MB 7210 - Evaluating Educational Interventions

• Assess own knowledge and skills against those needed to conduct meaningful scholarship in teaching and learning in their classrooms
• Describe the action research model, appropriate use of collaborative research techniques, and elements of sound classroom research design
• Define a focal point and refine it to formulate a research question appropriate for implementation using the action research model in the classroom
• Design an action research model to address the formulated research question
• Address key ethical and legal issues surrounding action research in the classroom, and in the research design of own project in particular
• Identify, adapt, and justify new STEM curriculum and/or teaching techniques as the intervention to be investigated in the research model
• Implement the classroom research protocol defined in the model, typically including pre-measures, intervention, and post-measures
• Apply appropriate statistical analysis methods to evaluate data gathered in research effort
• Document and present results of research with an emphasis on findings, implications for student
• Communicate positive findings to peers and school leaders in a compelling and persuasive manner

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• Introduction to education research
• Action research overview
• Ethical frameworks for education research
• Understanding the problem or focus area
• Defining a research topic/project
• Connecting research, theory, and prior practice
• Conducting a literature review - Part 1
• Exploring MSOE online library resources
• Conducting a literature review - Part 2
• Revising the research topic/focus area
• Developing an educational intervention
• Planning the action research study
• Aligning data collection strategies with research questions
• Sources of data and data collection
• Enhancing credibility, reliability, and validity of data and the study
• Analyzing data to produce insights/results
• Communicating research proposals and results
• Persuasive presentations
• Anticipating and responding to risks
• Peer evaluation of planned research projects
• Course evaluations
• Project final revisions and wrapup