Research Methodology. ((3 Credits))

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Prerequisite(s): Matriculation into a School of Education graduate program or matriculation into Master of Science-Mathematics, M.S., program, or approval of graduate program director. Introduces the principal methodologies used in research in education. Presents basic information about the purposes of research, the scientific method, and basic qualitative and quantitative research. Identifies methods for locating, reading, interpreting and using research reports and in applying measurement issues and research methods to classroom problems. Investigates teacher research practices and ways it can be used to study teaching and teacher education.