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EDUC 496, Doctoral Research Seminar (Spring 2014) - Course record

EDUC 496, Doctoral Research Seminar (Spring 2014) - Course record

Apr 07, 2014

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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