ED677 Action Research in Special Education
This course focuses on classroom and school-based opportunities for teachers to conduct research for the sole purpose of improving one’s own practice in working with special needs children. Through the use of case study, group descriptive or quasi-experimental design, students construct, implement and assess the results of a specific research project built around their own setting and needs. The use and limits of both qualitative and quantitative research within a special education setting will be carefully analyzed. Research must be focused on children with learning disabilities. Students must have regular access to this population.