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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

FALL SEMESTER 2005?

EDUC 222-3 ?

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Friday 9:30-12:20 ?

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Karyn Audet

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Email: knaudet@sfu.cal

PREREQUISITE:

Educ 220

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course consists of an introductory survey of research methods used in developing and testing theories in

educational psychology, and in evaluating educational and psychological interventions. Its primary aims are: (1) to

assist students to become informed, critical consumers of research in educational psychology, and (2) to provide a

very initial introduction to practices of inquiry in the psychology of education. Topics covered will include: (a)

research as a process and practice of inquiry; (b) research purposes, questions, and hypotheses; (c) types of research

and research designs; (d) issues of reliability, validity, consistency, coherence, empirical and conceptual

generalizability, and "yield;" (e) data collection and treatment; and (f) critiques of educational psychology and its

practices of inquiry. Seminar activities will include discussions of course readings, application exercises, critical

studies of published research in educational psychology, and the design and simulated conduct of research studies.

REQUIREMENTS:

Evaluation of student performance will be based on responses to a mid-term and a final examination, each of which

will contribute 30% to the final grade, and on the completion of two assignments, each of which will contribute

20% to the final grade. Both examinations will consist of short answer and essay questions. Both will be in-class,

closed book examinations.

REQUIRED TEXT:

The required text will be: Suter, W. N. (1998). Primer of Educational Research. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn

and Bacon.

Additional readings may be assigned and distributed at the discretion of the instructor.

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