planning, conducting, reporting, and using evaluations; role of the evaluator; necessary skills; political, ethical, and interpersonal aspects. Applicable to curricular interventions, training programs, social action projects, social policies. Case studies and student proposals are critiqued in seminar. Prereq: Two graduate-level research courses and consent of instructor. Requires some pilot testing. 4 cr.
• SED RS 752: Seminar in Qualitative Research
  This is an advanced qualitative research course designed for doctoral students who have data ready to analyze. Students engage in data analysis, writing, and peer review throughout the course, with a goal of each student completing a full research paper draft by the end of the semester. 4 cr.
• SED RS 753: Causal Design in Education Research
  This course will introduce students to research designs commonly used in education research that plausibly allow for causal claims. Topics include randomized field trials, regression discontinuity, differences-in-differences, and instrumental variables.
• SED RS 799: Doc Res Apprent
  
• SED RS 900: Ind Study
  Prereq: Approval of advisor. Signed plan of study must be submitted in advance of registration on an Independent study form obtained from the SED Office of Records. Variable cr.
• SED RS 999: Dissertation Ad
  
• SED SC 375: Exploring Science Teaching: A Practical Experience
  Students will explore science teaching through observation of secondary school science classrooms and, where possible, through participation in the classroom instruction. Readings discussed in seminar will prepare students to interact in the classroom and to prepare lesson plans. 2 cr.
• SED SC 507: Student-Teaching Half Practicum: Science, 5-8
  Student teaching 5-8: a full-time experience in a selected school under joint supervision of a cooperating practitioner and a University representative. Minimum 150 hours required. Open only to matriculated students who have completed prerequisites. 4 cr.
• SED SC 508: Student-Teaching Half Practicum: Science, 8-12
  Student teaching 8-12 : a full-time experience in a selected school under joint supervision of a cooperating practitioner and a University representative. Minimum 150 hours required. Open only to matriculated students who have completed prerequisites. 4 cr.
• SED SC 509: Student-Teaching Practicum: Science, 5-8
  Student teaching 5-8: a full-time experience in a selected school under joint supervision of a cooperating practitioner and a University representative. Minimum 300 hours required. Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites. 8 cr.
• SED SC 510: Student-Teaching Practicum: Science, 8-12
  Student teaching 8-12: a full-time experience in a selected secondary school under joint supervision of a cooperating practitioner and a University representative. Minimum 300 hours required. Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites. 8 cr.

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