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GRADUATION 08 | Students
College of Education graduates and their families gathered on June 14, 2008 for a festive Commencement ceremony...
STUDENTS | Undergraduate Minor
The new College of Education minor in Education, Learning, and Society provides a strong background in how human beings learn ...
Academic Areas & Divisions
Educational Psychology
Measurement, Statistics & Research Design
Whenever one comes upon an area or department that is titled with a list of distinct topics or specialties it is important to look for the common threads that define the program. Within the area of Measurement, Statistics, and Research Design we share a deep concern for the application of quantitative methods within the broad area of Education.
The faculty and graduate students of MS&RD carry on active research programs. The research interests of the faculty span the spectrum from very applied problems concerning the application of the most recent thinking in research methods or measurement to specific educational problems; to the exploration of theoretical issues through computer simulations. (Much of this research then feeds back into the teaching of foundation courses and graduate programs as better methods are generated to validly assess children’s outcomes, evaluate an applied research problem, or design an experiment).
Scholars in the field of MS&RD commonly have two exciting worlds in which to work. As researchers in a field, they get to engage in the stimulating process of unfolding the mysteries of whatever specialty they may be studying. Like scholars in any field, there are basic questions that need to be addressed, and there is the joy of uncovering answers to these questions. The continued growth of our knowledge base requires that this role be fulfilled. The second world in which one works as a measurement or research specialist is on research projects from a wide array of topics. Here we bring the tools and perspective of the field of MS&RD to the substantive questions from another field. The person may be a consultant with a minor role giving advice, or a co-principal investigator on the project grant with both methodological and content interests.
Graduate students in MS&RD come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Some are teachers who have first-hand knowledge of the assessment problems in school; others are continuing students from education or related fields such as psychology or statistics. The specifics of the background are not as important as having an abiding interest in the development and application of the methods within the field. It is important that you have analytical and quantitative skills, although an extensive set of mathematics courses is not a requirement. You will be expected to develop expertise across a number of areas such as test theory, classroom assessment, experimental design, correlational methods, and evaluation designs. In the Ph.D. program your specific course of study is determined by your supervisory committee, but it will also include many of the above areas along with a thorough grounding in the other major areas that make up Educational Psychology.
For More Information:
Educational Psychology
Faculty
- Abbott, Robert
- Bell, Philip
- Berninger, Virginia
- Bransford, John
- Catalano, Richard
- Cauce, Ana Mari
- Cohen, Marilyn
- Frey, Karin
- Hawkins, David
- Herrenkohl, Leslie
- Jegatheesan, Brinda
- Jones, Diane
- Jones, Janine
- Joseph, Gail
- Klockars, Alan
- Kuhl, Patricia
- Li, Min
- Mazza, James
- McCutchen, Deborah
- Meltzoff, Andrew
- Nolen, Susan
- Stevens, Reed
- Taylor, Catherine