Evaluation Practice and Methods

本课程从头到尾介绍了进行评估的过程. 评价是一种侧重于系统地评价价值价值的应用社会科学电子游戏正规平台形式, worth, or significance--of interventions. 采用跨学科方法进行评估, 本课程借鉴了包括教育在内的多个领域的学术文章和实例, public health, social services, 国际发展和解决各种规模的评估，包括项目, organizational, and systems-level evaluations. By the end of the course, students will gain knowledge of how to carry out evaluations; apply this knowledge to develop evaluation plans for real-world interventions; and gain skills to critique existing evaluations supporting their development as informed, critical consumers of evaluations.

MESA6468

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MESA6469

Introductory Statistics 

An introduction to descriptive statistics. Topics include methods of data summarization and presentation; measures of central tendency and variability, correlation and linear regression; the normal distribution; probability; and an introduction to hypothesis testing. 在PC和Mac平台以及SPSS统计软件包中提供计算机指导.

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Intermediate Statistics 

题目和计算机练习涉及手段测试, partial and part correlations, multiple regression, 通过计划和事后比较分析差异, analysis of covariance, repeated measures analysis, elements of experimental design, and power analysis.

MESA7462

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MESA8864

Assessment and Test Construction

本课程探讨教育评估中的主要问题, with emphasis on the characteristics, administration, scoring, 以及对正式和非正式评估的解释, including, but not limited to, tests of achievement. 所有形式的评估都会被审查，包括观察, portfolios, performance tasks, and paper-and-pencil tests, including standardized tests. 包括测试构建、项目编写和分析的基本技术. Statewide testing programs are also examined.

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Survey Methods in Educational Social Research

本课程旨在让学生熟悉这些策略, techniques, tactics, 以及测量仪器开发与管理中的问题. It will emphasize theoretical, measurement, 以及在态度工具开发中的实际考虑. 将涵盖从几种测量尺度产生的数据的发展和分析.

Interpretation and Evaluation of Research

本课程将增进学生对教育与心理学实证电子游戏正规平台文献的理解. 它专注于发展实证电子游戏正规平台的概念基础和电子游戏正规平台文章的称职读者和用户所需的实际分析技能. Topics address purpose statements, hypotheses, sampling techniques, sample sizes and power, instrument development, internal and external validity, and typical quantitative research designs. 练习强调对已发表电子游戏正规平台的批判性评价. Each student will develop a research proposal.