Program Courses

Educational Research

View the available courses in the Educational Research Methods program at the University of Wyoming's College of Education. See course descriptions and prerequisites.

 

*Classes must be taken in order*

*Prerequisites must be checked*

 

Please email Tiffany Le GAL at tlegal@uwyo. to request overrides to get into all EDRE courses (except EDRE 5530.) Please do include your W# and the CRN.

EDRE 5530 Introduction to Research (3 credits)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Offered online every semester.

  • Basic concepts of educational research design, statistics, and measurement
  • Focus is on reading and critiquing research articles
  • Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics
  • Conduct a review of the literature

 

EDRE 5550 Action Research (3 credits)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Offered every fall (online).

  • Introduce experienced classroom teachers to action research methodology
  • Review and critique action research studies
  • Plan, implement, and write up an action research study conducted in a classroom setting

 

EDRE 5600 Introduction to Quantitative research (3 credits)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing, Doctoral students, EDRE 5530 or consent of instructor. Offered online every fall and spring.

  • Basic concepts of educational survey research design, statistics, and measurement
  • Focus is on descriptive statistics (measures of central tendency, variability, percent and frequency distribution, bivariate correlation, graphical displays, testing hypotheses about proportions)
  • Develop questionnaires (includes validity and reliability)
  • Plan, conduct, and report survey study using APA style

 

EDRE 5610 Educational Research: Group Comparison Research (3 credits)

Prerequisites: EDRE 5530 and EDRE 5600. Offered online every spring.

  • Concepts of experimental and ex post facto research designs, statistics, and measurement
  • Focus is on inferential statistics (bivariate correlation, testing hypotheses about means using t-tests, one-way ANOVA, factorial ANOVA, and ANCOVA)
  • Construction of attitude scales and other instruments used in research (includes validity and reliability)
  • Plan, conduct, and report group comparison study using APA style

 

EDRE 5620 Educational Research: Correlational Research (3 credits)

Prerequisites: EDRE 5530 and EDRE 5600. Offered every fall (online).

  • Concepts of correlational research, statistics, and measurement
  • Focus is on the design and analysis of results from correlational studies
  • Statistical topics include MANOVA, multiple regression, factor analysis, and discriminant analysis
  • Includes measurement topics in classical measurement theory and additional topics in validity and reliability
  • Plan, conduct, and report correlational study using APA style

 

EDRE 5630 Educational Research 4: Multivariate Research (3 credits)

Prerequisites: EDRE 5530 and EDRE 5600 and EDRE 5610 or EDRE 5620. Offered online in summer, odd years only.

  • Focus is on multivariate analysis, clustering, and discriminant analysis
  • Understand path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling
  • Understand the assumptions, proper uses, and limitations of all techniques

 

EDRE 5640 Introduction to Qualitative Research (3 credits)

Prerequisites: Graduate standing, Doctoral students, EDRE 5530 or consent of instructor. Offered online every fall and spring.

  • Introduction to qualitative research methods, including foundations, social science theories, methods, and processes of qualitative research
  • Opportunity to critically evaluate qualitative research
  • Discussion of basic design principles, trustworthiness, and analysis

 

EDRE 5645 Phenomenology, Case Study, and Grounded Theory in Qualitative Research (3 credits)

Prerequisites: EDRE 5530, EDRE 5640. Offered online every fall.

  • Indepth examination of characteristics of phenomenology, qualitative case study, and grounded theory
  • Become familiar with theoretical and historical foundations of phenomenology, case study, and grounded theory
  • Exposure to research designs utilizing phenomenology, case study, and grounded theory

 

EDRE 5655 Ethnography & Narrative Inquiry in Qualitative Research (3 credits)

Prerequisites: EDRE 5530, EDRE 5640. Offered online every spring.

  • Identify and explain problems addressed by ethnography and narrative inquiry
  • Examine ethical dilemmas related to ethnography and narrative inquiry
  • Understand how to design, implement, and describe an ethnography and narrative inquiry

 

EDRE 5660 Dissertation/Thesis Prospectus Writing (3 credits)

Prerequisites: At least two of the following: EDRE 5600, EDRE 5610, EDRE 5620, EDRE 5640, EDRE 5650. 
EDRE 5645, and EDRE 5655 (or equivalents) or consent of instructor. Offered online every semester.

  • Purpose is to develop a first draft of thesis/dissertation proposal (typically chapters 1-3)
  • Topic is chosen in consultation with student's committee chair
  • Topics addressed include focusing on a research problem, conducting a literature review, and designing appropriate methodology

This course cannot be used to meet research hour requirements for UW graduate degrees.

*The School of CLAD prefers that doctoral students who are ready for this course do have a Committee Form and Progam of Study form on file. 

 

EDRE 5670 Mixed Methods Research

Prerequisites: At least EDRE 5600 (or equivalents) and EDRE 5640 (or equivalents). Offered online every fall.

  • Purpose is to provide students with a definition of mixed methods, the history and foundations, and specific types of mixed methods design
  • Discuss strategies for locating and reading mixed methods studies
  • Plan a mixed methods study using APA style

 

EDRE 5870 Special Topics in Qualitative Research

Prerequisite: EDRE 5640. Offered online/Zoom in summer, even years only.

  • Purpose is to develop expertise in current qualitative research methods