Please
read the assigned chapters in "Introduction to Educational
Research" by Craig Mertler and C.M. Charles (7e) and (6e)
During the assigned week, we will discuss the chapters in class
and online on the discussion board. Please post any
questions and comments you have on each chapter on the discussion
board.
Week 2
- Chapters 1 - Educational Research: Its Nature and Rules
- Chapter 4 - Locating Published Research
Week 6 - 10/2/2012
- Chapter 2 - Types of Educational Research and Corresponding
Sources of Data
Week 7 - 10/9/2012
- Chapter 3 - Selecting, Refining, and Proposing a Topic for
Research
Week 8 - 10/16/12
- Chapter 8 Designing a Research project (7e) or Chapter 6
Designing a Research Project (6e)
Week 9 - 10/23/2012
- Chapter 5 - Interpreting and Summarizing Published Research
- Chapter 8 Designing a Research project (7e) or Chapter 6
Designing a Research Project (6e)
Week 10 - 10/30/2012
- Chapter 10 - Qualitative Research
- Chapter 11 - Survey Research
- Chapter 12 - Nonexperimental Quantitative Research
Week 11 - 11/6/2012
- Chapter 13 - Experimental, Quasi-Experimental, and
Single-Subject Designs
- Chapter 14 - Mixed-Methods Research Designs
- Chapter 15 - Action Research and Evaluation Research