EDU 804

EDU 804

Advanced Research Methods

School of Education

Department of Educational Administration, Leadership, and Technology

Dr. Elsa Sofia Morote

Long Island, Practical Research Symposium 2006-2009

San Antonio, Texas, 2007-- SITE presentation

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Course description

Research design, data collection and data analysis/statistical procedures for conducting empirical research in education and social sciences will be the core of the course. An application of quantitative methods should be demonstrated by an article publication or conference participation.

Required Books

Gall, Gall, Borg (2003). Educational research: an introduction 7th Ed; Longman, New York
SPSS: Using SPSS for windows, analyzing and understanding data (2000). Samuel B. Green, Neil J. Salkind, Theresa M. Akey. ISBN 0-13-020840-X
Bishop: Handbook of tests and measurement in education and the social sciences (2000). Paula Lester and Lloyd Bishop, 2nd Edition.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition (2001)
Dowling Manual (2005)

Dissertation Database

Dissertations - Data Base- Group Selection [ask me for a password]

Check out research paper by mentors

Online Support

Statistics Online Textbook

http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html

Concepts and applications of inferential statistics

http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/webtext.html

http://blackboard.dowling.edu

Other readings- Examples of Quantitative Methods

Writing Empirical Research Reports- Appendix C
Writing Empirical Research Reports- Appendix A
A short Guide to Academic Writing, Johnson Andrew, Lanham Md. University Press of America C2003
Encyclopedia of Educational Research-page 415- Rand Model of the education system
Doctoral Preparation of Scientifically Based Education Researchers by Eisenhart and DeHann
Research writing in education and Psychology from Planning to Publication - Appendix B

Journals Publications/ Writing

Writing the empirical journal article by Daryl Bem
Research Writing in education and Psychology from Planning to Publication by Herbert Klausmeeir, Appendix B
How to Publish in Scholarly Journals by Klinger et al. Educational Researcher
Publish, Don't Perish. Submitting Research Articles to Refereed Journals by Margot Finn
Writing Empirical Research Reports: A Basic Guide by Fred Pyrczac, R. Bruce. Appendix A
A Short Guide to Academic Writing by Andrew Johnson, Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2003 - Chapters 23 and 21 and 25
Proposing Empirical Research, guide to the fundamentals, second edition (what is empirical research?), (identifying and combining variables)
Evaluating Research in Academic Journals by Fred Pyrczac, Appendix D. Checklist of Evaluation Questions

Some of the Articles to Discuss this semester

· Responding to free response examinations questions : Computer versus Pen and Paper by Robert MacCann, Benjamin Eastment and Samantha Pickering--

· Ethnicity and English Proficiency: Teacher Perceptions of Academic and Interpersonal Competence in European American and Latino Students. [discriminant analysis]

· Increasing Self-Esteem and School Connectedness Through a Multidimensional Mentoring Program by Keith A. King, Rebecca A. Vidourek, Beth Davis, Warren McClellan. [techniques to focus: pre and post test and two way anova]

· A model of Mathematics achievement using proficiency scores? [techniques to focus: logistic regression and chi-square]

· Epistemological beliefs, mathematical problems solving beliefs and academic performance of middle school students (factor analysis, multiregression, path analysis).[techniques to focus: factor analysis, multiregression and path analysis]

· Predicting Academic Performance in Management Education: An Empirical Investigation of MBA success [regression]

Paper for a Conference. As part of the main assignment of this class, you will be asked to write and send a paper to a peer-reviewed conference. In a team of 2-3 people.

Call for papers:

Hawaii International Conference in Education-- http://www.hiceducation.org/cfp_edu.htm
American Association in Educational Research -- http://www.aera.net
SITE- Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education-- http://www.aace.org
ICSEI- International Congress for School Effectiness and Improvement-http://www.icsei.net/
IBEC International Business and Economics Conference- http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ibec/ -

Electronic Publications

e-journals- http://www.e-journals.org/
more journals --http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/
Electronic Journals in Education-- Peer Reviewed-- http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ejournals/
Multicultural Education-- http://www.eastern.edu/publications/ijme/call_for_papers.html
Computing in Education-- http://www.aace.org/pubs/

Introduction
	Sessions	Materials
	Discussion about Collaborative Research Paper	Data Selection group methods
	Review of “Call for Papers.” Electronic Journals	Full text education journals online Principles of authorship
	Discussion of topics and strategies for presenting a paper	http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/- publishing
	Discussion of sections of a research proposal- How to design a research	Gall Chapters 3 and 9

	“Increasing Self-Esteem and School Connectedness Through a Multidimensional Mentoring Program” by Keith A. King, Rebecca A. Vidourek, Beth Davis, Warren McClellan.	Article discussion and presentation. Two way ANOVA, Pretest and Post test
	Pretest posttest discussion- Pair Samples t-test T-test Independent Samples	SPSS Lesson 22 SPSS Lesson 23
Second day	Responding to free response examinations questions: Computer versus Pen and Paper by Robert MacCann, Benjamin Eastment and Samantha Pickering	Article Discussion and Presentation: t-test literature review
	Two-way ANOVA mixed design ANOVA One-way One way Multivariate Analysis of Variance	SPSS Lesson 25 SPSS Lesson 24 SPSS Lesson 27
	Lunch
	"Epistemological beliefs, mathematical problem solving beliefs and academic performance of middle school students"	Article Discussion and Presentation
	Introduction to Multiple regression Variable entry models: Simultaneous, Step-wise. Statistical Procedure: Multiple Regression Analysis	SPSS Lesson 33
	Path Analysis Structural Equation Modeling	SPSS Lesson 35 AMOS basics
Third day	Meditation- work on teams in your research projects

	Topic	Lab
Fourth day	A model of Mathematics achievement using proficiency scores	Article Discussion and Presentation
	Multiregression, logistic regression and path analysis
	Predicting Academic Performance	Article Discussion and Presentation
	Regression and Correlation
	Ethnicity and English Proficiency: Teacher Perceptions of Academic and Interpersonal Competence in European American and Latino Students.	Article discussion and presentation
	Discriminant Analysis	Lesson 34
Fifth day	Writing your article, finalizing statistical analysis	work on your paper
12 noon	DRAFT DUE, EACH TEAM WILL BRING 3 COPIES AND SEND DRAFT TO BLACKBOARD	2 pages
	Articles Review - teams	webquest - peer review
2.30-4.30 PM	Mini Conference with Response

Grading

Collaborative Research Paper (30%)

You and your team will summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the studies you find in the topic area you select. You will write at least two pages with this information. Review meta-analysis or other information on the subject. This information will be used for your collaborative research paper.
The goal of the Research Proposal is to compel you to work collaboratively with at least one other student in the class, in order to identify a testable research hypothesis of some mutual interest, and to articulate a set of different methodologies designed to test that hypothesis. Producing a good research proposal will involve a lot of creative critical thinking, a lot of discussion between you and your coauthor(s), and some careful writing.

Submitting the paper to a peer reviewed conference or a journal	10%
Presenting an assigned article on teams and Evaluating the assigned article using Appendix C of Gall, Gall and Borg	10%
In-Class Activities / Participation	20%
Collaborative research paper [10% draft, 30% final document]	40%
Peer evaluation	10%
Students presentations of their article draft in PowerPoint	10%

Quantitative Research Text References

Black, Thomas R. (199). Doing quantitative research in the social sciences: an integrated approach to research design, measurement and statistics; Sage Publications, Inc., California
Campbell, D.T. & Stanley, J.C Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research.
Cook, T.D. & Campbell, D.T. Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings.
Davitz, J.R. & Davitz, L.J. A Guide: Evaluating Research Proposals in the Behavioral Sciences.
Dillman, D. The Total Design Method.
Donovan, T., & Hoover, K. R. (2000). The elements of social scientific thinking (7th ed.). New York: St. Martin’s Press.
Galvan, J. (1999). Writing literature reviews. Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak
Glesne, C. (1999). Becoming qualitative researchers: An introduction (2nd ed.). New York: Addison, Wesley, Longman
Gorard, Stephen (2001). Quantitative methods in educational research: the role of numbers made easy; Continuum, New York
Haller, E. J., & Kleine, P. F. (2001). Using educational research: A school administrator's guide. New York: Addison, Wesley, Longman
Huck, S. W., Cormier, W. H., & Bounds, W. G., Jr. (1995). Reading statistics and research (2nd ed.). New York: Harper
Johnson, Burke; Christensen, Larry (2000). Educational research: quantitative and qualitative approaches; Allyn and Bacon,
Leedy, P.D. Practical Research: Planning and Design.
Madsen, D. Successful Dissertations and Theses.
Mertens, Donna M. (1998). Research methods in education and psychology: integrating diversity with quantitative and qualitative approaches; Sage Publications, Inc., California
Shadish, W. R., Cook, T. D., & Campbell, D. T. (2002). Experimental and quasi-experimental design for generalized causal inference. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Struening, E.L. & Brewer, M.B. (eds.) Handbook of Evaluation Research.
Stufflebeam, D., et al. Educational Evaluation and Decision Making.
Trochim, W. M. K. (2001). The research methods knowledge base (2nd ed.). Cincinnati, OH: Atomic Dog. http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/contents.htm
Warwick, D.R. & Lininger, C.A. The Sample Survey: Theory and Practice.
Wright, Sonia (1979). Quantitative methods and statistics: a guide to social research; Sage Publications, Inc., California