EDU738: Educ. Research Across the Curriculum
'... that Truth is not a colored bird to be chased among the rocks and captured by its tail, but a skeptical attitude toward life.' from "Arrowsmith" by Sinclair Lewis
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Course by Week - Spring
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Week #1 1/19/23
Week #2 1/23/23
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Lecture - Ways of Knowing
Week #3 1/30/23
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Lecture - Overview of the Research Process
Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals
Cornell UniversityCritically Analyzing Information Sources: Critical Appraisa
Steps for Forming Groups
Week #4 2/6/23
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Hampshire College Informed Consent
Lecture - Informed Consent
Steps for Forming Groups
Week #5 2/13/23
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Lecture - What Makes a Good Problem Statement
Lecture - The Research Plan Copy
Penn State - Formulating Problem Statements
Newman and Covrig article: Building Consistency
Week #6 2/20/23
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Lecture - Writing Hypotheses & Researh Questions
Week #7 2/27/23
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Lecture - Survey Research & Survey Design
Survey Design Tutorial
Using Open-Ended Survey Items
Week #8 3/6/23
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Lecture Research Design Experimental & Quasi-Experimental
Lecture Using Web-Based Tools to Create Surveys
Week #9 3/13/23 SPRING BREAK
Week #10 3/20/23
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Lecture - Analyzing Data & Presenting Findings (pt #1)
Lecture - Analyzing Data & Presenting Findings (pt #2)
Week #11 3/27/23
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Lecture - Reliability and Validity
Lecture - Writing the Review of Research Literature and Methods Sections
Looking at Test Item Development - MCAS Items
Week #12 4/3/23
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Lecture Probability
Procedures for Data Collection
Week #13 4/10/23
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Example - Group's Write-up of 1-tailed t-test
Lecture Writing the Results Section
Week #14 4/17/23
Week #15 4/24/23
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Lecture - Qualitative Research Methods
RJ Woods - Qualitative Research Quidelines - excerpts
Selected NVivo Tutorials
Week #16 5/1/23
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Lecture - Evaluation Research and Action Research Methods
Lecture - Looking Forward & Back
Week #17 5/8/23 Finish & Relax
Assignments & Quizzes
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Assignment #1 - Abstracts and Overall Summary of Primary Research Studies
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Assignment #1 - Overview and Exemplars
Assignment #2: Research Plan - Problem Statement & Research Questions & Hypotheses
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Example Problem Statement
Annotated Examples of a Problem Statement
Example of a Well-Formed Hypothesis
Example of a Well-Formed Correlational Hypothesis
Example of an Ambiguous Researh Hypothesis
Research Questions versus Hypotheses
Assignment #3: IRB Application
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IRB Application Questions
Evaluating and addressing emotional risks in survey research
Steps to Completing SSU's Online Application
Sample Informed Consent Form
Sample of Submitted IRB Application
CITI Training
Guidelines for SurveyMonkey and Inviting Participants
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Steps to Embed Informed Consent into SurveyMonkey
Sample email invitation
Assignment #4: Reserch Plan - Review of Reserch & Methods Sections
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Sample of Student Work - Review of the Literature
Annotated Example Review of Prior Research
Structuring the Review of Prior Research
Methods Section Annotated Example
Assignment #5: Final Report Presentation & Write-Up
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Adding Narration to Presentations (PowerPoint & Keynote)
Writing the Discussion Section
Links to Quizzes
Using the EDU 738 Discussion Forum
Inserting Images to the EDU738 Discussion Forum
Getting a Gmail Account
Installing SKYPE
Basics of Using SKYPE
Using GoogleDocs - Introduction
Survey Monkey Creating a Survey
Survey Monkey Analysis Tools
Using MS Word to Add Your Signiture
GoogleDocs - Converting Files During Uploading
Survey Monkey - Moving Data to Google Sheets (pt 1)
Survey Monkey - Moving Data to Google Sheets (pt 2)
GoogleSheets - Uploading and Cleaning Data