SPED 7740 Advanced Research to Practice

This course will provide teachers with an opportunity to apply research-based best practices to effect a change in academic and pro-social behavior of students receiving special education and increase access to general curriculum. All field-based research projects will be reviewed by the instructor for compliance with the University policy regarding human subjects with further review by the Institutional Review Board as needed. Therefore, all candidates involved in research with human subjects should become thoroughly familiar with the University guidelines and procedures to protect human subjects, researchers and the University.

Registration Name

Advanced Research to Practice

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Offered

Fall and Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

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

1. Create measurable learning objectives based on the idiosyncratic needs of learners with disabilities.
2. Identify evidence-based instructional practices relevant to the idiosyncratic needs of learners with disabilities.
3. Design an intervention based on evidence-based practices and the individualized needs of a learner with a disability.
4. Analyze student work samples as part of instructional decision-making.