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Session 1 - Monday, 13 Jan
Before class
- Log into CourseSite, poke around. I will have copies of the syllabus printed and available for you.
During class (ppt)
- Introductions
- Syllabus, assignments
- Getting started on course concepts
- Reading and discussing Zimbardo et al., 1981
- Research paradigms
- Exposing the essence of a piece of research: UTOS (and all its permutations)
After class
- Reading
- Schweiber, 2008
- Pick one (or read both) Boster et al. article
- Assignments
- Complete and turn in your Mission Statement. Don't forget to include a copy of your 'best' (to date) piece of scholarly writing.
Session 2 - Monday, 20 Jan
Before class
- Complete reading
- Turn in Mission Statement (in CourseSite). Include your 'best' piece of academic writing.
During class (ppt)
- Intros / re-intros for new folks / old folks
- Housekeeping – probs with turning in work?
- Conceptual work
- Let's watch a video! Or maybe two!
- Discussing the reading. Let's get into the
- Research methods and paradigm
- UTOS
- How to read a research study
- Closure
After class
- Reading: Read at least TWO of the following
- MacQuarrie et al., 2002
- Klopfer & Squire, 2008
- Reich, 2009
- Kingsley & Boone, 2008
- Assignments
- Work on your final project!
- Get started on your research article analyses and/or your instrument analyses
Session 3 - Monday, 27 Jan
Before class
- Complete reading
- Check to make sure you got your returned Mission Statement
During class (ppt)
- Housekeeping – did you get your Mission Statement back? Why a PDF? Why green?
- Conceptual work: Four flavors of experiment
- A moment to consider the cultural loadings of some of our terms: experiment, science
- Building upon an experience from my own doc program: What's the difference between an experiment and a quasi-experiment?
- Pair, discuss, categorize
- Re-group, defend / probe decisions
- Closure
After class
- Reading – read TWO of the following
- Pianta et al., 2002
- Schmidt et al., 2009
- Barton, 2009
- Assignments
- Work on your final project!
- Work on your research article analyses and/or your instrument analyses. Which are you planning to turn in first?
( Class canceled due to weather on Monday, Feb 3 )
Session 4 - Monday, 10 Feb
Before class
- Complete reading
During class (ppt)
- Housekeeping
- Revised calendar (but not yet course record! Sorry!)
- Upcoming assignments
- Signing up for presentation slots
- Conceptual work
- Discussing reading
- How to categorize?
- Critique: Which one is the 'weaker' study? Why?
- Discussing your own research
- Discussing reading
- Closure
- Prepping for next week's reading
After class
- Reading
- Hammond, 2010
- Smith & Niemi, 2001
- Skim at least one NAEP report.
- Peruse the NAEP questions database.
- Assignments
- Complete and turn in at least one of your two intermediate assignments (either the article analyses or the instrument analyses)
- Keep working on your final project!
- Tell me about your presentation preference and topic via this Google form.
Session 5 - Monday, 17 Feb
Before class
- Complete the reading.
During class (ppt)
- Housekeeping
- Conceptual work – for reference during discussion
- Closure
After class
- Reading
Barab, 2006 – does this link work?
DBR Collective, 2003
Wang & Hannafin, 2005
- Assignments – just work on your final project!
Session 6 - Monday, 24 Feb
Before class
- Complete readings
During class (ppt)
- Housekeeping
- Conceptual work
- DBR examples
- Jasper Woodbury
- Marcia Linn's work spans lots of things, but here's WISE.
- Chris Dede's work also spans lots of things (!); here are a few
- Sasha Barab talks about two of his projects in his chapter
- Inquiry Learning Forum – but I don't think this exists anymore.
- Quest Atlantis.
- Useful links for counter-artifacts
- Scientifically-based research: You can read the ur-text, a 2002 conference, but it's best encapsulated by this slide from a presentation about Reading First.
- What Works Clearinghouse.
- Best Evidence Encyclopedia.
- DBR examples
- Closure
After class
- Reading
- Skim Friedman & Heafner, 2007; read Heafner & Friedman, 2008 with a little more attention.
- Read Wouters, van Nimwegen, van Oostendorp, van der Spek, 2013 – both as a discussion of the same issue (retention), and as an example of a meta-analysis
- ...and bring to class your own favorite research piece that addresses time / retention.
- Assignments
- Complete mission statement #2 (i.e., update #1)
- Work on next interstitial assignment
- Work on final project!
Monday, Mar 3 - Lehigh University Spring Break - NO CLASS
Session 7 - Monday, 10 Mar
Before class
- Complete reading
During class (ppt)
- Housekeeping
- Conceptual work
- Closure
After class
- Reading
- Wineburg, 2004
- Hammond, Bodzin, & Alexander, 2012
- Take a look through the methods links in the course bookmarks
- Assignments
Session 8 - Monday, 17 Mar – SITE Conference; no class session
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Session 9 - Monday, 24 Mar
Before class
- Complete reading
During class (ppt)
- Housekeeping
- Conceptual work
- Links to test databases.
- Closure
After class
- Reading
- Schwartz, Bransford, & Sears, 2004
- Optional: Schwartz & Bransford, 1999
- Assignments
Session 10 - Monday, 31 Mar
Before class
- Complete reading
During class (ppt)
- Housekeeping
- Conceptual work: Transfer
- Presentation: Cara
- Closure
After class
- Reading: none!
- Assignments
- (Prep for presentation, as needed)
- Work on final paper!
Session 11 - Monday, 7 Apr
Before class
- Complete reading
During class (ppt)
- Housekeeping
- Presentations
- Julie
- Farah
- Closure
After class
- Reading
- Assignments
Session 12 - Monday, 14 Apr
Before class
- Complete reading
During class (ppt)
- Housekeeping
- Presentations
- Raj (qual project)
- Daria (instrumentation)
- Closure
After class
- Reading
- Assignments
Session 13 - Monday, 21 Apr
Before class
- Complete reading
During class (ppt)
- Housekeeping
- Presentations
- Rob (diss pilot)
- Whitney
- Closure
After class
- Reading
- Assignments
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