This is a practicum research course that introduces the fundamentals of research and understanding of research-based knowledge and principles of teaching and learning. It will also provide teachers with an avenue to conduct applied or action research on significant problems in their own classrooms/ schools that will provide empirical bases and research-based knowledge to improve teaching and learning and make curricular as well as instructional decisions both school-wide and at the classroom level. COURSE DESCRIPTION
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TOPICS Writing and Organizing the Review of Literature The Role of Theory in Research Tools of Research: Tests, Measures of Personality, Surveys, Observations Constructing the survey instruments Quantitative Research Designs: Hypothesis testing, validity Quantitative Research Designs: Sampling Techniques
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TOPICS Quantitative Research Designs: Correlation, t-tests, Chi-Square Tests of Significance, Analysis of Variance Qualitative Research Designs: Grounded Theory, Ethnography, Case Study