Office: Science 313D

Office Hours: To be announced
 

Requirements for the course
 

This is a course on how to apply research tools and methods to answer questions about the nature of children's development. Thus, the primary requirement for this course is completion of a research project which you will write up in the form of a scientific report and hand in no later than the exam day, May 5, 1999 (at noon). This report will account for 60% of your grade.
 

In addtion, to help you acquire the necessary research skills for accomplishing this research project, you will be given two short answer assignments testing your knowledge of basic research concepts. These assignments will account for 40% of your grade.
 

Class will be split between lecture and discussion and the actual collecting, coding and analyzing of the data. Attached is the course schedule in detail.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Course Schedule
 

The Nature of Research and Choosing Research Questions
 

Week 1: January 11 Miller: Chapters 1 and 2
 
 
 

Literature Review on Child Development
 

Week 2: January 18 Miller: Chapters 7 and 8
 

(No class on January 18)
 

Methods and Data Collection
 

Weeks 3-8: January 25-March 5 Miller: Chapters 3,4 and 5
 

Assignment 1: February 17; Due February 22
 

(No class on February 12)
 

Data Coding and Analysis
 

Weeks 9-12: March 8- April 2 Miller: Chapters 10 and 11
 

Assignment 2: March 17; Due March 22
 
 
 

Communication of Research (writing up the research report)
 

Weeks 13-15:April 5- April 30 Miller: Chapter 12
 
 

Miller, S. (1987). Developmental research methods. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc.