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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS YDI 6041 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

English Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YEŞIM BEKTAŞ ÇETINKAYA

Offered to

English Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

To teach basic concepts regarding the design and evaluation of quantitative research in education so that PhD candidates can critically evaluate contemporary quantitative research on language learning and conduct quantitative research in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT).

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to evaluate and design an Experimental study 2   . To be able to evaluate and design a Correlational study 3   To be able to evaluate and design a Causal-Comparative study 4   To be able to evaluate and design a Survey study 5   To be able to describe the nature of educational research 6   To know and apply the ethical procedures in educational research 7   To be able to explain and apply the basic descriptive statistics 8   To be able to explain and apply the basic inferential statistics 9   To be able to explain validity and reliability in educational research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 The Nature of Educational Research Correlational Research 2 Ethics and Research Correlational Research 3 Variables and Hypothesis Causal-Comparative Research 4 Sampling Causal-Comparative Research 5 Validity and Reliability Survey Research 6 Descriptive Statistics Final Assessment 7 Inferential Statistics 8 Midterm Assessment 9 Experimental Research 10 Experimental Research

Recomended or Required Reading

Fraenkel, J.R. & Wallen, N. E. (2000) .How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education. Boston: McGraw-Hill. TESOL Quarterly, The Modern Language Journal, International Journal of Educational Research

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, analysis of conducted studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE 2 ASG ASSIGNMENT 3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.cetinkaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 2 28 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 15 15 Preparing assignments 4 6 24 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 LO.1 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 LO.2 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 LO.3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 LO.4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 LO.5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 LO.6 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 LO.7 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 LO.8 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 LO.9 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4