There is no required textbook for this course. Required readings are provided through the course materials.

The following are recommended, but not required:

Fraenkel, J. R., Wallen, N. E., & Hyun, H. H. (2015). How to design and evaluate research in education (9th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. (ISBN-978-0078110399) 

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. (ISBN: 978-1433805615)

This course is designed to familiarize the student with a variety of methodologies in educational research. Students will select an area of interest for secondary research. 3 hours.

Upon successful completion of the course, each participant should be able to:

1. Express a basic understanding of the APA writing process.
2. Analyze content, original passages, articles, reports and other written documents related to an educational research topic.
3. Craft a research question for a literature review based on the collection and evaluation of relevant research.
4. Identify central arguments and key concepts in current educational research to reformulate in an original format by writing a precis.
5. Write an annotated outline as a foundation component of a literature review.