ELE301 RESEARCH METHODS
| Course Code: |
4100301 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Elementary Education |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. MÝNE IÞIKSAL BOSTAN |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall Semesters. |
Course Content
Provides a fundamental understanding about the principals of carrying out research in social sciences, methods of science, and basic concepts used in research and scientific endeavor (fact, knowledge, absolute, theory, praxis, axiom, paradigm, etc.). During the course, different research methods (experimental, associational, descriptive, action research), different data collection instruments (tests, questionnaires, interviews, observations), different data analyses strategies (qualitative, quantitative), and different sampling strategies (purposive, random, systematic, etc.), conducting a literature review are examined. Discussion of the writing a research report.
