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Research Methods & Design EDU 612 3 credits. Don Burwell, Ph.D. Dennis D. Cartwright, Ph.D. Registration MAT I. EDU 612 1 Research Methods & Design 3 MW 9-12 Cartwright EDU 611 Foundations Instructional Leadership - 3 T Th 9-12 Langan EDU 613 Instruction & Technology - 2 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Research Methods & DesignResearch Methods & DesignEDU 612EDU 6123 credits3 credits
Don Burwell, Ph.D.
Dennis D. Cartwright, Ph.D.
Registration MAT IRegistration MAT I
EDU 612 1 Research Methods & Design– 3 MW 9-12 Cartwright
EDU 611 Foundations Instructional Leadership - 3 T Th 9-12 Langan
EDU 613 Instruction & Technology - 2 – M W 1-3 Burwell
Who Are You? Who Are You?
NameWhere is home?What would you be doing this summer if you
were not taking research?Teaching assignmentWhat background/experience do you have in
research/statistics?Interesting facts others may not know
RegistrationRegistrationEDU 612 1 Research Methods & Design
– 3 units M W 8:45-12:00
EDU 504 1 Multicultural Literature for Children and Adolescents 3 units M W 1:00-4:15
EDU 611 1 Foundations of Instructional Leadership 3 Units T TH 9:00-12:00
EDU 613 1 Instruction & Technology 2 Units T TH 12:30-2:30
Research – What is it? Research – What is it?
“Research is a systematic process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information (data) in order to increase our understanding of the phenomenon about which we are interested or concerned” (Leedy & Ormrod, 2005, p.2)
Research (Purpose)Research (Purpose)
Enhance the Quality of DecisionsDocument Results Distribute Findings
ACTION RESEARCHACTION RESEARCH
Answering a questions within the researchers setting
Sample and population are often the same– no random selection
Uses techniques of more formal approaches– Less able to attend to extraneous variables
Less “generalizable”More formative
VariablesVariables
Anything that can take on different values Variables may be held constantTypes
– independent– dependent– extraneous
Research Evaluation CriterionResearch Evaluation Criterion
“Not is it good?”“But is it good for us?
Ellis and Fouts
“No idea, no matter how well researched, is worthwhile outside a context of purpose.”
Validity of a StudyValidity of a Study
Internal– Extent to which results can be interpreted
accuratelyExternal
– Extent to which the results can be generalized to populations
(Wiersma, 2000)
Evaluating ResearchEvaluating Research
Objectivity– Free from bias
Generalizability– Sampling techniques
Replicability– Write up, documentation
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