2018-2019 Catalog 
    
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2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EDUC 779 - Methods of Educational Research


4 hours
The reading specialist candidate will learn to design and implement an action research project that will be conducted and presented during EDUC 780  - Creative Project/Practicum. The course will focus on the fundamentals of qualitative and quantitative research including design, methodology, literature review, data analysis and conclusions. The research topics will emerge from questions generated by in-class discussions, a broad review of the research on literacy, and discussions of theories related to literacy instruction. Content focus will be current issues, trends, and organizational frameworks affecting education, specifically the impact on reading literacy, and methods for improvement. GR