Strategies for Educational Inquiry
Week 1: Introduction to Educational Research - September 3
- Textbook Readings
- Gay & Airasian 3-22
- Gay & Airasian 39-70
- Additional Required Readings. (This is a partial listing. Other readings and web sites are mentioned in the course resources. The phrase "everyone should" is to be interpreted as "required." The terms "encouraged" and "urged" are to be interpreted as "suggested"). Note that the following references deviate from APA style.
- Bailey, Richard (2001). Overcoming veriphobia -- learning to love truth again. British Journal of Educational Studies, 49, 159-172. [You should obtain a full text copy of this article through the IU library web site. Hint: Use the Academic Search Premier service and type the first two words of title in the search box].
- Haack, Susan (1996). Concern for truth: What it means, why it matters. In Paul R. Gross, Norman Levitt, and Martin W. Lewis (Eds.), The Flight from Science and Reason, (pp 57-63).New York: New York Academy of Sciences.
- Mayer, Richard E. (2000). What is the place of science in educational research? Educational Researcher, 29, 38-39. [Mayer is a graduate of Indiana University's Mathematical Psychology program].
- Schafersman, Stephan D. (1994). An introduction to science: scientific thinking and the scientific method. [Retrieved on-line August 2002 from http://www.freeinquiry.com/intro-to-sci.html].
- Shulman, Lee S. (1997). Disciplines of inquiry in education: An overview. In Richard M. Jaeger (Ed.). Complementary Methods for Researchers in Education, (pp 3-19). Washington, DC: American Education Research Association.
- Articles for Critiques (Choose one. Critique due September 17 class meeting)
- Rosenthal (1966). Teacher Expectancies
- Saddlemire, John R. (1996). Qualitative study of white second-semester undergraduates' attitudes towards African American undergraduates at a predominately white university. Journal of College Student Personnel, 37, 684-691.
- Wolfe, Polly (1997). A really good art teacher would be like you, Mrs. C.: A qualitative study of a teacher and her artistically gifted middle school students. Studies in Art Education, 38, 232-245. Reproduced on pages 28-34 of our textbook.
- Colby, John L., Raymond, George A., & Colby, Suzanne M. (2000). Evaluation of a college policy mandating treatment for students with substantiated drinking problems. Journal of College Student Development, 41, 395-404.
- Use this form to critique the article that you choose from the list.
- Example critique written by a student in a previous section of Y520.
- Course Resources
- Research Method Overheads
- Introduction to Research
- What is Inquiry?
- Inquiry & Scientific Method
- Research Quality & Content: See Introduction to Research
- Do Plants Have Feelings?
- Terms you should know (to be added)
- Sources of Knowledge Map
- Evaluating Research (excerpt)
- Twenty Science Attitudes
- Choosing Appropriate Research Methods to Evaluate Educational Programs
- Tour the Library
The Education and Main libraries both offer in-person tours the first week of the semester for graduate students. Such tours are informative. Use the link below to begin exploring library resources that are available on-line. You should locate the ERIC and PsychInfo databases.
- Indiana University - Bloomington
- Use the preceding link as the starting point to locate Bailey (2001) and Mayer (2000).
- Is full text of the following article available online: Redding, Richard E. (2001). Sociopolitical diversity in psychology: The case for pluralism. American Psychologist, 56, 205-215.
- Ideas for Research topics:
Begin thinking about an idea for the group research project. The completed project is due at the November 19 class meeting but you should begin thinking about topics that interest you.
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