Creating Syllabi for Statistics and Research Methods Courses

2007 ◽  
pp. 45-57
Author(s):  
R. Eric Landrum ◽  
Randolph A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Methods Courses

scholarly journals Decentering Whiteness: Calling for change in the instruction of (developmental) research methods

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tissyana Camacho ◽  
Margaret Echelbarger
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
The United States ◽  
Developmental Research ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Developmental Science ◽  
Social Inequities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Work Done

Many scholars within psychology are working to course correct the historical mistakes, abuses, and exclusionary practices of the field; however, much of the work done to date focuses on research practices. To diversify who participates in developmental science, both as participants and as researchers, we argue that more attention must be paid to how we teach developmental science. We propose that research methods courses offer an additional opportunity to: 1) intervene on the academic pipeline, which fails many students of color in the United States, and 2) arm students with the skills they need to address the social inequities that students of color in the U.S. will face in their careers and personal lives. In this essay, we discuss the principles of equity-mindedness and call for creating more culturally-relevant and affirming curricula in (developmental) research methods courses.

Ethical and Methodological Dilemmas in Education Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1&2) ◽  
pp. 206-223
Author(s):  
Pauline McLean
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Human And Social Sciences

This paper utilized a non-empirical theoretical research framework for the purpose of examining possible solutions to the ethical and methodological dilemmas facing educational researchers. Two questions guided the examination: a) How relevant is research ethics in education research? and b) Which paradigm is a good fit for education research? A study of over two decades of seminal works and conference presentations revealed that education research is subject to the same professional code of ethics and guidelines as other Human and Social Sciences Research; therefore, educational researchers should avoid questionable practices by adhering to the “relativist utilitarian ethics of consequences” in the research process. While no single paradigm was identified as a good fit for education research, the quantitative–qualitative continuum, mixed–methods research, and alternative ways of teaching research methods courses were considered as possible approaches for addressing the methodological dilemmas that educational researchers encounter. Instructors of research methods courses are therefore expected to reflect on and re-evaluate the different ways in which philosophy, pedagogical strategies, and learning goals influence the redesign of their course.

Creating the [Insert Name Here] Methodology

2022 ◽  
pp. 182-203
Author(s):  
Melissa Riley Bradford
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Curriculum Studies ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Student Researchers ◽  
The Right

In this chapter, the author uses a first-person narrative to describe her dissertation journey as she shifted from deductively hunting for the “right” methodology in order to follow an inductive process as she developed the “Melissa Methodology” of value-creative dialogue inspired by Ikeda's philosophical perspectives and practice. She illustrates one way that non-Western ways of knowing, being, and doing might inform curriculum studies student researchers. In addition, she highlights the importance of having supportive advisors and colleagues who pose and answer questions that push one's thoughts in new directions. Finally, she discusses implications for doctoral students based on her observations as an instructor of doctoral research methods courses. By sharing her journey, she hopes to provide an example of how doctoral students can be guided by their pursuit of what is worth knowing in creating their own research methodology.

Naturalistic Observation of Behavior: A Model System Using Mice in a Colony

1988 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 200-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold A. Herzog
Keyword(s):  
Sequence Analysis ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Interrater Reliability ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Model System ◽  
Coding System ◽  
Naturalistic Observation ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Focal Animal

Despite their importance, techniques of naturalistic observation are rarely taught in undergraduate research methods courses. This article describes exercises designed to give students experience in using methods of naturalistic observation to quantify behavior. Students construct a coding system (ethogram) of the behaviors observed in a small mouse colony. This behavioral catalog is then used to gather data by two techniques: instantaneous and focal animal sampling. The data can be used to calculate interrater reliability and then subjected to sequence analysis. The application of naturalistic observation to the quantification of human behavior is considered.

Teaching Research Methods Courses in Human Geography: Critical Reflections

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valorie A. Crooks ◽  
Heather Castleden ◽  
Ilja Tromp-van Meerveld
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Human Geography ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
Critical Reflections

scholarly journals Similar event-related potentials to structural violations in music and language: A replication of Patel, Gibson, Ratner, Besson, & Holcomb (1998).

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua R de Leeuw ◽  
Jan Andrews ◽  
Zariah Altman ◽  
Rebecca Andrews ◽  
Robert Appleby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Event Related Potentials ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Original Study ◽  
Event Related Potential ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Music And Language ◽  
Vassar College ◽  
Related Potentials

We report a replication of Patel, Gibson, Ratner, Besson & Holbomb (1998). The results of our replication are largely consistent with the conclusions of the original study. We found evidence of a P600 component of the event-related potential (ERP) in response to syntactic violations in language and harmonic inconsistencies in music. There were some minor differences in the spatial distribution of the P600 on the scalp between the replication and the original. The experiment was pre-registered at https://osf.io/g3b5j/register/565fb3678c5e4a66b5582f67. We conducted this experiment as part of an undergraduate cognitive science research methods class at Vassar College; we discuss the practice of integrating replication work into research methods courses.

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