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2. EDU 626 Students Guide - snaptutorial.com snaptutorial.com EDU 626 Entire CourseEDU 626 Week 1 DQ 1 Brainstorm  EDU 626 Complete Class, New Coursework  Business - General Business  Week 1  Brainstorm. Brainstorm potential educational research topics that are of interest to you. What is a topic that will motivate you to want to explore it further? Try to focus in as much as possible. For example, if you are interested  Week 1  Brainstorm. Brainstorm potential educational research topics that are of interest to you. What is a topic that will motivate you to want to explore it further? Try to focus in as much as possible. For example, if you are interested in education for gifted children, you may want to focus on the

3. EDU 626 Students Guide - snaptutorial.com snaptutorial.com EDU 626 Week 1 DQ 2 Research Questions and EDU 626 Week 1 Research Topic  Research Questions and Hypotheses. What are the similarities and differences between research questions and hypotheses? How should a researcher determine the use of a question or hypothesis? Create a research question that aligns to your chosen topic and then create a corresponding hypothesis. Make sure to identify and explain the  EDU 626 Week 1 Research Topic  Business - General Business  Research Topic.  Once your research topic has been approved by your instructor, write a three- to five-page paper (excluding title and reference pages) and discuss what aspect(s) of your chosen topic interests you most. Write three research

4. EDU 626 Students Guide - snaptutorial.com snaptutorial.com EDU 626 Week 2 Annotated Bibliography EDU 626 Week 2 Critical Thinking Questions  EDU 626 Week 2 Annotated Bibliography  Business - General Business  Annotated Bibliography. Summarize and complete an annotated bibliography of at least ten (10) scholarly sources that pertain to your research topic. This annotated bibliography should be a minimum of five pages in length, excluding title and reference pages. Create a  EDU 626 Week 2 Critical Thinking Questions  Business - General Business  Critical Thinking Questions.  After reading Chapters 4-5 of the text, answer the following questions that require you to think and respond critically. In a two- to five-page paper, address the following questions using specific examples from your professio

5. EDU 626 Students Guide - snaptutorial.com snaptutorial.com EDU 626 Week 2 DQ 1 Pros and Cons of Literature Sources EDU 626 Week 2 DQ 2 Managing Literature Sources  Week 2  Pros and Cons of Literature Sources. Describe the pros and cons of different sources of literature including the library, online libraries, academic journals, and World Wide Web resources. Also, discuss the differences between primary and secondary sources and why it is important to focus on primary sources in your  Managing Literature Sources. Explore online resources such as WebNotes and Zotero. What services do they offer? What are the benefits of each? What are the pitfalls? In addition, create an account using the RefWorks tool located on the Ashford Library website. Become familiar with all of the features RefWorksprovides. Describe

6. EDU 626 Students Guide - snaptutorial.com snaptutorial.com EDU 626 Week 3 DQ 1 Validity and Reliability EDU 626 Week 3 DQ 2 Selecting Statistics  Week 3  Validity and Reliability. Using ProQuest (located in the Ashford online library) locate a research study that pertains to your topic or use a research study from your annotated bibliography and summarize the data collection. Is the data valid and reliable? Cite examples of data from the study that you considered valid and reliable  Selecting Statistics. Describe the differences between descriptive and inferential statistics, including the purpose of each, and what each is intended to measure. Which one would you use in your study? Why? What specific indices or inferences would you use, and why? What problems do you think you may encounter?

7. EDU 626 Students Guide - snaptutorial.com snaptutorial.com EDU 626 Week 3 Procedures or Methods EDU 626 Week 4 Critical Thinking Questions  EDU 626 Week 3 Procedures or Methods  Business - General Business  Procedures or Methods.  In a three- to five-page paper (excluding title and reference pages), create an outline of the procedures or methods of your research design proposal. Include a step-by- step description of research design, the participants, instruments, and what will be  EDU 626 Week 4 Critical Thinking Questions  Business - General Business  Critical Thinking Questions. After reading Chapters 10-14 of the text, answer the following reflective questions that will require you to think and respond critically. In a two- to five-page paper, address the following questions using specific examples from your

8. EDU 626 Students Guide - snaptutorial.com snaptutorial.com EDU 626 Week 4 DQ 1 Quantitative and Qualitative EDU 626 Week 5 Critical Thinking Questions  Week 4  Quantitative and Qualitative Research. What are the distinctive characteristics that differentiate qualitative research from quantitative research? Describe how your research proposal will obtain and incorporate qualitative and/or quantitative data. What are the inherent weaknesses of the two types of research? How do you determine which  EDU 626 Week 5 Critical Thinking Questions  Business - General Business  Critical Thinking Questions. After reading Chapters 15-16 of the text, answer the following reflective questions that require you to think and respond critically. In a one- to two-page paper, address the following questions using specific examples from your professional experience

9. EDU 626 Students Guide - snaptutorial.com snaptutorial.com EDU 626 Week 5 DQ 1 Action Research EDU 626 Week 5 DQ 2 Evaluation Research  Week 5  Action Research. What are the differences between action research and other forms of research? Think of a problem that could be addressed using action research methods. Describe this problem and how action research could be used.  Evaluation Research. Find an example of evaluation research from your literature review or an additional search. Summarize the findings and recommendation based on this research

10. EDU 626 Students Guide - snaptutorial.com snaptutorial.com EDU 626 Week 6 DQ 1 Application of Research EDU 626 Week 6 DQ 2 Conflicting Perspectives in  Application of Research. How will you apply your research in education? Who will benefit from your research? What future research will you conduct on this subject? How do you think that your research will impact education within the next decade?  Conflicting Perspectives in Educational Research. After reading “Bridging the Evidence Gap in Developmental Education” summarized in the week’s required readings, discuss your thoughts on the use of research in developmental education. Do you feel that the research agenda proposed will help to alleviate the conflicting perspectives

11. EDU 626 Students Guide - snaptutorial.com snaptutorial.com EDU 626 Week 6 Final Paper  EDU 626 Week 6 Final Paper  Business - General Business  Research Proposal Instructions  You will be creating a research proposal. This assignment will emulate the format of the example research proposal presented in the course textbook

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