EDF 3443 Measurement and Evaluation in the Classroom

Basic concepts in educational measurement, utilizing measurement in instruction, construction of teacher-made tests and other classroom assessments, portfolio and performance assessment, interpretation of standardized test scores.
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EDF 4481 Applications of Educational Research

This course provides the competencies required for understanding, evaluating, and utilizing quantitative and qualitative research in education and behavioral sciences.  Topics include research questions/purposes, research design, sampling; measurement and data collection, data analysis techniques, and evaluation of the quality of inferences based on the results. 

EDF 5432 Measurement and Evaluation in Education (proposed new number EDF 6443)

This course provides the competencies required for the design, construction or selection, and evaluation of measuring instruments.  It will include detailed examination of theoretical and applied issues related to measuring cognitive, affective, and behavioral domains. Topics include measurement validity and reliability, test bias, item analysis, teacher-made tests, and interpretation of standardized test results. 

EDF 5443 Measurement and Evaluation in the Classroom

Basic concepts in educational measurement, utilizing measurement in instruction, construction of teacher-made tests and other classroom assessments, portfolio and performance assessment, interpretation of standardized test scores.
For MAT students only
Prerequisite:  None 

EDF 5481 Foundations of Educational Research

This course provides the competencies required for a critical understanding, evaluation, and utilization of published educational research.  The course covers quantitative as well as qualitative research methods. Topics include problem formulation and refinement; research design, sampling; measurement and data collection, data analysis techniques, and the inference process.

EDF 6488 Practicum in Field/Action Research in Education (Under Development)

EDF6472 Educational Research Methodology: Introduction to Data Analysis:

This is the first part of a two-semester sequence (EDF 6472, EDF 6486) in quantitative data analysis.  It provides the competencies required for analyzing and presenting the findings of quantitative educational research.   Topics include descriptive presentation of data, bivariate correlation and regression, hypothesis testing (t-test, and an introduction to Analysis of Variance), and analysis of frequency data (chi-square test of goodness of fit and association).  Competencies also include using SPSS software package for analyzing numerical data.
prerequisites: EDF 5481
This course is offered at UP each Fall, and at the Pines Campus each Summer

EDF 6475 Qualitative Foundations of Educational Research

This course is designed to provide doctoral students with the methods and procedures of qualitative
research in education.  Topics will include philosophical issues in qualitative research, conceptualizing qualitative research questions, choosing appropriate research designs, collecting qualitative data, manual and computerized analysis of qualitative data, and drawing inferences.
Prerequisites: EDF 6481. 

EDF 6481 Educational Research Methodology

This course is designed to provide doctoral students with an in-depth analysis of the methods and procedures of research in education.  Topics will include conceptualizing educational research, writing research proposals, constructing measurement instruments, collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, and drawing inferences.  Students who successfully complete the course will be able to make proper decisions regarding appropriate designs and methods for investigating different research questions, and will be able to plan and implement a research project for their dissertations.
Prerequisites: EDF 5481 and EDF 6472.  

EDF 6486 Advanced Data Analysis in Quantitative Educational Research

This is the second part of a two-semester course in quantitative data analysis.  It provides the
competencies required for data analysis in complex educational research designs, including
experimental and quasi-experimental, relationship and prediction studies, and longitudinal designs.
Topics include detailed discussion of analysis of variance and covariance as well as multiple correlation and regression. Competencies also include using SPSS software package for testing hypotheses in complex educational research designs.
Prerequisites: EDF 6481 and EDF 6472.
This course is offered at UP each Spring, and at Pines Campus each Fall semester.
 

EDF 6487 Field Research for Educators

This course is the first part of a two-semester sequence in applied/action research.  During the course, the students will identify a research/evaluation topic in school setting, will write a complete implementable research/evaluation proposal, perform the pilot study, and prepare all procedures for data collection (to be done in the second semester, as a part of EDF 6488).   Presentation
of a complete proposal is one of the requirements for passing the course, in addition to  exams and other requirement for the course. 
Prerequisite: Successful completion of EDF 5481 with a grade of B- or higher

EDF 7403 Data Analysis in Multivariate Educational Research:

Design of multivariate research projects in education.  The course focuses on applications of multivariate data analysis to educational research using  a non-matrix approach.

Titles include multivariate analysis of variance and covariance, multivariate correlation and regression, factor, reliability, and discriminant function analysis. Hands-on activities involve using SPSS for analyzing multivariate data.
Prerequisites: EDF 6481 and EDF 6486.  

EDF 6476 Advanced Qualitative Methods for Educational Research

This course will build on the general skills and knowledge regarding qualitative research methodology obtained in EDF 6481 and EDF 6475. It provides doctoral students with the advanced research design and procedures for conducting qualitative research.
Prerequisites: EDF 6481 and EDF 6475.  

EDF 7482  Supervised Practicum in Educational Research and Evaluation

This course provides advanced doctoral students with applied hands-on experience in research and evaluation. Doctoral students at the College of Education who need a cognate in educational research would benefit from such an applied course.  The practical set of skills, knowledge and attitudes dealt with in this course is centered around designing research projects for answering research and evaluation questions using many of the skills and the knowledge students will have obtained through the research sequence and other courses in their programs. Included among these are collecting and analyzing data, interpretation of the results, and making policy and program recommendations. The culminating experience, writing a complete research paper, is an invaluable professional activity for the students who take this course. 

EDF 7483:  Seminar in Mixed Methodology

This is an advanced doctoral course in research methodology, devoted entirely to detailed discussion and examination of issues and techniques in mixed methods and mixed model designs.  Mixed methods have gained popularity in the last decade of the 20th Century.  The current course engages in a critical examination of issues and dilemmas in the conceptualization and utilization of these designs.  Discussions include the pragmatic utility of mixed methods, research questions in mixed methods research, mixed sampling, collection and analysis of mixed data, making inferences on the basis of the results, and evaluaiton/improvement of inferences.
Prerequisites: EDF6475 and EDF6481.
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EDF 7492 Educational Program Evaluation

This course is designed to provide doctoral students with the methods and procedures of program evaluation in education.  Topics include evaluation levels/models/designs, issues, data collection and analysis, stakeholder analysis, evaluator role, ethical/legal issues in evaluation of educational programs, and proposal and report writing.
Prerequisites: EDF6475, EDF6486 and EDF6481.

EDP 7980 Doctoral Dissertation in Educational Psychology and Research