RESEARCH METHODS IN EDUCATION SCIENCES

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Weeks	Topics
1. Weeks	Ch1 Introduction -Selection of Research Design (Creswell) Assignment 1: Find top 5 research journals in your field. Pick one of them and find the most recent issue of that journal from the library or the Internet. Identify one article that interests you. Explain why you find the article interesting and examine the research questions.
2. Weeks	Ch4 The Ethics and Politics of Research- Research Design (Creswell) Assigment 2: Question 2 (CH4 Review Questions)
3. Weeks	Ch2 Review of the Literature (Creswell)
4. Weeks	Ch3 The Use of Theory (Creswell) Assignment 3: Start to think about a research idea as a group project and discuss it with your group and me.
5. Weeks	Ch5 The Introduction (Creswell)
6. Weeks	Ch6 The Purpose Statement (Creswell) Assignment 4: Write your paper's purpose statement and prepare an outline.
7. Weeks	Ch 7 Research Questions and Hypotheses (Creswell) Assignment 5: Find a journal article in your field that uses survey methodology. Identify the participants, sampling, how variables are measured in the study and choose at least two questions from the survey and criticize each one.
8. Weeks	Sampling
9. Weeks	Ch 8 Quantitative Research (Creswell) Assignment 6: Find a journal article that conducts an experimental research. Identify the participants, dependent and independent variables of it and how these variables are tested.
10. Weeks	Ch 9 Qualitative Research (Creswell) Assignment 7: Find a journal article in your field that uses qualitative methods. Discuss the technique used in that study.
11. Weeks	Data Collection Techniques
12. Weeks	Ch 10 Mixed Methods Procedures (Creswell)
13. Weeks	Review of the topics Assignment 9: Find a journal article related to your field and write a one-page summary considering the following questions and prepare a 10-minute presentation as a group. • What is the main research question? • Why is this question important to consider? • How is this question addressed? What is the research method? • Explain the participants and the sampling of the study.
14. Weeks	Student Presentation