SMED 741B Qual Meth Sci/Math Edu Res
SMED 741. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (Credit, 3 hours). This course is designed to expose every graduate student to the qualitative dimensions of research in science/mathematics education. Limitations of the quantitative approaches in research on conceptual understanding and on the interplay of the cognitive and affective domains are initially discussed. This is followed by the fundamentals of qualitative research in science/mathematics education and the different and complementary natures of quantitative and qualitative approaches.
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