Courses
EDF 5431—Measurement and Evaluation in Early Childhood (3) Basic concepts of test construction and interpretation, including norms, reliability, and validity. Overview of assessment techniques and problems in assessing intelligence, language, achievement, socio-emotional, and perceptual motor development in children from infancy through six years of age. Students may not receive credit for both EDF 4430 and EDF 5431.
EDF 5441—Assessment in General and Exceptional Student Education (3) Prereq: STA 3122. Basic measurement concepts, design of classroom assessments, and interpretation of results from traditional or alternative assessments, and their application in instructional planning and evaluating student performance.
EDF 6113—Educational Psychology: Human Development (3) Current research and theories in the area of human development.
EDF 6189—Psycho-Social-Educational Aspects of Death and Dying (3) Attitudes toward death, dying process, funeral practices, and grieving. Role of education for better understanding and coping with death.
EDF 6211—Educational Psychology: General (3) Basic principles, techniques, and research; designed for graduate students preparing to teach who have a minimal background in psychology.
EDF 6215—Educational Psychology: Learning Theory (3) Prereq: consent of instructor. Logic and methodologies of theories of learning.
EDF 6232—Principles of Learning and Instructional Practice (3) Topics include transfer of training, reinforcement, forgetting, and problem solving.
EDF 6355—Educational Psychology: Personality Dynamics (3) Dynamics of behavior and their implications for education, counseling and guidance, administration, family relationships, and social action.
EDF 6401—Educational Statistics (3) Prereq: STA 2023. Primarily for Ed.D. candidates. Application to educational data and problems.
EDF 6403—Quantitative Foundations of Educational Research (6) Prereq: STA 2023, 2122, or equivalent. Integrated coverage of fundamentals in the general field of education research. Includes statistics, experimental design, and data processing.
EDF 6434—Educational Measurement (3) Prereq: undergraduate statistics course. Overview of educational measurement and testing with emphasis on cognitive ability and achievement testing.
EDF 6436—Theory of Measurement (4) Prereq: STA 2023; EDF 4430. Introductory study of true score models, reliability, validity, norms, scaling, item analysis, and basic elements of instrument construction.
EDF 6471—Survey Design and Analysis in Educational Research (3) Prereq: EDF 6403. Development and analysis techniques for surveys and questionnaires. Techniques of protocol development, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
EDF 6475—Qualitative Foundations of Educational Research (4) Introduction to philosophical, historical, sociological, and other methodologies as aspects of qualitative educational research.
EDF 6481—Quantitative Research Methods in Education (4) Prereq: STA 2023, 2122 or equivalent. Design and data analysis for educational research.
EDF 6905—Individual Study (1-3; max: 12) Prereq: consent of department chairman. For advanced students who wish to study individual problems in psychological, social, or philosophical foundations of education, or research and measurement under faculty guidance.
EDF 6910—Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) Prereq: consent of department chairman. S/U.
EDF 6933—Seminar on Research on Effective Teaching (3) Prereq: EDF 6403. Analysis of quantitative and qualitative research on teaching; emphasis on implications for educational policy and practice.
EDF 6938—Special Topics (1-3; max: 12) Prereq: consent of department chairman.
EDF 6940—Supervised Teaching (1-5; max: 5) Prereq: consent of department chairman. S/U.
EDF 6941—Practicum in Educational Research (2-9; max: 9) Prereq: EDF 6403. Arrangements must be made with instructor prior to registration. Experience in conducting various phases of quantitative or qualitative educational research under individual supervision.
EDF 6943—Practicum in Educational Psychology (3; max: 9) Prereq: consent of instructor. Supervised experience in a practical work situation dealing with problems and issues appropriate to psychological foundations and their resolution.
EDF 6971—Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U.
EDF 6973—Project in Lieu of Thesis (1-9) Development, testing, and evaluation of original educational technology, curricular materials, or intervention program. S/U.
EDF 7117—Affective Development and Education (3) Prereq: EDF 6113 or equivalent. Application of theory and research.
EDF 7146—Educational Psychology: Cognition in the Educative Process (3) Prereq: EDF 6113. Cognitive development as applied to curriculum development and teaching procedures.
EDF 7405—Advanced Quantitative Foundations of Educational Research (4; max: 8) Prereq: EDF 6403. Integrated coverage of important approaches to educational research. Includes application of experimental design, regression analysis, and computer processing to selected educational research problems.
EDF 7412—Structural Equation Models (3) Prereq: EDF 6436, EDF 7405. Confirmatory factor analysis and causal models.
EDF 7432—Advanced Psychometric Theory (3; max: 6) Prereq: EDF 6436 or equivalent. Study of theoretical problems related to test construction. Current developments in reliability and validity estimation; alternate true-score models; item analysis and scoring techniques, scaling, assessing latent traits, and methods for psychometric research.
EDF 7435—Rating Scale Design and Analysis in Educational Research (3) Prereq: EDF 6403 and 6434 or 6436. Development and analysis techniques for questionnaires and rating scales. Applications of psychometric models to item, scale, and rater evaluation; bias detection; factor analysis; and measurement of change.
EDF 7439—Item Response Theory (3) Prereq: EDF 6436. Psychometric models for test scores; estimation of ability and item parameters; applications of and current issues in IRT.
EDF 7474—Multilevel Models (3) Prereq: EDF 6403 or 6481 and 7405. Models and methods for analysis of multilevel data.
EDF 7486—Methods of Educational Research (3) Prereq: STA 2023. Primarily for Ed.D. candidates. Examination of research methodologies. Problem identification as well as organization and presentation of data.
EDF 7491—Evaluation of Educational Products and Systems (3) Prereq: EDF 6403 or equivalent. Models and methods for formative and summative evaluation of educational products and programs.
EDF 7639—Research in Educational Sociology (3) Research techniques in educational sociology, emphasis on ethnography.
EDF 7931—Seminar in Educational Research (3; max: 6) Prereq: EDF 6403. In-depth examination of specific methodological approaches to educational research.
EDF 7932—Multivariate Analysis in Educational Research (3) Prereq: EDF 6403. Review of selected studies with focus on methods of data analysis. Emphasis on use of multivariate techniques.
EDF 7979—Advanced Research (1-12) Research for doctoral students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students with a master's degree in the field of study or for students who have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy. S/U.
EDF 7980—Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-15) S/U.
