Graduate Education
EDUC 5005-3. Advanced Social Foundations of Education. Critically examines the intellectual and political forces that shape the aims, policies, and practices of K–12 education in the United States, emphasizing the period following the Brown v. The Board of Education decision in 1954. Restricted to students admitted to the secondary MA+ program.
EDUC 5035-3. Proseminar: Parent and Community Involvement. Focuses on models and strategies for improving parent and community involvement in the schools. Discusses administrative concerns, such as parent advisory councils, and instructional concerns, such as helping children with school assignments.
EDUC 5060-3. Classroom Interactions. Same as EDUC 4060.
EDUC 5065-3. Curriculum Theories. Examines four central curricular traditions: progressive; conservative; radical; and spiritual. Highlights the strengths and weaknesses of various writers within each tradition with attention paid to the conceptual features and the practical implications of each educational view. Encourages students to examine their own educational assumptions.
EDUC 5070-3. Spirituality and Religion in Education. Examines features of religion, spirituality, and a liberal arts education, so as to further understand the constitutional, historical and cultural constraints on, and acceptable approaches to the study of religion and spirituality in American education. Specifically explores aspects of a contemplative orientation and the degree to which such an orientation should/can be pursued in K–12 public and higher education.
EDUC 5075-3. Sociology in Education. In-depth analysis of theories and concepts in sociology and education. Evolution of curriculum, organization, and enrollment characteristics of American schools. Schooling, class, culture, gender, stratification, and educational reform in light of paradigmatic change in theories and concepts of sociology.
EDUC 5085-3. History of American Education. Highlights social and intellectual history perspectives of American educational history, major reform movements from the 19th century to Dewey, and assessment of how differences of race, class, ethnicity, religion, power, and gender affected American education.
EDUC 5095-3. Teachers as Researchers. Examines questions central to K–12 curriculum and instruction. Focuses on developing research projects applicable to current classroom practice, writing proposals for curriculum investigations, conducting specific curriculum investigations, and writing research findings.
EDUC 5105-3. Teaching for Understanding and Equity. Introduces the knowledge base on effective teaching practices, and the theories and research that support these practices. Explores the impact of theory and research on classroom instruction. Emphasizes generic and subject-specific practices that foster conceptual understanding.
EDUC 5115-3. Issues in School Change and Reform. Examines recent developments in teaching, and trends in the philosophy and practice of education. Focuses special attention on a variety of issues central to school reform.
EDUC 5165-3. Children’s Literature. Involves reading and evaluation of picture books, and emphasizes children’s interests, authors and illustrators, multicultural literature, the components of narrative, and the features of illustrations. Examines connections between children’s literature and children’s development as writers.
EDUC 5175-3. Elementary Mathematics Curriculum. Provides an in-depth study of curriculum building in mathematics at the elementary school level (K-8). Gives particular attention to selection of materials, establishment of content, and evaluation of programs with respect to current reform and student-based movements in math education. Meets with EDUC 5395.
EDUC 5185-3. Elementary Social Studies Theory and Methods. Explores curricular and pedagogical approaches to social studies. Centers on revisionist historian content, instructional activities, integration of technology into the social studies, and the use of children’s literature, participant accounts, and historical accounts sources. Restricted to Elementary MA+ students, or MA students with instructor consent.
EDUC 5222-3. Language Study for Educators. Same as EDUC 4222.
EDUC 5235-3. Language and Literacy Across the Curriculum. Same as EDUC 4232.
EDUC 5245-3. Foundations of Reading Instruction K–12. Comparatively analyzes current and emerging philosophies and programs in K–12 with focus on teaching reading and thinking skills.
EDUC 5255-3. Processes Involved in Literary Interpretation. Stresses curiosity, observation, challenge, and insight into how children and adolescents learn to become literate beings. Discusses the work and play of literary interpretation including analytic reading, substantive discussion, reflective writing, visual presentation, and dramatic enactment where readers learn to take the words from the page to inform and transform their worlds. Prereq., EDUC 5245.
EDUC 5265-3. Processes in Writing. Examines processes writers use from early ages to maturity by investigating current research and proposing and evaluating research designs. Discusses the reciprocal relationship between reading and writing instruction, emphasizing the Colorado P12 Academic Standards and the International Reading Association Specialized Reading Professional Standards.
EDUC 5275-3. Assessment in Literacy. Assumes an interactive model of reading and supports the perspective of assessment as interrelated with curriculum and instruction; examines principles that guide the selection and interpretation of assessment techniques, with a particular focus on low-performing students. Prereq., EDUC 5255.
EDUC 5285-3. Reading Clinic Procedures K–12. Focuses learning on a select group of low performing students to assess reading proficiency, develop appropriate instructional goals, and provide instruction that addresses these goals. Emphasis on interpreting assessment data, extending a repertoire of instructional strategies, and developing and implementing a strong instructional plan. Prereq., EDUC 5275.
EDUC 5305 (3-4). Proseminar: Teaching and Learning. Presents and discusses issues in secondary school curriculum, instruction, and classroom management. Examines, analyzes, and evaluates a variety of teaching strategies, their effectiveness for students, and teacher dispositions to facilitate learning. Restricted to students admitted to the secondary MA+ program.
EDUC 5315-3. The Nature of Science and Science Education. Explores contemporary ideas and issues in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science education and science, science as a social and cultural activity, and how contemporary issues in science relate to and impact educational practice.
EDUC 5316-3. Nature of Social Studies and Social Studies Education. Prepares teacher education candidates for teaching social studies in a social context. Participants will understand theoretical and developmental processes associated with social studies learning, methods for teaching social studies in a diverse society, and the integration of classroom instruction with the Colorado P12 Academic Standards that foster such processes.
EDUC 5317-3. Nature of Mathematics and Mathematics Education. Explores the historical development of mathematics as a human construct, and the relationship between the discipline and the contemporary school mathematics curriculum. Focuses on the sociology of mathematics education and how cultural traditions and societal needs influence the school mathematics curriculum and educational practice.
EDUC 5325-3. Teaching Literature in Middle and Secondary Schools. Provides teachers of English with background and experiences relevant to using reading, writing, and a range of other classroom social languages to teach literature to a culturally and intellectually diverse population of students. Explores relevant literary theories, texts, and genres, and examines contemporary and historical perspectives on the meaning and function of stories in both personal and democratic public life. Restricted to students admitted to the secondary English education program.
EDUC 5345-3. Composition for Teachers. Same as EDUC 4342.
EDUC 5355 (3-4). Methods and Materials in Secondary Social Studies. Focuses on curriculum, materials, methods, assessment, and related aspects of instruction. Introduces best practices in teaching the social studies in middle and high schools. Examines the Colorado P12 Academic Standards. Prereq., EDUC 4122. Restricted to students admitted to the secondary social studies teacher education program.
EDUC 5365 (3-4). Methods and Materials in Secondary English. Focuses on curriculum, materials, methods, and assessment. Introduces best practices in the teaching of English in middle and high schools. Examines the Colorado P12 Academic Standards. Prereq., EDUC 4122. Restricted to students admitted to the secondary English teacher education program.
EDUC 5375 (3-4). Project-Based Math Instruction. Focuses on curriculum, materials, methods and assessment, and related aspects of instruction. Introduces best practices in teaching mathematics in middle and high schools. Examines the Colorado P12 Academic Standards. Restricted to students admitted to the secondary math teacher education program.
EDUC 5385 (3-4). Project-Based Science Instruction. Focuses on curriculum, materials, methods, assessment, and related aspects of instruction. Introduces best practices in teaching science in middle and high schools. Examines the Colorado P12 Academic Standards. Restricted to students admitted to the secondary science teacher education program.
EDUC 5395-3. Curriculum in Secondary Mathematics. Investigates curriculum projects in secondary school mathematics including history, modern innovations, program development, research and evaluation.
EDUC 5425-3. Introduction to Bilingual/Multicultural Education. Provides a comprehensive survey of bilingual-multicultural education programs for language minority students. Includes an overview of the history and legislation related to bilingual education and English as a second language. Presents various models, philosophies, and theoretical underpinnings of bilingual education and ESL.
EDUC 5435-3. Materials and Methods in Bilingual/ Multicultural Education. Provides an in-depth study of the curriculum options available for bilingual and ESL programs. Presents, reviews, and critiques specific methods and strategies for teaching language to minority students. Gives the opportunity to develop and present teaching units in Spanish or in ESL methodology, as appropriate. Prereq., EDUC 5425.
EDUC 5445-3. Curriculum for Multicultural Education. Analyzes curriculum programs and applies principles and innovation for education of diverse students at all school levels. Includes topics of ethnic, racial, socio-economic, linguistic, and gender diversity.
EDUC 5455-3. Literacy for Linguistically Different Learners. Presents current and emerging philosophies and methods on teaching reading to culturally diverse second-language learners. Includes review of materials, strategies for teaching reading and writing skills, and important considerations for transference from L1 to L2 reading. Prereq., EDUC 5425 or reading course at 5000 level.
EDUC 5460-3. Teaching and Learning Physics. Learn how people understand key concepts in physics. Through examination of physics content, pedagogy and problems, through teaching, and through research in physics education, students will explore the meaning and means of teaching physics. Students will gain a deeper understanding of how education research is done and how people learn. Useful for all students, especially for those interested in physics, teaching, and education research. Prereq., PHYS 3210 and 3310 or instructor consent. Same as PHYS 5460.
EDUC 5465-3. Introduction to ESL/Bilingual and Special Education. Provides students with the fundamental information of ESL, bilingual and special education, including theories, assumptions, philosophies, and paradigms of bilingual and special education. Discusses successful teaching techniques and instructional approaches, including individualization, least restrictive environment, transition, and career education.
EDUC 5485-3. Teaching Exceptional Children in the Regular Classroom. Emphasizes physiological and psychological characteristics of students with disabilities as well as strategies for differentiating instruction.
EDUC 5505-3. Education of Students with Learning and Behavior Disorders. Discusses unique learning needs of students with learning and behavior disorders. Emphasizes development of a systems model for diagnosis, programming, and remediation. Stresses data-based individualization of instruction, with emphasis on intervention in inclusive learning environments and developing a culturally responsive system.
EDUC 5515-3. Curriculum and Assessment for Special Learners. Emphasizes assessment of special education students from pre-referral through staffing and placement, including response to intervention, research-based assessment practices, analytic teaching and assessment, curriculum-based assessment and measurement. Selection, administration, and interpretation of formal and informal assessment devices are studied, with particular emphasis on cultural relevance and equity in assessment for special learners with mild to severe needs.
EDUC 5525-3. Research Issues in Special Education. Provides practical experience in the review, critique, conceptualization, and writing of research studies in special education. Also offers experience in design of evaluation systems for classroom practice.
EDUC 5535-3. Diagnostic Testing in ESL and Bilingual Education. Includes both theoretical and applied aspects of diagnostic testing. Reviews administration and interpretation of current formal and informal educational tests (language proficiency). Emphasizes practices for equitable testing and assessment of English language learners.
EDUC 5545-3. Strategies for Teaching Students with Special Needs. Provides teachers with specific evidence-based methods and techniques for teaching students with a wide variety of high and low disabilities including learning and language disabilities, hearing and visual impairments, physical disabilities, and health impairments. Emphasizes different teaching methods, instructional materials, and learning strategies that have proven effective working students with cognitive learning needs.
EDUC 5555 (1-4). Practicum in Bilingual/Special Education. Offers supervised field experience in elementary and secondary special education class settings. Each credit hour requires 50 contact hours. Prereqs., EDUC 5465, 5505, and EDUC 5515 or 5545.
EDUC 5565 (1-4). Practicum in Special Education K–12,, Leadership and Supervision. Provides participants opportunities to use a variety of evidence- and research-based leadership and supervisory strategies acquired through the program including leadership in such areas as assessment, collaboration, professional development, second language acquisition, special education eligibility and placement, and coaching and mentoring. Experiences include both elementary and secondary settings. Prereqs., EDUC 5465, 5505, and EDUC 5515 or 5545.
EDUC 5575 (1-4). Workshop in Instruction and Curriculum in Content Areas.
EDUC 5580-3. Physics and Everyday Thinking. Same as EDUC 4580.
EDUC 5595 (1-4). Practicum in Linguistically Different: English as a Second Language. University supervised, school-based field experience teaching linguistically different students, as well as assistance in the completion of EECD portfolio. Prereqs., EDUC 5425, 5435 and 5535.
EDUC 5605-3. Research Issues in Bilingual Education. Offers practical experience in the review, critique, conceptualization, and writing of research studies in bilingual/ESL education. Provides experience in the design of classroom evaluation systems. Prereq., EDUC 5425.
EDUC 5615-3. Second Language Acquisition. Presents a broad survey of second-language acquisition research. Stresses theoretical concerns and research findings and practical applications to teaching second languages. Gives special emphasis to second-language acquisition.
EDUC 5625-3. Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language. Prepares teachers to teach English as a second language in public schools in the United States. Covers both theoretical and applied aspects of language learning and teaching. Recommended prereq., EDUC 5615.
EDUC 5635-3. Education and Sociolinguistics. Explores the discipline of sociolinguistics, the study of language variation and use, and its application within education settings. Not designed as an advanced sociology or linguistics course. Areas of study include language variation, speech communities, the ethnolography of communication, speech and social identities, and sociolinguistic research related to teaching and learning.
EDUC 5705-3. Theories of Learning and Development. Examines current theory and research on child development, learning, and motivation. Emphasizes the relationship between and among development, learning, motivation, and how theory and research can inform instructional decisions in the elementary classroom. Restricted to students admitted to the elementary MA+ program. Coreq., EDUC 5715.
EDUC 5706-3. Assessment in Mathematics and Science Education. Examines purposes and practices of assessment in mathematics and science education. Particular attention is given to application of theoretical foundations and contemporary research in the design and use of assessment techniques and tools to support teaching for student understanding. Addresses the role of effective formative assessment in teaching and learning.
EDUC 5715-4. Education, Society, and the Elementary Teacher. Introduces issues affecting teachers and the teaching profession. Examines the most pressing (i.e., controversial) issues in American education. It also examines and analyzes the cultural, structural, and institutional features of schooling. Restricted to students admitted to the elementary MA+ program. Coreq., EDUC 5705.
EDUC 5716-3. Basic Statistical Methods. Same as EDUC 4716.
EDUC 5725-4. Issues in Elementary Education. Introduces the role of practical reasoning in curricular and pedagogical practice. Students examine and analyze current curriculum material, pedagogical practices, and instructional contexts. Restricted to elementary MA+ students.
EDUC 5726-3. Introduction to Disciplined Inquiry. Considers various research approaches and methodologies included in education including experimental and quasi-experimental methods; anthropological and case study methods; evaluative research and field studies; correlational; and sociological, historical, and philosophical research. Topics include library research, research criticism, and proposal writing.
EDUC 5810-3. Teaching K–12 Mathematics: Number Sense. Provides teachers opportunity to explore fundamental mathematical theories and pedagogical perspectives pertaining to the teaching and learning of number and operation. Engages students in explorations of mathematical content underlying number and operations, while highlighting relevant problem solving, reasoning and proof, and mathematical connections. Explores implications of teachers’ mathematical learning on their classroom teaching. Develops practices supporting learner’s number sense development.
EDUC 5820-3. Teaching K–12 Mathematics: Algebraic Thinking. Uses reform-based mathematics curricula to engage participants in algebraic thinking, to reflect on their own knowledge of algebraic concepts, and to examine pedagogical ideas that can foster K–12 students’ algebraic thinking and learning. Algebraic topics include patterning, variable, functions, multiple representations, equality, and solving linear and systems of equations.
EDUC 5830-3. Teaching K–12 Mathematics: Geometry & Measurement. Provides an opportunity to explore how to foster geometric thinking while examining fundamental mathematical theory underlying the content area of geometry and measurement. Emphasizes investigative approach involving problem solving, reasoning, connections, and communication as well as learning mathematics content in a flexible and conceptual way. Challenges participants to apply their understanding to teaching practices that foster geometric thinking in K–12 learners.
EDUC 5840-3. Teaching K–12 Mathematics: Probability & Statistics. Focuses on teaching probability, data analysis, and statistics in K–12 classrooms. Explores curriculum and assessment strategies in the areas of probability and statistics. Examines research on students’ thinking on stochastic tasks and how this research informs teaching practice. Emphasizes deepening of one’s conceptual understanding of probability and statistics and their importance in the current information age.
EDUC 6210-3. Education Policy and the Law. Approaches education policy issues through the rich history of litigation and current legal challenges facing American K–12 schooling. Builds an understanding of the legal and policy development of the American schooling system, particularly in the 20th century. Laws and legal cases will be used as jumping-off points for broader discussions.
EDUC 6220-3. Gender Issues in Education. Provides a strong foundation in the various gender issues in education. Stimulates explorations into the ways the construct of “gender” affects and is affected by the educational system and process. Presents knowledge and research about contemporary gender-related educational issues and theories of gender in education. Encourages development of well-considered views about the various issues, research, and theories.
EDUC 6230-3. Ethics in Education. Investigates controversies in education from a self-consciously ethical perspective, drawing as appropriate from moral and political theory as well as law. Focuses on public education’s role in fostering democratic citizenship and providing equal educational opportunity. Critically evaluates various education reform policies and curriculum policies. Applies method commonly used in medical ethics to make decision regarding concrete ethically problematic cases.
EDUC 6240-3. African American and Latino Education in the United States. Same as EDUC 4240.
EDUC 6318-3. Psychological Foundations of Education. Introduces students to theoretical and empirical contributions of educational psychology, emphasizing applications to educational practices. Topics include learning, development, cognitive processes, social and cultural context, motivation, assessment, and individual differences.
EDUC 6325-3. Culture and Ethnography in Education. Applies anthropological perspectives to research in educational settings. Focuses on theories of culture, cultural transmission and acquisition, and cultural reproduction and production for understanding schooling and its outcomes.
EDUC 6328-3. Advanced Child Growth and Educational Development. Introduces students to recent theoretical and research advances in the study of children and adolescent’s cognitive, social and emotional development, with an emphasis on implications for learning in and out of school.
EDUC 6338-3. Cognitive Processes in Education. Introduces students to recent theoretical and research advances in the study of human learning and cognitive processes, with implications for instruction and other educational practices. Prereq., EDUC 6318 or instructor consent.
EDUC 6358-3. Children’s Thinking. Introduces students to the psychology of children’s thinking. Topics include memory, concept acquisition, strategies, problem solving, and originality. Prereq., EDUC 6318.
EDUC 6368-3. Adolescent Psychology and Development for Teachers. Examines current theory and research on adolescent development, learning, motivation, and academic achievement. Emphasizes how theory and research can inform instructional decisions in the secondary classroom. Restricted to students admitted to the secondary MA+ program.
EDUC 6504-3. Issues and Methods in Cognitive Science. Interdisciplinary introduction to cognitive science, examining ideas from cognitive psychology, philosophy, education, and linguistics via computational modeling and psychological experimentation. Prereqs., graduate standing or at least one upper-division course in computer science, linguistics, philosophy, or psychology. Same as CSCI 6402, LING 6200, PHIL 6310, and PSYC 6200.
EDUC 6505 (1-2). Readings and Research in Cognitive Science. Interdisciplinary reading of innovative theories and methodologies of cognitive science. Share interdisciplinary perspectives through in-class and online discussion and analysis of controversial texts and of their own research in cognitive science. Required for joint PhD in cognitive science. Prereq., graduate standing. Same as CSCI 7762, LING 7762, and PSYC 7765.
EDUC 6506-2. Cognitive Science Research Practicum. Independent, interdisciplinary research project in cognitive science for advanced graduate students pursuing a joint PhD in an approved core discipline and cognitive science. Research projects integrate at least two areas within the cognitive sciences: psychology, computer science, linguistics, education, philosophy. Students need commitments from two mentors for their project. Prereq., CSCI 6402 or EDUC 6504 or LING 6200 or PHIL 6310 or PSYC 6200. Recommended prereq., CSCI 7762 or EDUC 6505 or LING 7762 or PHIL 7310 or PSYC 7762. Same as PSYC 7415, LING 7415, and CSCI 7412.
EDUC 6516-2. Cognitive Science Research Practicum 2. Independent, interdisciplinary research project in cognitive science for advanced graduate students pursuing a joint PhD in an approved core discipline and cognitive science. Research projects integrate at least two areas within the cognitive sciences: psychology, computer science, linguistics, education, philosophy. Students need commitments from two mentors for their project. Prereq., LING 7415 or PSCY 7415 or CSCI 7412 or EDUC 6506. Same as PSYC 7425, LING 7425, and CSCI 7422.
EDUC 6804 (1-4). Special Topics. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
EDUC 6811 (3-4). Teaching and Learning Biology. Provides an introduction to recent research into student learning on the conceptual foundations of modern biology, together with pedological methods associated with effective instruction and its valuation. Students will be involved in active research into conceptual and practical issues involved in biology education, methods to discover student preconceptions, and the design, testing and evaluation of various instructional interventions. Same as MCDB 4811/5811.
EDUC 6844 (1-4). Master’s Independent Study.
EDUC 6855 (1-4). Independent Study in Instruction and Curriculum in Content Areas: Master’s Level.
EDUC 6888 (1-4). Independent Study in Educational and Psychological Studies: Master’s Level.
EDUC 6899 (1-4). Independent Study in Social, Multicultural, and Bilingual Foundations: Master’s Level. Instructor consent required.
EDUC 6915 (1-4). Practicum in Instruction and Curriculum in Content Areas.
EDUC 6916 (1-4). Practicum in Research and Evaluation Methodology.
EDUC 6918 (1-4). Practicum in Educational and Psychological Studies.
EDUC 6919 (1-4). Practicum in Social, Multicultural, and Bilingual Foundations. Prereq., instructor consent required.
EDUC 6925 (1-4). Readings in Instruction and Curriculum in Content Areas.
EDUC 6926 (1-4). Readings in Research and Evaluation Methodology.
EDUC 6928 (1-4). Readings in Educational and Psychological Studies.
EDUC 6929 (1-4). Readings in Social, Multicultural, and Bilingual Foundations. Instructor consent required.
EDUC 6944-(1-3). Master’s Degree Candidate.
EDUC 6954-4. Master’s Thesis.
EDUC 6964-3. Capstone: Inquiry in the Content Areas. Supports students in using and building on the ideas and content encountered in previous coursework. Requires students to conceptualize, design and implement an original research project in content area that will serve as exit requirement for the degree. Reads and engages in research and theory associated with Teacher Research(i.e. research conducted by teachers for professional purposes).
EDUC 7015-3. Teaching Internship in Teacher Education. One-semester teaching internship in an undergraduate or graduate foundations course.
EDUC 7055-3. Philosophy of Education. Examines exemplars of educational philosophy from ancient times to the present day, emphasizing their relevance and application to current controversies in education (e.g., multiculturalism, gender equity, and school choice). Formerly EDUC 5055.
EDUC 7105-3. Collaboration to Meet Special Needs. Covers effective collaboration practices involving the special education teacher, other educational personnel, students, and parents. Bilingual special education considerations in collaboration will be described. Issues regarding inclusion will be explored. Practical application to teaching and learning will be made. Strategies for disseminating information and collaborative activities will be discussed.
EDUC 7316-3. Intermediate Statistical Methods. Studies sampling theory and inferential statistics; advanced applications for testing of hypotheses regarding central tendency, variability, proportion, correlation, and normality; chi-square and the analysis of frequency data; multiple regression and prediction; introduction to the analysis of variance; and related computer programs for statistical analysis. Prereq., EDUC 5716. Required of all doctoral candidates.
EDUC 7326-3. Experimental Design and Analysis 1. Focuses on experimental and quasi-experimental designs in educational research; applications of the general linear mode; power and statistical efficiency; randomization and control; multiple comparisons; factorial experiments and interaction with fixed-factor and mixed design; analysis of covariance; effects of assumption violations; and related computer programs for statistical analysis. Prereqs., EDUC 5726 and 7316.
EDUC 7336-3. Methods of Survey Research and Assessments. Examines theory and techniques involved in each stage of survey research, including problem formulation, questionnaire development, interview and mailed surveys, assessing reliability and validity, sampling plans, data reduction (e.g., factor analysis), and analysis of continuous and categorical data. Prereqs, EDUC 5726 and 7316.
EDUC 7346-3. Ethnographic Methods in Educational Research. Explores the history of ethnography and its translation into educational research. Students practice participant observation, interviewing, journal writing, artifact searches, qualitative analysis and interpretation, and styles of reporting. Prereq., EDUC 6325 or equivalent doctoral level course in anthropological or sociological theory, or sociology of education.
EDUC 7376-3. Theory and Practice of Educational and Psychological Measurement. Introduces theories of measurement and applications, and presents classical test theory. Includes quantitative concepts, methods, and computational techniques for the development, application, and evaluation of measurement instruments in social/ behavioral science and education. Prereq., EDUC 5716.
EDUC 7386-3. Educational Evaluation. Builds an understanding of the range of approaches taken by educational evaluators, focusing particularly on the evaluation of programs. Explores the nature of different evaluation perspectives and how these disparate views translate into methodological and conceptual models. Students develop a familiarity with the most common and influential approaches to evaluation.
EDUC 7396-3. Multivariate Analysis. Introduces contemporary advanced multivariate techniques and their application in social science research. Methods include multivariate regression and analysis of variance, structural equation models, and hierarchical/multi-level models. Prior experience with ANOVA and multiple regression is assumed.
EDUC 7416-3. Seminar: Research Methodology. Presents selected topics for advanced study in educational research, statistics, measurement, and evaluation.
EDUC 7436-3. Item Response Theory. Includes one-, two-, and three-parameter logistic models for dichotomously-scored items and partial credit models for polychotomously-scored items; applications of the models to problems such as equating of test forms, test design, computerized adaptive testing, and the detection of item bias. Prereqs., EDUC 7316, 7376.
EDUC 7446-3. Seminar: Policy Issues in Education. Explores major policy issues confronting U.S. education and examines the nature and undertaking of educational policy studies. Learn to approach policy issues from a contextual perspective that highlights systemic forces and analyzes and applies differing policy instruments. While a wide variety of policies are covered in the course, it particularly emphasizes issues of educational equity.
EDUC 7456-3. Advanced Multivariate Methods: Multi-level and Latent Variable Modeling. Covers in depth two advanced multivariate models common to social science research: latent variable (structural equation) models and multi-level (hierarchical) models. Topics may be taught with a particular analytic context, such as measurement of change (longitudinal analysis) or experimental design. Prereq., EDUC 7396 or equivalent.
EDUC 7775 (1-2). Topics in Cognitive Science. Reading of interdisciplinary innovative theories and methodologies of cognitive science. Students participate in the ICS Distinguished Speakers series that hosts internationally recognized cognitive scientists who share and discuss their current research. Session discussions include analysis of leading edge and controversial new approaches in cognitive science. Restricted to students enrolled in ICS Cognitive Science Academic Programs. Same as LING 7775, CSCI 7772, PSYC 7775 and SLHS 7775.
EDUC 8014-3. Doctoral Seminar: Multiculturalism and Education. Addresses the sociopolitical context of multiculturalism and education, and the sociocultural context of learning. Examines critical issues involved in making schooling responsive to an increasingly multicultural and multilingual society. Required for all doctoral students. Prereqs., EDUC 8210, 8220, 8230 8240, 8250 and 8260.
EDUC 8025-3. Seminar: Curriculum Theories. Examines in depth recent developments in curriculum theory highlighting conceptual, contextual, and normative issues. Substantially explores distinct curricular traditions, corresponding conceptions of the good life along with related approaches to reason and emotion. Focuses on the works of prominent curriculum theorists.
EDUC 8045-3. Philosophical Issues in Educational Research. Familiarizes students with important concepts and issues from the philosophy of science and, to a lesser extent, political theory and ethics; grounds such concepts and issues in the literature (often in terms of primary philosophical sources); and stimulates students to apply this material to the field of educational research in an informed way.
EDUC 8055-3. Theoretical Issues in Education Policy. Provides students with an examination of the theories behind education policy analysis. Takes a thematic approach to the study of policy in order to understand how policy agendas are set; how democratic deliberation should be linked with research and policy; and the relationship between politics, social structures, research, and policies.
EDUC 8125-3. Seminar: Radical Education Theories. Examines radical analyses, based on class, gender, and race, that public schooling in the U.S. maintains a dynamic of oppression and domination that undermines the schools’ democratic premise. Scrutinizes the conceptual framework, interpretive and explanatory adequacy, and ethical justification of radical claims.
EDUC 8135-3. Seminar: Research on Teaching. Provides an historical perspective of research on teaching, focusing on the evolution of conceptual frameworks, research methods, and research findings. Examines substantive and methodological issues that underlie contemporary research on teaching. Explores areas of research including teacher knowledge and beliefs, teaching for understanding, understanding student thinking, motivation and volition, and classroom assessment.
EDUC 8145-3. Seminar: Research on Teacher Education and Learning to Teach. Explores substantive and methodological issues that underlie current research on learning to teach, teacher education, and teacher professional development. Considers the learning and development of experienced and novice teachers, with an emphasis on learning to teach in ways that conform to reform-based educational ideas.
EDUC 8155-3. Advanced Topics in Literacy Education. Examines special topics in theory and research related to literacy and literacy education. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
EDUC 8165-3. Advanced Topics in Mathematics Education. Examines special topics in theory and research related to mathematics education. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
EDUC 8175-3. Advanced Topics in Science Education. Examines special topics in theory, research, and assessment related to science education. Focuses on the development of the doctoral prospectus. Provides opportunities for students to defend their own work and to critique the work of their peers. Topics range from theoretical framing to presenting and defending one’s work. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
EDUC 8210-3. Perspectives on Classroom Teaching and Learning. Introduces students to various paradigms within educational research and how they are employed to study teaching and learning in K–12 classrooms. Includes an analysis of the theories, assumptions, questions, methods, and findings associated with each of them. Restricted to first-year doctoral students in education.
EDUC 8220-3. Introduction to Educational Research and Policy. Introduces conceptual and empirical issues and controversies in educational research and policy. Complements other doctoral courses in quantitative and qualitative methodology. Restricted to first-year doctoral students in education.
EDUC 8230 (3-4). Quantitative Methods I. Explores the use of statistics to formalize research design in educational research. Introduces descriptive statistics, linear regression, probability, and the basics of statistical inference. Includes instruction in the use of statistical software, (e.g., SPSS.) Restricted to first-year doctoral students in education.
EDUC 8240 (3-4). Quantitative Methods II. Continues the exploration of research design in the social sciences, especially the evaluation of the quantitative research reported in professional journals. Introduces instances of the general linear model (both multiple regression and ANOVA) and its application to educational research. Prereq., EDUC 8230 or equivalent. Restricted to first-year doctoral students in education.
EDUC 8250-3. Qualitative Methods I. Introduces students to the theory and practice of qualitative research in education. First of a two-course sequence covering research design, theoretical perspectives, and methods. Preference given to first-year doctoral students in education.
EDUC 8260-3. Qualitative Methods II. Builds on EDUC 8250 to develop knowledge and skills in ethnographic and case study research. Second of a two-course sequence covering qualitative research design, theoretical perspectives, and methods. Preference given to first-year doctoral students in education.
EDUC 8348-3. Seminar: Human Development. Intensive study of selected topics in human development. The focus of the seminar will vary depending on the instructor’s expertise and students’ interests; may repeat for credit more than once. Recent topics include adolescent development in social context, Vygotsky and Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, and teaching and learning in and out of school. Prereqs., EDUC 6318, EDUC 8210, or instructor consent.
EDUC 8358-3. Seminar: Human Learning. Intensive study of selected topics in human learning. The focus of the seminar will vary depending on the instructor’s expertise and students’ interest; may repeat for credit more than once. Recent topics include sociocultural, situated, and other approaches to understanding the role of discourse in learning and teaching disciplinary content in school. Prereq., EDUC 6318, EDUC 8210, or instructor consent.
EDUC 8610-3. Advanced Topics in Educational Equity and Cultural Diversity. Examines special topics in theory and research related to educational equity and cultural diversity in education. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
EDUC 8710-3. Measurement in Survey Research. Introduces students to classical test theory and item response theory. Emphasizes the process of developing, analyzing and validating a survey instrument. Focuses on developing a survey instrument with items that derive from a clearly delineated theory for the construct to be measured. Analyzes item responses and put together a validity argument to support the proposed uses of the survey.
EDUC 8720-3. Advanced Topics in Measurement. Focuses on psychometric models for measurement and their applications in educational and psychological research. Emphasizes understanding and evaluating the utility of models from item response theory (IRT). Applies and compares measurement models in the context of simulated or empirical data sets. Recommended prereq., EDUC 8710.
EDUC 8730-3. Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis. Requires students begin semester with qualitative data already collected (from class project, pilot study, dissertation). Focuses on three approaches to data analysis: reconstruction, coding (deductive and inductive), and constant comparative method. Students apply these approaches to their own data. Instructors customize part of course to address specific topic of expertise, e.g., discourse analysis, video analysis, textual analysis, ethnographic analysis. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
EDUC 8740-3. Advances in the Assessment of Student Learning. Focuses on theories underlying traditional and contemporary proposals for assessment of student learning, and design and research of large-scale and classroom-based methods to assess student learning. Explores intersections between large-scale and classroom assessment, although gives greater attention to issues related to classroom assessment.
EDUC 8804 (1-3). Special Topics. Designed to meet needs of graduate students with topics of pertinent interest.
EDUC 8844 (1-4). Doctoral Independent Study.
EDUC 8855 (1-4). Independent Study in Instruction and Curriculum in Content Areas: Doctoral Level.
EDUC 8866 (1-4). Independent Study in Research and Evaluation Methodology: Doctoral Level.
EDUC 8888 (1-4). Independent Study in Educational and Psychological Studies: Doctoral Level.
EDUC 8899 (1-4). Independent Study in Social, Multicultural, and Bilingual Foundations: Doctoral Level. Prereq., instructor consent required.
EDUC 8935 (1-6). Internship in Instruction and Curriculum in Content Areas.
EDUC 8936 (1-6). Internship in Research and Evaluation Methodology.
EDUC 8938 (1-6). Internship in Educational and Psychological Studies.
EDUC 8939 (1-6). Internship in Social, Multicultural, and Bilingual Foundations. Prereq., instructor consent required.
EDUC 8994 (1-10). Doctoral Dissertation.
