Date |
Class Content |
Assignment Due |
Week 1 |
Class introduction: What is research?
Journal review assignment distributed |
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Modes of research; style manuals; technical aspects of writing source citations |
Read: R&F Chpts. 1, 2 |
Week 2 |
Wonderments: which types of data are appealing? Bibliography assignment distributed |
Bring list of wonderments to class;
Read: R&F Chapt. 3 |
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Writing a critique of music education research |
Read critiques |
Week 3 |
Qualitative research paradigm: observation
and thick descriptions |
Journal review #1 |
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Conservatory Library: Library research tools |
Read: Bresler & Stake in Handbook of Research in Music Teaching and Learning;
Research question submitted |
Week 4 |
MUDD Library: Library research tools |
Critique #1: Upitis |
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Creating and interpreting surveys, interviews, and questionnaires |
Journal review #2;
Revised research question submitted |
Week 5 |
Qualitative research paradigm: coding and interpreting data (verbal protocol analysis and content analysis) |
Read: R&F Chpt. 9; |
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Writing a research proposal: assignment distribution |
Read: R&F Chapt. 4;
Annotated Bibliography due |
Week 6 |
Quantitative paradigm: experimental and quasi-experimental design |
Read: R&F Chpt. 8 |
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Quantitative paradigm: mean, median, mode, standard deviation, bell curve |
Outline of research proposal due (skeleton);
Read: R&F Chpt. 10 |
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SPRING BREAK |
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Week 7 |
Quantitative paradigm: null hypothesis, probability, correlation, ANOVA,
t-tests, significance |
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Quantitative paradigm: reliability, threats to internal validity |
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Week 8 |
Thick description presentation |
Thick description report |
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Working with statistics program |
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Week 9 |
Semantic differential and Q-sort |
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Guest speaker: TBA |
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Week 10 |
Dissertation presentation |
Verbal presentation (summary and critique) of dissertation; handout of presentation |
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Outline of research project proposal individual meetings TBA |
Detailed paragraph outline of research proposal |
Week 11 |
Guest speaker: Dissertation presentation |
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Historical research |
Read Standifer article and
R&F Chpt. 6 |
Week 12 |
Survey report |
Survey report and printed supporting data displays |
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Philosophical inquiry |
R&F Chpt. 7; Read Green article |
Week 13 |
Discuss/refine research project proposal in class |
Research project proposal draft submission |
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Synthesis; review; graduate exit exam question distribution |
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FINAL PROPOSAL DUE |
