EDD 8893 Action Research II

This course advances foundational concepts of action research in education and is designed to support students in developing a complete action research plan that could address a problem of practice in one's content area and/or school context. This course may cover advanced concepts of research design, data collection, analysis, and researcher positionality.

Registration Name

Action Research II

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Offered

Athens and Demorest: Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Summarize concepts and applications of advanced quantitative research practices as they relate to educational research and one's own scholarly line of inquiry.

2. Select or develop an instrument(s) or measure(s) for collecting data and address concepts of validity and reliability.

3. Examine applied quantitative research designs, methods, and procedures, including attending to topics of population and sampling, appropriate for research related to one's own scholarly line of inquiry.

4. Integrate concepts of quantitative research practice by determining research questions/hypotheses, collecting data, organizing data, analyzing data, addressing threats to validity, interpreting data, and reporting findings.