ERSH 4200/6200. Methods of Research in Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: MTHDS RSCH IN EDU.
Diverse research approaches used in behavioral science settings, including critical review and interpretation of published research.
Offered every year.
ERSH 4600/6600. Applied Educational Assessment. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: APPLIED ED ASSESMNT.
Development, administration, scoring, analysis, and interpretation of classroom educational assessments used in the service of instruction and accountability objectives. Traditional as well as current approaches (portfolios, performance assessments). Although classroom approaches are emphasized, standardized measures are also studied.
Offered every year.
ERSH 6300. Applied Statistical Methods in Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: APPLIED STAT MTH ED.
Prerequisite: ERSH 4200/6200.
Techniques for describing and summarizing data for educational research studies. Applications of the standard normal distribution and the use and interpretation of standard scores. Inferential statistics for one and two population studies including means, proportions, and correlations.
Offered every year.
ERSH 7250. Educational Program and Project Evaluation. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: PROGRAM EVALUATION.
Prerequisite: ERSH 4600/6600 and ERSH 6300.
Innovative or ongoing educational programs, projects, or curricula. Consideration is made of goal specification, data collection, standard setting, and reporting. Interdisciplinary points of view are stressed.
Offered every year.
ERSH 7400. Qualitative Research in Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: QUAL RESCH IN ED.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Foundations of qualitative design: history, philosophy, nature, types, examples, and assessment. Reading and evaluating reports of qualitative research in education and identifying methodological issues.
Not offered on a regular basis.
ERSH 7600. Construction of Educational Measuring Instruments. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CONST ED MEAS INSTS.
Prerequisite: ERSH 4600/6600 and ERSH 6300.
Hands-on experience in instrument development, especially in the affective domain. Scaling methods will be considered in addition to actual item and reliability analyses. Techniques such as Likert, Thurstone, and Osgood's semantic differential method.
Offered every year.
ERSH 7800. Topics in Educational Research. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit.
Oasis Title: TOPICS IN ED RSCH.
Prerequisite: ERSH 6300.
Special topics in educational research focusing on methodological applications. Topics include understanding standardized tests, policy issues in educational assessment, using large databases, computer application in educational assessment and data analysis, large scale school assessment programs.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ERSH 8310. Applied Analysis of Variance Methods in Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: STAT MTHDS IN EDU.
Prerequisite: ERSH 6300.
Experimental design and the analysis of data from experiments, including orthogonal analysis of variance for single and multifactor designs, randomized block, repeated measures, and mixed models. Computer applications and the reporting results using APA style.
Not offered on a regular basis.
ERSH 8320. Applied Correlation and Regression Methods in Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: APP CORR/REG MTH ED.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8310.
Nonexperimental and quasi-experimental research studies, including simple and multiple regression techniques, nonorthogonal analysis of variances, correlation techniques, and analysis of covariance.
Offered every year.
ERSH 8350. Multivariate Methods in Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: MULVAR MTHDS IN ED.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8320.
Discriminant analysis, multivariate analysis of variance, canonical correlation analysis, and cluster analysis. Relating research questions to methods, conducting computer analyses, interpreting computer printouts, and critiquing analysis reports.
Offered every year.
ERSH 8410. Qualitative Data Collection in Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: QUAL DATA COLLECT.
Prerequisite: ERSH 7400.
Disciplinary origins and cross-disciplinary uses, variations, applications, and evaluations of methods of collecting qualitative data. Choice of methods in the overall construction of qualitative designs, practice in selecting and collecting qualitative data for educational research, and examination of naturalistic data in the educational literature.
Not offered on a regular basis.
ERSH 8420. Qualitative Data Analysis in Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: QUAL DATA ANALYSIS.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8410 or permission of department.
Approaches to analysis in the design of qualitative research studies. Procedures are surveyed and compared from a range of social science and professional disciplines for use in studying educational problems and topics.
Offered every year.
ERSH 8510. Theories in Qualitative Design in Education. 1-3 hours. 2-6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: THEORY IN QUAL RES.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8410 or permission of department.
Theories in qualitative research design and conduct. Theories commonly used in qualitative approaches to educational problems and issues; sociocultural, psychosocial, critical, feminist, and postmodern theories.
Offered every year.
ERSH 8520. Interviewing in Educational Research. 1-3 hours. 2-6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: INTERVIEW IN ED RES.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8410 or permission of department.
Conceptual framework for interviewing, approaches associated with various disciplines and schools of inquiry, forms and structures interviewing takes, the criteria developed to assess interviews, and interviewing practice across a variety of situations. Recording, analyzing, and reporting interview data, ethical and relationship issues, and research on interviewing methods.
Offered every year.
ERSH 8530. Case Study Research in Education. 1-3 hours. 2-6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: CASE STUDY RES.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8410 or permission of department.
Case study as a research design. Topics are types of case studies, defining the case, site and sample selection, data collection methods, within-case and cross-case analysis, and writing case reports.
Offered every year.
ERSH 8540. Participant Observation in Educational Research. 1-3 hours. 2-6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: PART OBS IN ED RES.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8410 or permission of department.
Qualitative approaches to observation in education: participant and nonparticipant observation and ethnographic, ethnological, and field study. Choices of such approaches in qualitative design, their development, application, and evaluation, are compared and selected versions are practiced.
Offered every year.
(ERSH)ELAN 8550. Representing Qualitative Research. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: REPRESENT QUAL RSCH.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8410 or ERSH 8420.
Theoretical, ethical, and practical issues involved in transforming qualitative data into a written research report. Students, both in dissertation and pre-dissertation, will write representations of data they have already collected.
Not offered on a regular basis.
ERSH 8610. Educational Measurement Theory. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: EDU MEAS THEORY.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8320.
Theoretical basis of classical test theory: statistical treatment of reliability and validity; emphasis on application and interpretation of results through computer analyses.
Offered every year.
ERSH 8620. Item Response Theory. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ITEM RESPONS THEORY.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8610.
Models, statistical methods, and computer applications of item response theory (IRT) to educational and psychological test data.
Offered every year.
ERSH 8630. Applications of Item Response Theory. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: APP ITEM RESP THEOR.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8620.
Applications of item response theory (IRT) to practical testing problems, including test equating, differential item functioning, computerized adaptive testing, and test construction. Dichotomous and polytomous item response theory models with strong emphasis on computer applications.
Offered every year.
ERSH 8650. Generalizability Theory. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: G-THEORY.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8610.
Application of generalizability theory to educational problems; emphasis on conducting and interpreting computer analyses and critiquing the research literature using generalizability theory; and use of generalizability for evaluating performance assessments.
Offered every year.
ERSH 8700. Practicum in Educational Research. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit.
Oasis Title: PRACTICUM ED RSCH.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8320.
Supervised experiences in educational research focusing on the planning, implementation, analysis, and response to scientific inquiries.
Non-traditional format: Supervised experiences in the field of educational research.
Offered every year.
ERSH 8750. Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: EXP & CONF FAC ANAL.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8610.
Traditional exploratory factor analysis procedures and confirmatory factor analysis via covariance modeling. Relating educational measurement questions to conducting and interpreting computer analysis; critiquing research using exploratory/confirmatory factor analysis and research on the models themselves.
Offered every year.
ERSH 8760. Structural Equation Modeling. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: STRUC EQ MODELING.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8750.
Structural equation modeling with observed and latent variables. Relating educational research problems to conducting and interpreting computer analysis; critiquing research using structural equation models and research on structural equation models.
Offered every year.
ERSH 9210. Quantitative Design in Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: QUANT DSGN IN ED.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8310.
Philosophical, ethical, and procedural aspects of experimental and nonexperimental research in education. Synthesizing and integrating previous research studies, designing quantitative inquiries, measuring outcomes and analyzing data.
Offered every year.
ERSH 9700. Internship in Educational Research. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: INTERN EDU RSCH.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8320.
Supervised experiences outside of the department in educational research; focusing on the planning, implementation, analysis, and reporting of scientific inquiries.
Non-traditional format: Supervised experiences in the field of educational research.
Offered every year.
ERSH 9800. Issues in Qualitative and Quantitative Research. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 2-6 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: QUAL/QUANT RSCH.
Prerequisite: Permission of major.
Current issues in qualitative and quantitative research methods. Methodological, substantive, and theoretical literature in the areas of measurement, qualitative design, and quantitative data analysis.
Offered every year.