EDU-699T.3 Special Topics: Action Research
This course is designed to provide MAT candidates with the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct research within a classroom setting. Students will be introduced to the elements required to begin an action research project, including purpose/rationale, writing style, literature reviews, online resources, data collection, and components of an action research project. Students will also identify ethical issues related to research, including basic theory and practice, professional codes of ethics, confidentiality, and research using human subjects. The purpose of statistics as applied to educational research is introduced; inferential and descriptive measures are examined and methods for evaluating, and analyzing data are discussed.