Strategies for Educational Inquiry


Y520, Section 5982

Tuesdays 1:00 - 3:45 pm

Wright 1006


Welcome to the home page for Y520, Section 5982, Strategies for Educational Inquiry, an introductory graduate course in research methods.

Click on the word "syllabus" to see the syllabus. The links below will lead you to articles for critiquing, readings, lecture notes, overhead slides, article critique forms, questions for articles, links to other web sites, and other materials that you may find useful.

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Week 1: Introduction to Educational Research - September 3

Week 2: Developing a Research Plan - September 10

Week 3: Measurement & Correlation - September 17

Week 4: Introduction to Qualitative Methods - September 24

Week 5: Qualitative Data Analysis - October 1

Week 6: Surveys for Data Collection - October 8

Week 7: Correlational & Causal Comparative - October 15

Week 8: Single Subject & Experimental Designs - October 22

Week 9: Experimental Designs - October 29

Week 10: Descriptive Statistics - November 5

Week 11: Descriptive Statistics continues - November 12

Week 12: Inferential Statistics - November 19

Week 13: Inferential Statistics continues - November 19

Week 14: Evaluating Research - December 3

Week 15: Read Group Project Reports - December 3 & 10