Strategies for Educational Inquiry
Y520, Section 6342
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Welcome to the home page for Y520, Section 6342, 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 - January 17
Week 2: Developing a Research Plan - January 18
Week 3: Measurement & Data Collection - January 31
Week 4: Sampling & Threats to Internal & External Validity - February 1
Week 5: Experimental & Quasi-Experimental Designs - February 14
Week 6: Additional Designs & Qualitative Approaches - February 15
Week 7: Historical, Content Analysis, Mixed Methods - February 28
Week 8: Descriptive Statistics - February 29
Week 9: Inferential Statistics - March 27
Week 10: Inferential Statistics - March 28
Week 11: Qualitative Data Analysis - April 17
Week 12: Practice Quiz/Test-like events - April 18
Week 13: Evaluating Research - May 1
Week 14: Presentations of Research - May 2