CUR 526: Educational Research for Practitioners
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course introduces students to the concepts and skills needed by educational practitioners in accessing, critically reviewing, and designing research. These skills include the use of electronic databases, synthesizing research for application in instruction and training, developing objectives to evaluate both progress and process, and collecting and analyzing data within an educational context. Students are required to design an action research project that is relevant to their specialization
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This course introduces students to the concepts and skills needed by educational practitioners in accessing, critically reviewing, and designing research. These skills include the use of electronic databases, synthesizing research for application in instruction and training, developing objectives to evaluate both progress and process, and collecting and analyzing data within an educational context. Students are required to design an action research project that is relevant to their specialization
Click Here to view course syllabus
Click Here to view course reflections
Each assignment below takes you to a page that contains a link to the assignments, a description and my reflection on the assignment.
Assignments:Assignment 1: Draft of Purpose
Assignment 2: Needs Assessment Instrument Assignment 3: Annotated Bibliography Assignment 4: Literature Review + Reference List Assignment 5: Needs Assessment Report Assignment 6: Methods section of Concept Paper Assignment 7: Evaluation Plan for Concept Paper Assignment 8: Concept Paper Assignment 9: Concept Paper Presentation |
Instructor:Dr. Mark Quintana
Fall 2011 Semester |
