| Week 1 |
September 30
Introduction
What is research?
- Handout: Approaches to Research
- ASSIGNMENT: Check Web Page; Outline
Costa-Giomi & Paul
October 2 Research Traditions in Music Education
- READING: Chapter 1
- READING: Yarbrough,C. (1984). A content analysis of the Journal of Research in Music Education, 1953-1983.
- READING: A Research Agenda for Music Education
- ASSIGNMENT: Literature Search
| Week 2 |
October 7 Anatomy of a Research Study:
Quantitative & Qualitative Approaches
- READING: Chapter 2 & 3
- DUE: Outline of Costa-Giomi & Paul
article
- ASSIGNMENT: Citation &
Abstract of a JRME study
October 9 Reviewing the Literature
- READING: Chapter 4
- What to look for when reading research
- DUE: Literature Search Assignment
| Week 3 |
October 14 The
Research Proposal
- READING: Chapter 5
- Sample Project Proposal
- Final Project Guidelines
October 16 Data Collection: Human Subjects Research
- READING: Chapter 6 to p. 169 & 7 to p.
197
- DUE: Citation & Abstract
of a JRME study
| Week 4
October 21 Data Collection: Qualitative Techniques
- READING: Chapter 7 197-end & Chapter 9
- READING: Feay-Shaw, S.
- ASSIGNMENT: Qualitative Data
Collection Project
October 23 Sources and Techniques for Searching
the Literature
- Guest Lecture: Debbie Pierce
| Week 5
October 28 Data Collection: Quantitative Techniques
READING: Chapter 6 & 8- ASSIGNMENT: Quantitative Data
Collection Project
October 30 Data Collection: Tests & Measurement
- READING: Chapter 6 & 8
- Midterm Review
| Week 6
November 4 Data Collection Methods:
Observation
- READING: Chapters 6 & 7
- READING: Colprit, E.J. (2000). Observation and analysis of Suzuki string teaching.
- DUE: Qualitative Data collection
Project
November 6 Midterm
- See Sample on Web
| Week 7 |
November 11 HOLIDAY
November 13 Data Collection Methods: Survey Research
READING: Chapter 13- READING: Gillespie, R. & Hamann, D.L. (1999). Career choice among string music education students in American colleges and universities.
- DUE: Final Project Outline
| Week 8 |
November 18 Quantitative
Data Presentation:
An Introduction
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READING:
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DUE: Quantitative Data Collection Project
November 20 Research Designs: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental I
- READING: Chapter 11
| Week 9
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November 25 Research Designs: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental II
- READING: de l'Etoile, S.K. (2001). An in-service training program in music for child-care personnel working with infants and toddlers.
November 27 THANKSGIVING
| Week 10 |
December 2 Research Designs: Causal Comparative
and Correlational Designs
- READING: Chapter 12
- READING: Morrison, S.J. (1998). A comparison of preference responses of white and African-American students to musical versus musical/visual stimuli.
December 4 Case Study and Ethnographic Designs
- READING: Chapter 15
& 16
- READING: Kennedy, M. A. (2002). Listening to the music: Compositional processes of high school composers.
- Final Exam Review
| Week 11 |
December 9 Final Project Presentation
DUE: Final Project Reports
Final Examination: 4:30-6:20 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2002