• EDRS 810: Problems and Methods in Educational Research
• Semester: Fall 2004
• Professor: Dr. Tom Scruggs
• Syllabus

• Written abstracts: Feen-Calligan • Galick • Schelske & Deno • Ting
• Practice assignments: Qualitative • Quantitative
• Mid-term Exam
• Final Exam: Questions • Answers
• Research Proposal: Sample proposal format • My proposal - CSR Selection

• Creswell, J.W. (2002). Educational Research: Planning, conducting, and
          evaluating quantitative and qualitative research. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
          Pearson Education.
• This text contains a companion website

• American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the
          American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

        This was my first research methods course.  Dr. Scruggs did a good job presenting all of the basics and he provided a solid introduction to both SPSS and NVivo.  Although, I did not like the re-emergence of exams, however, the highlight of this course for me was the research proposal.  Working on this paper allowed me to re-visit the literature review I wrote for EDLE 801/802 class.  I added some theories I learned in EDUC 802 for the conceptual framework, and the additional elements required to turn a literature review into a full-blown research proposal, i.e., methods section including the participation selection, data-collection procedures, a question guide, a section on data analysis, limitations, importance, and an Appendix with informed consent forms.  By the time I finished this course, I felt like I had taken a huge step towards understanding what is researchable.

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