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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - RED7315
Tracking Number - 1502
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Approved, Permanent Archive - 2010-09-02
Campus: Tampa
Submission Type: New
Course Change Information (for course changes only):
Comments: Was Pending Program Info; emailed 9/20/09; to GC 5/17/10; clarified that course is not required for program. GC approved 8/18/10. To SCNS 8/25/10. Approved, effective 10/1/2010. posted in banner
Detail Information
- Date & Time Submitted: 2009-09-03
- Department:
- College: ED
- Budget Account Number: 172100
- Contact Person: Jenifer Schneider
- Phone: 9743460
- Email: jschneid@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
- Prefix: RED
- Number: 7315
- Full Title: Survey of Literacy Research Methods
- Credit Hours: 3
- Section Type: C -
Class Lecture (Primarily)
- Is the course title variable?: N
- Is a permit required for registration?: N
- Are the credit hours variable?: N
- Is this course repeatable?:
- If repeatable, how many times?: 0
- Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): Literacy Research Methods
- Course Online?: C -
Face-to-face (0% online)
- Percentage Online: 0
- Grading Option:
R - Regular
- Prerequisites: Advanced Graduate Standing
- Corequisites: N/A
- Course Description: Students will survey current methods used in literacy research. Students will determine standards of quality and employ data collection and analysis techniques to address literacy research questions. Open to non-majors. Not repeatable for credit.
- Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: Needed as part of recent program/concentration/certificate change
- What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a required sequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service? This course is required in the Ed.S. in Reading/Language Arts. Other programs may have students who are interested in the course, especially students with cognates in Reading/Language Arts. Doctoral students may also be interested.
- Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? No
- What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.) Ph.D. in Reading, Literacy, Language, Literature, or other related fields. Research publications in refereed journals documenting the use of various literacy research methodological issues within literacy education.
- Objectives: 1. Read, evaluate, and discuss current research methodologies used to investigate literacy processes and products.
2. Read, evaluate, and discuss exemplars that represent various methodologies.
3. Design and conduct research using current literacy methodologies.
- Learning Outcomes: 1. Review and critique selected research articles. In addition to the readings in the text, students will review and critique additional research articles that represent the use of various literacy research methodologies.
2. Methods Practice: Each week, the students will analyze and interpret real data using various methodological techniques used in literacy research.
3. Pilot Rmethods.
- Major Topics: Case Study and Survey Research in Literacy Studies Correlational Designs in Literacy Studies Verbal Protocols and Discourse Analysis (Conversation and Text) in Literacy Studies Ethnographic Research in Literacy Studies Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs in Literacy Studies Formative and Design Experiments in Literacy Studies Historical Research in Literacy Studies Affective Instrumentation, Meta-Analysis, Neuro Imaging in Literacy Studies
- Textbooks: Duke, N. & Mallette, M. (Eds.) (2004). Literacy research methodologies. New York: Guilford Press.
- Course Readings, Online Resources, and Other Purchases: COURSE READINGS:
Additional readings from literary research journals will be used to supplement the text. For example: Ivey,G.&Broaddus,(2007). A formative experiment investigating literacy engagement among adolescent Latina/o students just beginning to read, write, and speak English. Reading research Quarterly,42(4),512-545.
Kim,J.& White,T.G. (2008). Scaffolding voluntary summer reading for children in grades 3 to5: An experimental study. Scientific Studies of Reading, 12(1),1-23.
ONLINE RESOURCES:
None
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS:
Supplementary readings will be selected from research journals in the field of Reading/Language Arts:
Reading Research Quarterly
Research in the Teaching of English
Journal of Literacy Research
Scientific Studies of Reading
Written Communication
- Student Expectations/Requirements and Grading Policy: Students will be evaluated based on the quality of written work, the completion of readings, and consistent and thoughtful participation in class discussions. Student participation and accuracy in data analysis will be used to determine the extent to which reading assignments were completed and understood. Written assignments will be judged based on the quality of the writing, the rigor of the analysis, and the comprehensiveness of the content. Standard grammar, spelling, and punctuation are required on all written assignments. The following descriptions will be used to determine the course grade.
A+=97-100
A = 95-97
A-= 92-94
B+= 90-91
B = 85-89
B-= 82-84
C+= 80-81
C = 75-79
C-= 72-74
D+= 70-71
D = 65-69
D-= 62-64
F = 61 or below
- Assignments, Exams and Tests: Week 1: Overview of Literacy Research Methodologies Learned Societies, and Publications
Week 2: Applications of Case Study Designs in Literacy Studies
Week 3: Applications of Correlational Designs in Literacy Studies
Week 4: Applications of Discourse Analysis (Conversation) in Literacy Studies
Week 5: Applications of Discourse Analysis (Text) in Literacy Studies
Week 6: Applications of Ethnographic Research in Literacy Studies
Week 7: Applications of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs in Literacy Studies
Week 8: Applications of Formative and Design Experiments in Literacy Studies
Week 9: Applications of Historical Research in Literacy Studies
Week 10: Applications of Affective Instrumentation in Literacy Studies
Week 11: Applications of Meta-Analysis in Literacy Studies
Week 12: Applications of Neuroimaging in Literacy Studies
Week 13: Applications of Survey Research in Literacy Studies
Week 14: Applications of Verbal Protocols in Literacy Research
Week 15:Issues of Implementation and Analysis Across Methodologies
Research Reviews are due weekly.
Methods Practice sessions will be held weekly.
The Pilot Research Project will be due Week 15.
- Attendance Policy: Attendance is expected. Students may miss two classes without penalty if they can demonstrate knowledge of the missed course content. Additional absences lower the course grade by one letter grade for each absence because the student will not participate in weekly data analysis sessions with colleagues. Students who anticipate the necessity of being absent from class due to the observation of a major religious observance must provide notice of the date(s) to the instructor, in writing, by the second class meeting.
- Policy on Make-up Work: Any late work will be evaluated and one letter grade will be deducted. Late work will not be accepted more than one week past the due date. The University policy on academic integrity and plagiarism will be followed.
- Program This Course Supports: Educational Specialist in Reading/Language Arts
- Course Concurrence Information: This couse is optional for the Ed.S. program and could be used as part of the Ph.D. program in Reading/Language Arts. In addition, other advanced graduate students may use this course in their planned programs.
- if you have questions about any of these fields, please contact chinescobb@grad.usf.edu or joe@grad.usf.edu.