College of Education Research Courses
Overview of research/foundations of research/survey courses
Overview of Research/Foundations of Research/Survey Courses
| CoE COURSE | CROSS LIST | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | INSTRUCTOR | PRE-REQS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATED 507 (Online) | Research and Evaluation in Adult Education | Guided discussion and reading in selected research and evaluation methods and trends as applied in adult education settings. | (Online and through World Campus) | ATED 460 | |
| ATED 532 (Online) | Research and Evaluation in Distance Education | Study of previous, current, and needed research strategies, and issues concerning evaluation in distance education. | (Online and through World Campus) | none | |
| ATED 580 | Adult Education Research Seminar | A seminar dealing with specific research topics and methods in adult education. Open to advanced students in adult education. | (usually offered at Harrisburg campus) | ATED 507; EDPSY 400; EDPSY 475 | |
| ATED 588 (Online) | Professional Seminar: Research and Adult Education | Review of research in adult education, current and past, with analysis of its directions, effects, methodology, quality, financing, and prospects. | (Online and through World Campus) | ATED 460; ATED507 | |
| CI 400 | Introduction to Research Literature | Introduction to research literature and methodology; stress on interpretation, sources, and research reporting. | student teaching or teaching experience | ||
| CI 597A | HI ED 597 A EDLDR 597A/ EDTHP 597D |
Foundations of Education (CI) Foundations of Research (HIED/EDLDR/EDTHP) |
An overview of a variety of approaches to educational research within the context of the Educatioon Science Reform Act of 2002. | D. Evensen, P. Shannon | none |
| CN ED 526 | Research in Counselor Education | Evaluating counselor education research from scientist-practitioner perspective; emphasis on how to develop and use research with an applied focus. | S. Woodhouse | none | |
| CSA 504 | Research and Assessment in Student Affairs | This course provides the basic knowledge and skills necessary to plan, design, implement, and evaluation assessment programs in student affairs. | S. Rankin | none | |
| EDLDR 580 | The Use of Theory in EDADM | Critical analysis of current theories, problem findings and hypothesis formulation. | N. Prestine | EDLDR 480; 6 credits in EDLDR | |
| EDLDR 581 | Field Research in Educational Leadership | Field study and qualitative methods in research on educational organizations. | N. Prestine | EDLDR 480; 6 credits in EDLDR | |
| EDLDR 585 | EDTHP 585, HI ED 585 | Research Design: Implications for Decisions in Higher Education | A capstone course on research design and analytical approaches to support decision-making in administration and policy-making. | K. Schafft and K. Bodovski | EDPSY 400 & EDPSY 406 OR AG 400 & RSOC 573 |
| EDTHP 597 | special topic | Quantitative Studies in Education | Reviews existing quantitative studies in education with the emphasis on methods used, theoretical and practical implications. | K. Bodovski | none |
| INSYS 545 | Research in Instructional Computing | The critical analysis of research in instructional computing and the application of research methodologies in instructional computing research. | EDPSY 475 OR INSYS 575 | ||
| INSYS 583 | Survey of Research in Instructional Systems and Technology | Analysis and evaluation of research in domains of instructional systems and technology. | B. Grabowski | PhD or EdD candidacy | |
| LLED 597 | Research in Language and Literacy Education | Cooperative design and study of research in language and literacy education. | CI 400 OR EDPSY 400 | ||
| SCIED 558 | Research Problems in Science Teaching | Problems and research dealing with curriculum, materials, evaluation, and supervision of science teaching and learning. | SCIED 412 OR SCIED 458; teaching experience | ||
| SPLED 573 | Introduction to Research in Special Education | A seminar to review and design research in special education. | D. Lee | SPLED 454 | |
| SS ED 533 | Research in the Teaching of Social Studies | Procedures and methods of research for the teaching of social studies, strategies of investigation, and review of research literature. | S. Metzger | 12 credits in Social Sciences at 400 or 500 level & teaching experience | |
| WF ED 550 | Research in Workforce Education | Research techniques in workforce education. | D. Passmore | none |
Qualitative Research
| CoE COURSE | CROSS LIST | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | INSTRUCTOR | PRE-REQS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADTED 550 | Qualitative Research in Adult Education | Introduction to the theory, principles, and practice of qualitative research. | I. Baptiste and F. Schied (two sections) | none | |
| ADTED 551 | Qualitative Data Analysis | Students learn to analyze data qualitatively by engaging in, and continuously reflecting on the process. | I. Baptiste (usually offered 1st summer session only) | ADTED 550 & INSYS 574 | |
| ADTED 552 | Participatory Action Research | Examines origins, historical development, main characteristics, methodological assumptions and models, practice of participatory action research adult education and community development. | L. Semali | none | |
| CI 501 | Teaching as Inquiry | Course guides teachers to develop systematic inquires into effective teaching and learning. | Stephanie Serriere; Jamie Myers | none | |
| CI 502 | Qualitative Research in Curriculum and Instruction I | Presentation of theoretical and practical issues related to designing and proposing qualitative research concerning curriculum, teaching and/or learning. | G. Kelly; K. Powell; K. Collins | none | |
| CN PSY 497A | Observational Research | Counseling psychology research, including observation of at-risk families and use of a variety of coding systems to study parenting processes, and self/emotion regulation in children and adults, and supervised on an individual basis. | E. Skowron | ||
| EDLDR 581 | Field Research in Educational Leadership | Field study and qualitative methods in research on educational organizations. | N. Prestine | EDLDR 480; 6 credits EDLDR | |
| EDLDR 586 | EDTHP 586, HI ED 586 | Qualitative Methods in Educational Research | Exploration of the theoretical framework undergirding qualitative research and its attendant practices and techniques. | G. LeTendre; D. Evensen; K. Schafft (varies) | none |
| EDLDR 588 | EDTHP 588, HI ED 588 | Qualitative methods in Educational Research II | Advanced study of methods involved in executing and analyzing qualitative research in education. | D. Evensen | EDLDR 586 |
| INSYS 574 | Applied Qualitative Research for Work Practice, Innovation, and Systems Design | Investigates qualitative research paradigms and methodologies; develops skills in use of ethnographic methods in work practice, innovation and systems design. | A. Carr-Chellman | Any introductory research design course (i.e. ADTED 550) OR instructor permission | |
| LLED 503 | ENGL 503 | Research Methods in Composition | Introduction to the issues and methods of empirical research in composition. | none | |
| LLED 597C | Research in Children's Literature | Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term. | none | ||
| SS ED 533 | Research in the Teaching of Social Studies | Procedures and methods of research for the teaching of social studies, strategies of investigation, and review of research literature. | S. Metzger | 12 credits in Social Sciences at 400 or 500 level & teaching experience |
Quantitative Research
| CoE COURSE | CROSS LIST | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | INSTRUCTOR | PRE-REQS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDPSY 400 | Introduction to Statistics in Educational Research | The foundations of statistical techniques used in educational research; distributions, central tendency, variability, correlation, regression, probability, sampling, hypothesis testing. | R. Sperling | none | |
| EDPSY 406 | Applied Statistical Inference for the Behavioral Sciences | Common techniques (parametric) covered through two-factor analysis of variance (independent samples); hypothesis testing, confidence interval, power, robustness; MINITAB frequently used. | Cristin Hall | ED PSY 400 OR STAT 200 | |
| EDPSY 450 | PSYCH 404 | Principles of Measurement | Scale transformation, norms, standardization, validation procedures, estimation of reliability. | H. Suen | EDPSY 400 OR PSYCH 200 OR PSYCH 100 & STAT 200 |
| EDPSY 475 | Introduction to Educational Research | Scientific method; classes of variables in educational research; the measurement of classroom behavior; survey, predictive, and experimental studies. | H. Suen | EDPSY 400 | |
| EDPSY 506 | Advanced Techniques for Analyzing Educational Experiments | Analytical and experimental control considerations for designs involving nested and/or crossed subjects. Analysis of variance and multiple comparisons via computers. | Pui-Wa Lei | EDPSY 406 OR PSYCH 400 | |
| EDPSY 507 | Multivariate Procedures in Educational Research | Introduction to matrix algebra, computer programming, multiple regression analysis, multiple and canonical correlation, multiple discriminant analysis, classification procedures, factor analysis. | R. Stevens | EDPSY 406 OR PSYCH 400 | |
| EDPSY 554 | Theories of Psychological Measurement | Basic true-score and error models; their extensions to test reliability and test validity; problems of item analysis and weighting. | Hoi Suen | EDPSY 450 | |
| EDPSY 555 | CI ED 555 | Validity of Assessment Results | Concepts, issues, and methods of validation of educational and psychological assessment including models and approaches to validation, bias, and utility. | Hoi Suen | EDPSY 406; EDPSY 450 |
| EDTHP 597A | Quantitative Studies in Education | Reviews existing quantitative studies in education with the emphasis on methods used, theoretical and practical implications. | K. Bodovski | none | |
| EDTHP 597A | Improving Educational Writing for Proposals and Publication | Focus on the components of high-quality academic writing for educational research with a special emphasis on ways to improve the writing process. | none | ||
| INSYS 575 | Designing Experimental Research in Instructional Systems | Designing research studies in Instructional Systems of a quantitative and experimental nature. Will result in a research proposal. | F. Dwyer | none | |
| SPLED 505 | Single-Case Research | Overview of research methods associated with collecting and evaluating repeated measures on single cases. | D. Lee/R. Kubina | none |
Mixed Methods
| CoE COURSE | CROSS LIST | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | INSTRUCTOR | PRE-REQS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI 500 | Multiple and Mixed methods in Curriculum Inquiry | Multiple and mixed methods of inquiry to investigate problems in the practice of curriculum and instruction. | none | ||
| EDLDR 589 | Mixed Methods in Educational and Social Scientific Research | This course considers the epistemological and paradigmatic implications of mixed methods research within educational and other social scientific research contexts. | none |
Research Activity/Production
| CoE COURSE | CROSS LIST | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | INSTRUCTOR | PRE-REQS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI 503 | Qualitative Research in Curriculum and Instruction II | Considers forms of qualitative data, data analyses, procedures to generate data relationships, interpretation, and presentation of data. | K. Powell/J. Myers | CI 502 | |
| CN PSY 597B | Research Practicum to Counseling Psychology | Provides orientation to CNPSY program including policies & requirements. Course is part of sequence designed to assist student complete a successful dissertation proposal. | S. Woodhouse | none | |
| HI ED 585 | EDLDR 585/EDTHP 585 | Research Design: Implications for Decisions in Higher Education | A capstone course on research design and analytical approaches to support decision-making in administration and policy-making. | K. Schafft, K. Bodovski | EDPSY 400 & EDPSY 406 OR AG 400 & RSOC 573 |
| HI ED 594 | Research Topics | Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis. | D. Evensen, R. Geiger | none |