GED 558 - Introduction to Educational Research

This course introduces students to the broad range of educational research and develops critical skills needed for analyzing research studies. Among the skills students develop are the abilities to: access and synthesize information from multiple sources, choreograph a research project, and write a literature review.

Note: GED 558 and GED 699 are required for the Masters in Education.
Students develop a research proposal in GED 558; in GED 699, they implement the proposal. GED 699 should be your last course in the program. It is necessary to leave at least one semester between GED 558 and GED 699. The reasons are two-fold: 1) if taken back to back, most often GED 558 will not have ended before GED 699 begins, thus, the research proposal would not be ready for the first Capstone class, and 2) this provides more time for collecting data.

The Ed Research instructor approves the research proposal if the student leaves only one semester between Ed Research and Capstone and the methodology remains the same for Capstone. Otherwise, the Capstone instructor approves the proposal.  Students must send the complete research proposal (Introduction, Literature Review and Methodology) to the Capstone instructor for approval at least one month before the first Capstone class.

Credits: 3 cr.

Miscellaneous Notes:
Required writing assessment for Candidacy included in course.