ERM: Ed Research and Measurement

ERM 500. Research Methods in Education. 3 Credits.

This course is a graduate-level introduction to research methodology. As a methods course, its focus is on research as systematic inquiry and the role of educational research in practice, policy, and scholarship. The course will include research ethics and the evaluation process of high-quality educational research. Additionally, students will review the philosophical foundations of various methodological paradigms, so as better to understand the appropriate use of each, as well as to effectively avoid pitfalls common to each. Analysis of specific conceptual frameworks will provide basic practice in designing research in the field of education.

Distance education offering may be available.

ERM 501. Research Methods for Teachers. 3 Credits.

Designed to offer a practical and accurate introduction to various research methods that can be applied to a classroom setting for improving teaching practice.

ERM 502. Methods & Materials of Research for Counselor Education. 3 Credits.

Designed to enable the counselor to read experimental, quasi-experimental, descriptive, and correlational research reported in the professional journals. Both univariate and multivariate designs are emphasized.

ERM 502 Prerequisite: Successful completion of EDC 540 with minimum grade of C-.

ERM 531. Principles of Educational Testing. 3 Credits.

This course is designed to develop in teachers the skills important in the three areas of educational testing: teacher-made tests (objective and essay); computerized programs for grading and reporting results, and for improving the test quality through item-analysis procedure; and the evaluation of the psychometric characteristics of standardized tests.

ERM 553. Assessment for Learning - Early Grades. 3 Credits.

This course is designed to provide students the knowledge and skills to use multiple developmentally appropriate assessments (authentic, screening, diagnostic, formative, and summative) to guide instruction related to standards, to monitor results of intervention and their implications for instruction for all students, and report assessment results.

ERM 553 Prerequisite: Successful completion of EGP 520 with minimum grade of C-.

ERM 554. Assessment for Learning - Middle Grades. 3 Credits.

This course is designed to provide middle grade candidates the knowledge and skills to use multiple developmentally appropriate assessments (authentic, screening, diagnostic, formative, and summative) to guide instruction related to standards, to monitor results of interventions and their implications for instruction for all students, and to report assessment results.

ERM 554 Prerequisite: Successful completion of EDA 542, EDP 501, and MGP 520, with minimum grades of C-; field clearances.

ERM 555. Advanced Assessment for Learning: 7-12. 3 Credits.

This course is designed to provide students the knowledge and skills to use multiple developmentally appropriate assessments (authentic, screening, diagnostic, formative, and summative) to guide instruction related to standards, to monitor results of interventions and their implications for instruction for all students, and to report assessment results.

ERM 591. Introduction to Critical Action Research. 3 Credits.

Students will be introduced to the action research process. At the conclusion of this course students will demonstrate understanding of the steps involved in conducting systematic, data-driven inquiry and applying reflective practices in the context of educational and social change.

ERM 595. Critical Action Research Thesis Project. 3 Credits.

Students will design an action research project on a topic of interest related to educational change and transformation. They will formulate their design into a research proposal and defend the proposal.

ERM 595 Prerequisite: Successful completion of EDF 593 and ERM 591, with minimum grades of C-.