Post: a timeline of your goals for the quarter on Google Docs; invite us to collaborate.
October
8th: Research proposals and their construction
A discussion of the multiple goals served by
research proposals and the structures that help accomplish those
goals
Readings for next week:
* Mertens Chapter 1 "An
introduction to research" (pp. 1-42)
* Mertens Chapter 3 "Literature Review and Research Problems"
* Boote & Beile
"Scholars
Before Researchers: On the Centrality of the Dissertation Literature Review in
Research Preparation"
Post an outline of your literature review on Google Docs; invite us to
collaborate.
October 15th: Literature
Reviews
Analysis of the multiple functions of literature
reviews
6pm: visit with Cohort 2
Reading for next week::
* Mertens chapter 4 "Experimental
Design"
Post a description of an experiment that might shed light on some issue
related to your dissertation research on Google Docs.
Start scanning through the proposals
(online) from previous
cohorts, and select a good model for your proposal.
Discussion of experimental and quasi-experimental
designs
Readings for next week:
Articles from the
January/February 2003
Education Researcher:
* Anthony E. Kelly:
Theme
Issue: The Role of Design in Educational Research
* The Design-Based Research Collective:
Design-Based
Research: An Emerging Paradigm for Educational Inquiry
* Paul Cobb, Jere Confrey, Andrea diSessa, Richard Lehrer, and Leona Schauble:
Design
Experiments in Educational Research
Also read for next time:
* Siegler & Opfer
"The
development of numerical estimation: Evidence for multiple representations of
numerical quantity"
* Opfer's
tutorial
on analyzing the number-line estimation task
Post on
Google Docs: a proposed design experiment you might do; bring to class the
design of the Siegler & Opfer
experiment
October 29th: Design Experiments
7pm-8pm: T&L Beginning of the Year Reception / Joint Snack @ 348/350 PCH
Readings for next week:
* Mertens chapter 10 "Mixed-Methods and mixed-model designs"
* Read the methods chapters of two of the proposals of the previous cohorts,
including Cheryl Forbes' and another of your choice
* Post in Google Docs an initial version of your research question(s)
Readings for next week:
* Mertens chapter 11 "Sampling" and Mertens chapter 12 "Data Collection"
*
How
to Use Excel for Data Entry
Post on Google Spreadsheets: an Excel spreadsheet
you might use for your data collection or entry, that includes data validation
and dual entry data entry checking (described in the online reading)
November
12th: Sampling & data collection
Preparing
data entry spreadsheets in Excel and SPSS
* Share the current state of your proposal by Nov
17th and provide feedback to all the others by Nov 19th:
post on Google Docs a detailed outline/draft of
parts of your proposal by Monday and provide feedback on the postings of
others by Wednesday
November 19th: Data analysis, Interpreting & Reporting
Hands-on analysis with sample data
Charts & graphs
7:15pm: Visit from the Fourth Year folks
For next week:
* look through
the UCSD IRB web
site
* Review two
IRB forms from any of the previous
cohorts
IRB &
human subjects approval
process
For next week:
Prepare a presentation of the current state of your dissertation
proposal
Post on Google Docs more parts of your proposal
and provide feedback to others on their proposal parts
December
3rd: Final Project Presentations
Course
evaluations
Presentation by
each seminar member of the current state of his/her proposal
December 10th: Final Project
Paper due (11:59pm PST)
no class meeting
Description:
In addition, you will need access to the APA Style manual: Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, fifth edition (2002). American Psychological Association: Washington, DC.
Recommended references:
Final products:
Detailed outline of your dissertation proposal
Draft of the introduction and literature review sections of your proposal.
Draft of your research question(s)
Foci:
Each week a seminar member can request "focus time" to bring before the
seminar something of their choice.
Weekly assignments: