Module EDUC59215: Experiments in Education

Department: Education

EDUC59215: Experiments in Education

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

Content

• The case for and against experimenting in education
• The concept of an experiment: types of experimental designs
• Design issues: threats to validity of inferences
• Design issues: precautions, ethical issues
• Analysis of experimental data: effect size
• Cumulation of knowledge: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Learning Outcomes

• Students will:
• appreciate and contribute to the debate about the role of experimentation in educational research;
• recognise and make choices from a range of experimental designs;
• identify threats to the validity of experimental inferences;
• understand strategies for minimising threats to the validity of experimental inferences;
• analyse, synthesise and interpret data from experimental research.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Students will take part in a range of learning aciivities, including reading, discussion, listening to presentations, conducting presentations, criticising existing research, analysing and interpreting data, designing experiments, searching literature and synthesising the results of multiple studies.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University