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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - EDF6941
Tracking Number - 1649
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- Date & Time Submitted: 2007-05-11
- Department: Measurement and Research
- College: ED
- Budget Account Number: 171100000
- Contact Person: Robert F. Dedrick
- Phone: 9745722
- Email: dedrick@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
- Prefix: EDF
- Number: 6941
- Full Title: Practicum in Measurement, Evaluation, and Research
- Credit Hours: 1-4
- Section Type: I -
Internships (Including Practicum)
- Is the course title variable?: N
- Is a permit required for registration?: Y
- Are the credit hours variable?: Y
- Is this course repeatable?:
- If repeatable, how many times?: 0
- Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): PRACTICUM MEAS, EVAL, & RESEAR
- Course Online?: -
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- Grading Option:
S - S/U Only
- Prerequisites: Pursuing the M. Ed. Program in Measurement And Evaluation or Graduate Certificate in Research Methods and CI
- Corequisites:
- Course Description: Practicum provides individuals in the M.Ed.in Measurement and Evaluation opportunities to apply research and evaluation skills in applied settings (e.g., local school districts, Centers within the University). May be repeated up to 8 hours.
- Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: Methodological skills and professional dispositions that are developed within the program will be reinforced and further developed through the practicum.
- 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? Course is part of a required sequence in the major. This course would not service other programs.
- Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? This course has not been offered before.
- What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.) Doctoral degree meeting departmental requirements of at least 50% of doctoral coursework in the areas of educational statistics, measurement and evaluation.
- Objectives: Upon completion of the practicum, students will be able to...
1. Identify, conceptualize and write a problem statement for the research/evaluation situation.
2. Develop and implement a research/evaluation design to address the research/evaluation problem.
3. Analyze and interpret data needed to address the research/evaluation problem.
4. Report in writing the results and interpretations of the research/evaluation study to various stakeholders.
5. Report orally the results and interpretations of the research/evaluation study to various stakeholders.
6. Work collaboratively with members of the research/evaluation project.
7. Reflect on the learning experience provided by the practicum and offer areas of professional development that were strengthened and areas that need further development.
- Learning Outcomes: As the culmination of the practicum experience, students will:
(1) produce a written report summarizing the project
(2) make an oral presentation of the project
(3) complete a self-reflection based on the practicum experience.
Each student will have a supervisory committee with a minimum of two department faculty who will evaluate the student’s knowledge and skills, along with writing and oral presentation skills (see Blackboard for rubrics for evaluation of written work and oral presentation).
- Major Topics: Course participants will spend most of their time in the setting where the project is being implemented. These settings may include local school districts, Centers and Institutes at the University, other post-secondary institutions, and community organizations. Students will assume major responsibility for planning and implementing the research or evaluation project. Specific activities may include developing the research or evaluation design, creating measures, analyzing data, and disseminating the results. Course participants will meet approximately 4 times per semester to discuss the practicum experiences.
- Textbooks: AERA/APA/NCME. Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. (1999). Washington, DC: APA.
American Psychological Association. (2002). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Gall, M. D., Gall, J. P., & Borg, W.R. (2003). Educational research: An introduction. White Plains, NY: Longman Inc.
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- if you have questions about any of these fields, please contact chinescobb@grad.usf.edu or joe@grad.usf.edu.