86 / FIELDS OF INSTRUCTION ment, personality theory, learning theory, and general educational psychology within psychological founda- tions; research methodology, computer instruction, education statistics, and measurement and evaluation within the research foundations; and social, historical, and philosophical foundations ,and comparative and international education within social foundations. EDF 5215-Principles of Learning and Instructional Practice (3) Survey of principles of learning and their relationship to in- structional practice. Includes topics such as transfer of training, reinforcement, forgetting and problem solving. EDF 5431-Measurement and Evaluation in Early Childhood (3) Basic concepts of test construction and interpretation, in- cluding norms, reliability and validity. Overview of assessment techniques and problems in assessing intelligence, language, achievement, socio-emotional and perceptual motordevelop- ment in children from infancy through six years of age. Students may not receive credit for both EDF 4430 and EDF 5431. EDF 6111L-Laboratory in Human Development I (3) Super- vised field and laboratory experiences in the observation, evalua- tion, and educational modification of human development. Con- tact with children of different ages and experience with learn- ing, measurement, evaluation, and research. EDF 6112L-Laboratory in Human Development II (3) Prereq: EDF 6403. EDF 6113-Educational Psychology: Human Development (3) Current research and theories in the area of human development. EDF 6118-Educational Psychology: Aging (3) Psychological and social processes in aging; lifelong learning; education for and about aging. EDF 6119-Psycho-Social-Educational Aspects of Death and Dying (3) Attitudes toward death, dying process, funeral prac- tices, and grieving. Role of education for better understanding and coping with death. EDF 6175-Educational Psychology: Adulthood (3) Current theories and research findings in adulthood, including cognitive processes, learning abilities, vocational development, leisure, and various aspects of adult education through the life cycle. EDF 6211-Educational Psychology: General (3) Basic prin- ciples, techniques, and research in educational psychology; designed for graduate students preparing to teach who have a minimal background in psychology. EDF 6215-Educational Psychology: Learning Theory (3) Prereq: consent of instructor: Logic and methodologies of theories of learning. EDF 6218-Educational Psychology: Problems (3; max: 12) In- dividualized study of problems dealing with child development, adolescence, learning and other areas of educational psychology., EDF 6355-Educational Psychology: Personality Dynamics (3) Dynamics of behavior and their implications for education, counseling and guidance, administration, family relationships, and social action. EDF 6401-Educational Statistics (3) Primarily for Ed.D. can- didates. Prereq: EDF 6481 or STA 3013 or 3023. Statistical methods as applied to educational data and problems, EDF 6403-Quantitative Foundations of Educational Research (6) Prereq: STA 3013, 3023, or equivalent. Integrated coverage of fundamentals in the general field of education research. In- cludes statistics, experimental design, and data processing. EDF 6436-Theory of Measurement (4) Prereq: STA 3013 or 3023; EDF 4430. Introductory study of true score models, reliability, validity, norms, scaling, item analysis, and basic elements of instrument construction. EDF 6475-Qualitative Foundations of Educational Research (4) Introduction to philosophical, historical, sociological, and other methodologies as aspects of qualitative educational research. EDF 6481-Research Methods in Education (4) Primarily for Ed.D. candidates. Examination of methods for problem identifi- cation and research designs for data collected in educational settings. EDF 6487-Assessment of Classroom Behavior (3) Instruction in at least four systems for measuring teacher-pupil behavior, representing the social-emotional and cognitive domains. Obser- ovation practiced in classrooms as well as with audio and videotape and film. EDF 6520-History of Education (3) Salient issues in educa- tion from the Reformation to the present. EDF 6525-Ancient and Medieval Education (3) Pedagogical practice and through in China, India, Semitic nations, Greece, Rome, Islam, and Medieval and Renaissance Europe. EDF 6544-Philosophical Foundations of Education (3) Philo- sophical bases for democracy and education. EDF 6606-Socioeconomic Foundations of Education (3) SSurvey of the socioeconomic foundations of education. EDF 6630-Educational Sociology (3) Educational experiments with the social variables of decision-making systems, task, cur- riculum, group size, and group social composition. EDF 6712-Comparative Education (3) Relationships of school and society in different cultrual areas of the world. EDF 6720-Education in Latin America (3) Traditions and con- temporary social, political, and cultural aspects. EDF 6905-Individual Study (1-3; max: 12) Prereq: consent of department chairman. For advanced students who wish to study individual problems in psychological, social, or philosophical foundations of education, or research or measurement under faculty guidance. EDF 6910-Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) Prereq: consent of department chairman. S/U. EDF 6933-Seminar on Research on Effective Teaching (3) Systematic observation as a frame of reference for recording, analyzing, and conceptualizing teaching; research results; impli- cations for teaching and learning. EDF 6938-Special Topics (1-3; max: 12) Prereq: consent of department chairman. EDF 6940-Supervised Teaching (1-5; max: 5) Prereq: consent of department chairman. S/U. EDF 6941-Practicum in Educational Research (2-9; max: 9) Prereq: EDF 6403. Arrangements must be made with instruc- tor prior to registration. Experience in conducting various phases of quantitative or qualitative educational research under indi- vidual supervision. EDF 6943-Practicum in Educational Psychology (3; max: 12) Prereq: consent of instructor. Supervised experience in a prac- tical work situation dealing with problems and issues appropriate to psychological foundations and theit resolution. EDF 6971-Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U. EDF 7117-Affective Development and Education (3) Prereq: EDF 6113 or equivalent. Application of theory and research in affective development to the educational context. EDF 7146-Educational Psychology: Cognition in the Educative Process (3) Prereq: EDF 6113. Cognitive development as applied to curriculum development and teaching procedures. EDF 7149-Self-Concept Theory and its Application to Educa- tion (3) An in-depth examination of self-concept theory,in- cluding basic principles, research, and applications in educa- tional settings. EDF 7186-Educational Psychology: Advanced Seminar in Aging (3) Prereq: EDF 6118 or consent of instructor. Research literature on aging process; implications for education planning; critical examination of existing programs. EDF 7229-Advanced Educational Psychology: Learning (3; max: 12) Prereq: EDF 6215. Educational implications of con- temporary approaches to learning. Relationship between topics in learning and their implication for instructional practices. EDF 7405-Advanced Quantitative Foundations of Educational Research (4; max: 8) Prereq: EDF 6403. Integrated coverage of important approaches to educational research. Includes appli- cation of experimental design, regression analysis, and computer processing to selected educational research problems. EDF 7432-Advanced Psychometric Theory (3) Prereq: EDF 6436 or equivalent. Study of theoretical problems related to test construction. Topics include current developments in reliability and validity estimation; alternate true-score models; item analysis and scoring techniques, scaling, assessing latent traits, and methods for psychometric research. EDF 7486-Methods of Educational Research (3) Prereq: STA 3013 or 3023. Primarily for Ed.D. candidates. Examination of research methodologies. Problem identification as well as organization and presentation of data. EDF 7491-Evaluation of Educational Products and Systems j