Applied Research in the Learning Sciences

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This course will introduce students to basic skills necessary to plan, conduct, analyze, and report on a research project. Activities will include literature review, formulating research questions, describing appropriate research methods, managing and analyzing data, and reporting on progress. Students will work on a research team with their peers and will complete hands-on activities that culminate in a conference paper describing their research. In this course, we will work with publicly available data using a qualitative content analysis approach. We will not be conducting human subjects research. It is recommended students take EDUC 6144 Learning Sciences Past Present and Future before taking this course